An Underwater Photography & Video website for those who want to travel light!
Welcome to DigitalAquamarine.com, an experimental website for underwater photographers and videographers who have decided that 35 lbs DSLR, 6 strobes and multi-lens HD video gears are not worth the trouble diving with!
There are a lot of websites for underwater photography but they are mostly showcases for DSLR or high-end video gear afficionados. Here we focus on point-and-shoots. Our tutorials are detailed with a lot of pictures which we hope will help you make the best out of your cheap gear and make pictures that you can be proud of!
Photo Tutorials
 | Underwater HDR: not ready for prime time! |
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. This tutorial details the basics of HDR shooting and explains their applicability to underwater imaging.So I got th...more | |
Published on 2012-10-26 22:45:26 | |
 | Cropping and resizing |
Resizing and cropping is probably the easiest to use tool in your digital darkroom. It allows you to keep only the part of the image you are intereste...more | |
Published on 2010-05-31 15:47:25 | |
| Macro and manual focus |
Macro photography is the art of shooting small stuff. Nudibranchs are a very nice subject for macro but other subjects not necessarily minuscule also ...more | |
Published on 2010-05-30 18:25:04 | |
| Shooting in (almost) manual like a pro! |
If there is one thing important when shooting underwater, it's shooting in non automatic modes. Point and shoot automatic modes are optimized for land...more | |
Published on 2010-04-24 18:48:41 | |
| Backscatter Begone! |
Backscatter is the result of tiny particles such as sand or plankton reflecting the light from the flash close enough to the lens to be captured by th...more | |
Published on 2010-04-21 23:58:40 | |
| Using the flash |
As water absorbs a vast quantity of the light that passes through it, an external source of light such as a flash is needed to get the best out of...more | |
Published on 2010-04-21 00:18:38 | |
| O-ring maintenance 101 |
Your case's o-ring is what separates a fun day of diving from a terrible-day-when-my-camera-flooded of diving. Proper maintenance is necessary to keep...more | |
Published on 2010-04-11 22:08:28 | |
| A Posteriori Color Correction |
The properties of light underwater differ from on land. Past 5 meters (15 feet), the color red disapears and we need an external source of light (a fl...more | |
Published on 2010-04-05 14:06:39 | |
| Light & composition |
Light and composition are two main elements of a great shot. This tutorial will help you compose your shot by taking into acount the scene you're tryi...more | |
Published on 2010-04-05 08:43:13 | |
| The art of shooting underwater |
Just like everything you do while diving, shooting pictures underwater requires some skills not necessary while shooting on land. This short tutorial ...more | |
Published on 2010-04-04 23:10:01 | |
| Taking care of your camera and case overview |
Here you are, you bought your dream gear. A nice compact point and shoot digital camera and a perfectly fitting underwater proof case. This very simpl...more | |
Published on 2010-04-04 22:16:11 |
