Tips From The Community: Going Wide
Jason Heller (DPG) & Eric Cheng (Wetpixel) are working on a piece for the May issue of Sport Diver Magazine on “Going Wide”. The column will have a sidebar with tips on wide angle underwater photography from the communities of DivePhotoGuide & Wetpixel.
Do you have any tips or tricks that you want to share with the readers of Sport Diver Magazine?
There are many different types of environments or scenarios where your wide angle lens is the de facto choice, the means to create the most striking image. Whether you shoot with a compact / point and shoot camera or the top of the line SLR, shooting wide angle underwater can be both challenging and rewarding. “Going wide” requires specific equipment, approaches and techniques. 
Sometimes there are tricks to producing the types of results you’re looking for.
- What are your tips?
- What’s worked for you?
- What hasn’t?
Send Jason & Eric your tips, or post them at the bottom of this article in the comments.
- Send one sentence quotes (you may submit as many as you’d like, they will all become part of the pool we select from)
- Please include your full name if you want it published, otherwise we will use your anonymous username
- By submitting any quote you are providing permission to publish the quote and your name (if provided) in Sport Diver
DEADLINE: Monday 14th by 11:59pm (Pacific Standard Time)Remember, we are looking for one line quotes, not images. Feel free to send images along with your quotes for our viewing pleasure, but this is a call for quotes specifically, not images.
Thanks from Jason & Eric!
After you think your strobes are properly aligned, turn your camera towards yourself, visually check the strobe positioning and take a shot.
Then examine your shot for balanced lighting.
Canon cameras also can enable a Custom Function to allow the * button to start and stop AF, then pull the trigger at any time. Many use this, many don't. Personal choice. The 1D series and new Canon 40D have dedicated AF on buttons.