419 Dive Log Australasia AUGUST 2026

Exhale quickly so the photograph can be taken between breaths. Too many bubbles ruin the photo. Perhaps the most important of all is to get a pencil and paper. Draw a stick image of what you have in mind. Fan coral, diver admiring it, torch pointing at the fan, demonstrate best body position. Your model will have a crystal clear vision of what you want. Watch the photographer closely for instructions such as up, down, left right, closer etc. Concentrate on the job at hand and never zone out. It takes two to et the shot. Swimming across the scene can create a natural sense of motion that is pleasing to the eye. Never use arms to maintain balance. It makes you look stressed and ruins the photo. So does treading water, underwater.

Above: Coral windows make for pleasing framwork for diver shots when you balance strobe light on the col-

The only way you can capture difficult subjects is by having a world class dive model like Carmen to help to find and then position the subject.

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Dive Log Australasia #419 August ’26

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