Underwater photographers shooting Nikon's top of the line flagship D3 / D3x series are in for an unexpected let down as it relates to housings for the new Nikon D3s. The addition of HD video,...
Shooting wide is both challenging and rewarding. You have learned that it requires attention to both the foreground and background and how the two work together to become a cohesive striking image....
Close focus wide angle underwater photography can be tricky at first, but once with some guidance it can be a great way to produce creative underwater images. Article by Alex Mustard
NYUPS is proud to present “20,000 Bytes Under The Sea”, a special presentation by legendary National Geographic photographer and IMAX filmmaker, Emory Kristof
In Part 4 of the definitive guide to super macro underwater photography Keri Wilk provides insight into focusing techniques and general super macro tips
Two of the world’s largest marine protected areas announced a historic alliance to enhance the management and protection of almost 300,000 square miles of marine habitat in the Pacific Ocean
Mike Bartick returns home to California after an excursion to the Philippines. His home coming is very rewarding with many nudibranchs to be found in the 7th installment of his "Going...
We are proud to announce the guidelines for our monthly underwater photography contest series. The contests are free to enter and each month we will be giving away a valuable prize - because...
While the E-P1 may not end up being used underwater, it may become an addition tot he photo gadget collection of the photography-addicted underwater photographer.This micro four-thirds point and...
New research by UBC zoologists indicates that elevated water temperatures and heightened concentrations of carbon dioxide can dramatically increase the growth rate of a keystone species of sea star
Winners of the 2009 British Underwater Image festival have been announced. Congratulations to DPG's Keri Wilk for placing first in the Open category, and congrats to all the winners!
his fall more than 600 international filmmakers,
media execs, scientists, conservationists and writers will meet to exchange and challenge ideas while celebrating environmental and wildlife films...
As we prepare for another year of dive festivals and events around the world, I wanted to take this time to reflect back at one of my favorites of 2008 - the Curacao Dive Festival
Scripps researchers among international signatories to the Monaco Declaration, an assessment of increased ocean carbon dioxide uptake and call
to action
How often has the question been asked, "How many different creatures live in the sea", and who, if anyone, has been able to provide and answer? Well, Rick Morris is an underwater film maker working...
Peter Manz of Hyperbaric Health joined with Michael Cortenbach of Bali Diving Academy, with support from Divers Alert Network Asia Pacific and the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association, Gahawisri,...
Something tells me that we won't see an underwater housing for this model, but maybe over time we will see housed micro four thirds cameras. They provide the versatility and quality of an SLR, with...
In the first installment of DivePhotoGuide's guide to South East Asia, Matt Weiss highlights the macro life of Bali in Part 1 of his two part guide to this Indonesian paradise
DivePhotoGuide editor Matt Weiss returns from South East Asia and will provide comprehensive coverage on this diverse area and its diving from a photographers point of view.
Beneath the Sea 2009 is pleased to invite Photographers and Videographers from around the world to enter the Beneath the Sea International Imaging competition.
A THREE-metre grey nurse shark has had a lucky escape from a slow and painful death after marine experts removed a fishing gaff embedded in its throat yesterday.
Nik Software today announced the new Silver Efex Pro photographic plug-in for use with AdobeA‚A® PhotoshopA‚A® and AppleA‚A® Aperture, the most advanced, complete, and straightforward...
These are not necessarily paramount for underwater photographers, but nonetheless useful for our topside work. Some underwater photographers do house the SB800, so the SB900 may be of interest to...
Mass extinctions that wiped out up to 90 percent of Earth's flora and fauna were driven in large part by shifting ocean levels, according to a study published in Nature
After a five year review, NOAA's Fisheries Service has determined that the Caribbean monk seal, which has not been seen for more than 50 years, has gone extinct-the first type of seal to go extinct...
Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to 'junk food' - and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it.
After unsuccessful attempts over the last 2 years, this was the final one during this nesting season to locate and satellite tag a hawksbill nester, a first for Fiji
We've been releasing information in bits and pieces on the housing models and release dates, but to date there are still no housings available for D3 shooters
Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving...
While some recent studies claim that the ecosystem is near collapse, researchers from LSU and the University of Washington say that fish populations in this area have actually fluctuated very...
We lost one of the true pioneers in diving Ralph White. He was an innovator, very experienced and a leader. White combined his love for adventure and cinematography.
New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events
This month, the Shark Alliance is welcoming a suite of opportunities to secure a brighter future for beleaguered shark species, particularly those within Europe. Through deliberation of EU...
The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's laboratory at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.
Driven by renewed investment as...
The European Commission has adopted an Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, which has the worldus largest maritime territory, marking the first time in its 50 years that it will have...
The Evolution of Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision addresses long-standing controversies surrounding the ocean's origin, paleogeography, and...
Editor's note: Ric Frazier's 2nd place image in the 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide Competition 'wide angle unrestricted' category was a major topic of conversation while on exhibit at the 2007...
Editor's note: Ric Frazier's 2nd place image in the 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide Competition 'wide angle unrestricted' category was a major topic of conversation while on...
Conservationists have fought long and hard battles to save species such as elephants, the rhino, the giant panda, dolphins and whales. Now marine scientists and conservationists face one of their...
The Nature Conservancy released an unprecedented study highlighting the top ten threats to marine conservation in South America. Citing over-fishing as the number one threat, compounded by intense...
A Place Like No Other
Raja Ampat is considered by many to have the greatest marine biodiversity of any place on the planet. Recent findings are mind blowing, with approximately 1,000 species of...
Phenotypic flexibility enables multicellular organisms to adjust morphologies to variable environmental challenges. Such plastic variations are also documented in reef corals. Coral colonies are...
Following the BBC's decision to suspend all competitions we regret to say we are calling a halt to our annual photo challenge on the BBC News website.
The BBC's Director General Mark Thompson...
Many scientists believe that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially on ocean islands such as Iceland.
Scientists at...
Despite challenges such as darkness, limited visibility and cold temperatures, the waters in and around Sweden offer unique opportunities for underwater exploration. Worlds away from the warm,...
Bisecting the North Sulawesi mainland from nearby Lembeh Island, the Lembeh Strait is justifiably famous as one of the world's premier muck diving destinations. Legions of divers and underwater...
Images of areas below the Eastern Ross Sea, next to West Antarctica, provide evidence that the subcontinent was involved in the general growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet as it formed many millions...
After a tough week of non-stop diving, classes, and evening image critique sessions, we received nearly 400 entries in 4 categories from 60 participants.
Congratulations to everyone who...
Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, a large Amoeba shaped island in the center of Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere
Watching a marine documentary on National Geographic Channel with excellent underwater photography by Hugh Beard, I realised how very little we know of marine life.
"The great challenge,"...
The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A; www.i3a.org), the leading global association for the imaging industry, today announced that its 61st Annual Conference, Inspiring Imaging...
Following the roaring success of the Layang Layang Photo Challenge in 2006, Layang Layang Island Resort gears itself up for the next installment July 17-23, 2007. The Layang Layang Underwater...
Rows of razor sharp teeth, a carnivorous appetite and a bad reputation as a "man-eater" have made sharks a tough public relations challenge for conservationists striving to rally support...
Following the roaring success of the Layang Layang Photo Challenge in 2006, Layang Layang Island Resort gears itself up for the next installment in 2007. The Layang Layang Underwater Digital Photo...
Environmental groups and beleaguered rangers of the Tubbataha National Marine Park on Friday challenged President Arroyo to stand firm in the case of a 30-man Chinese crew caught with hundreds of...
Photoshop celebrates another birthday soon and will then be old enough to drive a car, but how are today's creative mavericks getting to grips behind the controls of Adobe's pole-position front...
With a new image format, Adobe Systems believes it can improve the quality and longevity of digital photographs--but the software maker faces serious challenges.
Adobe promotes its Digital...
The United States Apnea Association, USAA, has been asked by Asahi Television to field a team of US Freediving athletes to compete head to head with athletes from Japan in Tokyo, Japan to be aired...
Here's the challenge: The next time you happen to be in a swimming pool - or even your bathtub at home - stick your head underneath the water and see how long you can hold your breath. Better yet,...
Wetpixel co-admin, Alex Mustard, recently had the opportunity and honor to show some of his images to the Queen (of England) and the Duke of Edinburgh, and to chat about underwater photography....
Bermuda features heavily in a new award-winning documentary film series about coral reefs that challenges many commonly held misconceptions of life under the ocean.
'The Reef Series' which...
After numerous Google-translated emails back and forth with Uwe Kiehl at UK-Germany (based in...you guessed it...Germany) over close to two months, yesterday UPS delivered a nice taped up cardboard...
A CONSERVATION group's views on skate has won a warm welcome.
For the Skate and Ray Producers' Association today welcomed the recommendations made by Greenpeace regarding the future management...
Amherst Media today announces "Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers" by Jack and Sue Drafahl.
Underwater photography presents more challenges than does other specialties....
In the middle of ancient South China Sea, 300 kilometers North West off the coast of Sabah, Layang Layang lays like a beautiful emerald kissed by the sun and teased playfully by the winds. Known...
Sea Challengers, through Dave Behrens of Sea Challengers and John H. Moore of Divebums, will be producing an international 2007 Nudibranch Calendar and is seeking your nudibranch photo submissions...
The Greater Meaning of Water is an ambitious first film by recent UCSD graduate Sky Christopherson. Christopherson, a former competitive cyclist, tells a compelling story of what it takes to...
There is a push to document the biodiversity of the world within 25 years. However, the magnitude of this challenge is not well known, especially when it comes to vast and often inaccessible marine...
An extensive study on the Indo-Pacific coral reefs, about to be published in the 2nd of March issue of the journal Nature[1] challenges the present conservation protocols for these organism and...
It's not too late to sign up for the Digital Shootout Palau! Space is still available, and we have recently added two bonus seminars to the schedule.
For those attending the Yap portion of...
China's ocean environment, especially the shallow waters just off the coast, has been severely polluted by an increasing run-off of contaminants into the sea. A report released by China's State...
When Cairns businessman Mike Burgess started in tourism in the 1960s, tourists were such a novelty in the far north that the locals would take photos as mementoes.
As the head of tour boat...
Poor lighting enforcement, savage storms and red tide challenged sea turtles of every age.
In the sea turtle world, size doesn't seem to matter very much.
Tracing the larvae of marine organisms from where they were born to their ultimate destination has been regarded as one of the greatest challenges in ocean science. Managers of marine reserves...
Underwater photography presents unique challenges due to the properties of water and its effect on light. Water absorbs light in ways that air does not. Therefore, it is important to understand...
So you want to take the next step with your underwater photography or video? Entering competitions is a great way to do that. Of course, DivePhotoGuide can help point you in the right...
SeaWeb’s Marine Photobank and Project AWARE Foundation are teaming up once again to bring you the 2nd Annual Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest. We challenge ocean lovers worldwide to...
The next Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival will be September 19-24, 2005 in Grand Teton National Park. We will be making a special focus on the Amazon Basin--its species and ecosystem as well as...
SeaWeb’s Marine Photobank and Project AWARE Foundation are teaming up once again to bring you the 2nd Annual Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest. We challenge ocean lovers worldwide to...
Everything You Need To Know About Underwater Photography DivePhotoGuide.com is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about underwater photography. Underwater...
Selecting an underwater camera is not a simple task. There is no one best or right underwater camera to buy, but rather the best or right camera for your specific needs and budget. Fortunately,...
Below you will find the guidelines for the monthly Underwater Photography Contest Series. The contests are free to enter and each month we will be giving away a valuable prize - because you...
By DPG editorial staff featuring Cal Mero For most, underwater photography is a fairly expensive hobby and not a profession. However, that does not mean that your images have to sit on...
Welcome to the New DivePhotoGuide.com! This new website represents a new era for DPG … and for the underwater photography and video communities, and the industry....
