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Biography of Underwater Photographer Shawn Mrzena
Shawn Mrzena is an amateur underwater photographer with aspirations of going beyond the amateur level. I have been diving for 2 years and shooting seriously for the past 12 months; with a passion of bringing cold water marine life images to others, and exposing the underwater world to the non-diving community. “I have always loved the water and photography, so it was only a matter of time until the paths crossed to Underwater Photography. I also consider myself lucky that I live in one of the best underwater playgrounds of the world, Puget Sound”.
What I look for in a Dive Operator:
"very small groups or allows me to break off from the crowd and dive my own dive"
Underwater Photography of Shawn Mrzena
Latest Shawn Mrzena's Comments
Jan 7, 2010
Robert has a great question, and this article really helped me understand the best path for super macro w/ a 105mm lens (starting to shoot w/ a Nikon D300 & Sea&Sea systems). Was Robert's question address, if so can you share???
Nov 30, 2009
This is a great little setup when starting in the world of UW photography. I shot with this system running 2 x YS-110 strobes with fiber-optic sync mostly in TTL modes. It gave me some increadble images with almost all the technical capabilities needed for great images. The only reason I have stepped up a complete SLR (Nikon D300) was for the RAW capabilities and fast shutter speeds.
Pros:
-Best bang for the buck without breaking the bank!
-Allows you to grow into a system a start learning the technical side of photograhy while adding more advanced components to the system (wide-angle, strobes, macro, and lighting).
-You can shoot all the way up to RAW, while get amazing images in JEPG.
-You can shoot all the way down to 80 ISO
-The UW housing nobs are very easy to operate
-Fiber-Optic sync cables make it easy to set up for strobes
Cons:
-Shoot RAW format is WAY to slow, about a 5-6 sec lag before you can get the next shot off
-If the Fiber-Optic sync cable ends get wet, TTL will not fire off the strobes
-Slow shutter speed, normal for a point-shoot.
The only real reason I moved off this system is for RAW capabilities, advanced white balance options, and a quicker shutter speed.
Bottom line if your looking for a non-pro system for personal enjoyment of images our gain nice quality prints up to 11x20, this system will fit you just fine.
All my images in my DP Gallery come from this system
Pros:
-Best bang for the buck without breaking the bank!
-Allows you to grow into a system a start learning the technical side of photograhy while adding more advanced components to the system (wide-angle, strobes, macro, and lighting).
-You can shoot all the way up to RAW, while get amazing images in JEPG.
-You can shoot all the way down to 80 ISO
-The UW housing nobs are very easy to operate
-Fiber-Optic sync cables make it easy to set up for strobes
Cons:
-Shoot RAW format is WAY to slow, about a 5-6 sec lag before you can get the next shot off
-If the Fiber-Optic sync cable ends get wet, TTL will not fire off the strobes
-Slow shutter speed, normal for a point-shoot.
The only real reason I moved off this system is for RAW capabilities, advanced white balance options, and a quicker shutter speed.
Bottom line if your looking for a non-pro system for personal enjoyment of images our gain nice quality prints up to 11x20, this system will fit you just fine.
All my images in my DP Gallery come from this system
Sep 23, 2009
Great article - as a new uw photographer I look forward to trying out some of these strobe placements for macro
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