underwater Photo Course :: (9) The Creative Approach :: The Surface :: Surf Photography

Q. I want to take high speed pictures (>2000th) of wild surf shorebreaks. I want to lie on the beach in the impact zone of the breaking wave and capture with a strobe the inside of the wave itself. I have tried without much success with my old Nikonos 111, but the results show I need a flash and the light is so variable that my hit rate is very low without TTLThrough The Lens. A term applied to viewfinders and metering systems that operate behind the lens. As such TTL is accurate because it sees what the lens sees..

A. Underwater housings perform in the most harsh environment there is, but using them for surf photography is unknown territory. A wave impact can dislodge a port momentarily on any housingA casing or box with waterproof seals designed to contain a camera or other equipment in such a way that it can be used underwater. and breach the o-ringThe rubber ring that seals underwater camera equipment.!

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