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It is his passion to capture the kaleidoscopic world of the above and the oceans and bring it to life on visual and print - from the majestic beauty of the wide world above the sea into the vibrant coral reefs & intricate details of marine life. Not only has photography & scuba diving kept Zul in touch with nature, it has also built invaluable friendships among photographers and scuba divers who share the same passion.

Zul devotes his time by conducting scuba diving, underwater photography courses and giving talk during scuba exhibition held in this few countries like DRT Okinawa (Japan), TDEX (Thailand), DEEP Indonesia (Indonesia), DRT Shanghai & DRT Hong Kong (China) that brings the mesmerizing world of the deep sea to scrutiny under his camera lens.

Finding
In recent years Zul experiment a technique using Luminance, he said with luminance species become more vibrant if apply correctly unlike strobe photography they are limited only by single white light source with Luminance there is more than 25 shade of colours to choose from and is all up to the photographer to imagine and create.

Luminance started

Luminance technique was discovered in 2004 by experiment with torch light and it was shown on his front cover publication title ?Deep Secret?. Back in 2004 technology for LED was way to complicated to produce for underwater luminance however more than 10 years has past since he last did luminance photography but with current technology by INON producing LE700 & LF1000 series of lights it is just creating a bridge for future creative photography in luminance.

How to shoot
With luminance photographer shoot the same way as using strobe just that luminance provide constant lighting and no recycling time.

What will be an ideal lumens
You need minimum of 500 lumens but 700-1000 lumens work best.

How to apply

• Minimum of 3 lights ? Red, Green & Blue
• How to add colour on LE700 ? By using colour filter, photographic gel or liquid glass paint
• Where to place colour gel ? in between the torch and Inon filter W50? black tape electrical tape needed to prevent lights from escaping from the side of the filter.

Where to get the colour
Photographic gel come in 25 over different shades to choose from and let your imagination run wild.