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Exposure Basics
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Quick Quiz
Light Underwater
Light Meter Basics
Film Speeds Primer
Optic Basics
Depth of Field Introduction
What makes a good picture?
Your first dive!
O-Ring Fundamentals
What Next?
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Camera Housings
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Wide Angle Lenses
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Choice of underwater Strobe
underwater Strobe Power Rating
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underwater Strobe Construction
underwater Strobe Connectors
underwater Strobe Coverage
underwater Flash Housings
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underwater Strobe Arms
Underwater Camera Maintenance
Underwater camera Floods
Underwater camera O-rings
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What lens - which camera?
Autofocus or manual?
Check Lists
Camera Preparation (film)
Pre-Dive Checks
Entering the Water
Checking for Leaks
On reaching the bottom
Holding your camera underwater
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Wall Diving
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Snorkel Photography
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Predicting your results
What is Light?
What is Color?
Color Temperature
Effects of Depth
The Inverse Square Law
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Bracketing
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Types of Metering Systems
Types of Light Measurement
Metering Zones
Metering Modes
Which metering system to choose
Metering Problems
Metering Limitations
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Time Of Day
Against The Light
Silhouettes Underwater
Sunbursts Underwater
Filters Underwater
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Automatic Flash Exposure
Strobe Angle
Backscatter
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Balanced Light Exposure
Fill-In
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Why Travel?
Where to Go?
Location Strategy
Ten Questions
Air Travel
How best to dive it?
Preparation
Diving Medicine
Colds
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Temperate Tips
Freshwater
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10 things to do with a flooded camera!
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Flood Repair
Flood Prevention
Flood Emergency Actions
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What is Composition?
Rule of Thirds
The Golden Mean
The Horizon
Shapes
Lines
Placement
Frames
Negative Space
Lighting
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Conclusions
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Maintaining Motivation
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Flash to Subject Distance
Practical Strobe Techniques
Multiple Strobes
Strobe Lighting Accessories
Advanced Flash Bracketing
Manual Flash Exposure
Manual fill-in Exposure
Strobe Tips
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Percentage Photography
Batch Shooting
The Decisive Moment
FACET
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Operator Error
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Corals
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Wreck Strategy
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Wreck Composition
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Wide Angle Lenses
Fisheye lenses Underwater
Wide Zooms Underwater
Lens Angle Underwater
Wide Angle Flash
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Lenses for Macro
Flash for Macro
Finding Macro Subjects
Super Macro
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Close Focus Wide Angle
Double Exposures
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Surface Reflections
Over-Under
Under-Over
On the Suface
Surf Photography
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Masks
Dive Gear
Posing
Signals
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Props
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Flash-Blur
Aquarium Photography
Humor
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underwater Fantasy
Special Effects Filters
Filters on Flash
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Planning a Presentation
Presentation Software
Shooting for Presentations
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Picture Libraries
Advertising Work
Getting Published
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Contest Types
underwater Photo Festivals
underwater Photo Shoot-outs
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How To Email images
Computer Hardware
Storing images
Connecting to a computer
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Colour Space
ICC profiles
Histograms
Monitor Calibration
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Image File Resolution
Image Problems
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Digital Capture
Cleaning your CCD
Image File Management
Assessing Images
Rotate Images
Captions and Keywording
Digital Workflow Checklist
Quiz
Wide Angle Lens Use
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Wide Angle Lens Use

U/W Photo Course

Learn u/w photography the easy way!

The extra investment in equipment required to shoot wide angle after you have bought your basic camera set-up can be off-putting. However, this expense is undoubtedly justified by the quality of results - nearly all the pictures you ever see in diving magazines were shot on wide angle!

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