About UnderwaterPhotography.com

Equipment + Knowledge = Underwater Photography

To help underwater photographers across the globe to fulfill their potential

To achieve our mission statement we take budding underwater photographers from newbie to pro by providing the equipment (in our store) and knowledge how to use it (in our photo course). We encourage new talent to come through (via our photo contest) with a little bit of guidance (from the pro’s in our forums). We even have a dive site database to point you in the direction of the best underwater photo subjects.

We are by far the largest underwater photo site with a community of 30,000+ members (2007 figures) and as many unique visitors as the leading scuba diving website. It wasn’t always this way...

Benny Sutton started UnderwaterPhotography.com in 1996. This was a time when the Internet was in its infancy; Google didn’t even exist then! The technology was limited and the site was largely static. In the early days the site consisted of Ben’s images and articles.

For years we were a voice in the wilderness. As technologies (and Ben’s coding skills) improved the site became more interactive. A database was hooked up and visitors were able to upload their images into the prototype photo contest early in 1998. The site grew exponentially, kick starting the careers of many (now) famous underwater photographers along the way.

Nowadays we have more info on underwater photography, and more underwater photographs, than anywhere else on the Internet (and that probably means anywhere else, full stop).

We are proud to have ‘broken’ underwater photography on the Internet. We are flattered by the many sites that have copied us. Underwater photography has room for many views (not just ours) and we relish competition – it keeps us all on our toes. We would be far more worried if we were the only one!

Due to the interactive features we pioneered, we can honestly claim to have been built by the thousands of underwater photographers who have uploaded images to the photo contest, chatted in our forums, and contributed with advice, articles, and support. That includes you too - so join in!

A sample of our many unsolicited customer testimonials:

I have been very pleased with the Customer Service that Nikki has provided me with regards to my recent order. I was in a crunch and needed a camera within 6 days for a dive trip to Cozumel, Mexico. I sort of waited until the last minute to purchase and wasn't sure that the camera would have been delivered on time. I feel like Nikki went out of her way to get it here and it was delivered today. One does not find this quality of Customer Service these days. Please reward Nikki for her efforts. Rob M

I got everything and it looks good...  I'll be testing in a pool this weekend...  Thanks again for your speedy response, fair prices and awesome customer service! Andy j

Benny Sutton says... 'Our biggest kick is when someone who bought a camera from us posts his (or her) first picture on our photo contest'