Experience The Maldives & Learn Underwater Portraiture 10% off for Scubashooters community

Special offer: a once-in-a-lifetime scuba trip to the Maldives! Master the art of underwater portraiture with Chiara Salomoni 1 PRO PHOTOGRAPHER | 2 EXPERT MODELS | ENCHANTING LOCATIONS   Have you ever dreamed of capturing underwater photos of more than marinelife? Imagine for a moment, building a portfolio of one-of-a-kind… Continue reading

The Underwater Tour 2018 Underwater inspiration, adventure and discovery!

Four world-class photographers – LIVE! Four cities. Four evening events. “An Australian ‘first’, the Underwater Tour presents a stellar line-up of world-class underwater photographers, hitting the road together across Australia for a series of entertaining, inspiring evening events 9-12 May 2018”says joint founder Juliette Myers. “Each photographer has their own… Continue reading

Family Adventures Against all odds / Scuba Diving & Autism

Manatee in Crystal River, Florida

As underwater photographers, we have the privilege of telling stories through our images. I became an underwater photographer with the hope of using my images to change the public’s misconceptions about sharks, and to show the world that sharks are not the vicious monsters so often portrayed by the media.… Continue reading

Technical Diving Part 5 Begin with the end in mind / The path from recreational to technical diving

Technical diving descent

This is another part of our special articles about Thecnical Diving. Read also [Part 1] [Part 2][Part 3][Part 4.1][Part 4.2] As you may have read in the previous posts, all members of Team Pitch Blue managed to pass the brutal T1 course. Amazingly enough, the whole team stayed together after that… Continue reading

Technical Diving Part 4.2 Begin with the end in mind / The path from recreational to technical diving

Technical diving - on the surface

This is another part of our special articles about Technical Diving. Read also [Part 1] [Part 2][Part 3][Part 4.1] After successfully finishing the first part of the T1 course in Croatia, of which you have been able to read all the ups and downs in the last post, we could start… Continue reading

Technical Diving Part 4.1 Begin with the end in mind / The path from recreational to technical diving

On the boate to our technical diving

This is another part of our special articles about Technical Diving. Read also [Part 1] [Part 2][Part 3] It’s October 2012, 05:00 a.m. As quietly as possible I try to get out of my bed without waking my (then) pregnant wife. As all fathers know: waking up a pregnant woman is… Continue reading

Relevance of background in Macro-Photography

Red background and red subject

When photographing, we focus mainly on the subject, making sure of its right position and correct focus on the spot we are interested in (usually the eye). We do check composition, but often omit to consider the background, which is also part of the picture. If neglected, background might make… Continue reading

Technical Diving Part 1 Begin with the end in mind / The path from recreational to technical diving

Technical diving 1

A form of diving that fires most people’s imagination. “Deep, dark and decompression” are normally the first things that come to mind. “A lot of gear” would be a second thought. All apply, but there is so much more to it. This is the story about the path we followed… Continue reading