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are so important. •

Now tell her what to do. * Look like you are enjoying yourself and you are in the zone! Convey the love of diving and the serenity. Look interested in the subject, look relaxed! Be in tthe moment and admire it. * Shine your light toward the subject to draw in the viewer and to highlight the feature of the dive. but just away from the camera port. This can help to highlight the point of interest and redirect the

The torch or strobe shining directly into the camera will overexpose the photo. • The badly pointed torch not lighting up the area of interest is a distraction. * The diver with their back turned or the unwanted photo bomb effect.. * The diver with bad buoyancy and no streamlined body shape or stressed appearance. * Mask full of water or hair in the mask.

This photo illuminates the shark and the dive model evenly. Taken in five metres of green water. The challenge here is to move strobes to light up both subjects and to capture both the face of the diver and the shark. Having a talented model is paramount.

Think about what to do with your hands. Never have hands in front. To instruct a dive model on how to pose I have developed a two-minute spiel to instruct a dive model on how to pose. The first instruction is to look comfortable with perfect buoyancy control. Look relaxed and make * your gear must be streamlinedstreamlined.

observer to it. * Keep hands out of the way as the white skin is easily overexposed. It is distracting! Try to keep your hands busy but out of the way. * Keep arms down by your side. It is part of being streamlined. * Avoid touching anything. * Do not raise your arms like you are a boxer trying to block a punch. * Hand signals close up often ruin the photo.

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Dive Log Australasia #419 August ’26

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