How to shoot a large underwater photography strategy

When you are on holiday at the seaside, you are still taking some stupid scenery photos. Did the tourists take pictures? Not as high as underwater photos or semi-underwater photos, so do you know how to take underwater photos and what equipment you need to prepare? Keep this strategy, ask you to take high-powered underwater photos, and let you explode your circle of friends.

Amateur mobile phone party and professional camera party talk about photography, and now many people's first reaction is to shoot mobile phones. What about underwater photography? A waterproof bag and a mobile phone will do. Yes, but in addition to non-professional mobile phone shooting, underwater cameras are also a good choice. But what if you can't choose? I don't know which to choose. Then you can make a decision after reading this article.

1, the best mobile phone+waterproof bag

Advantages: Mobile phone+waterproof bag can be said to be the most convenient way to shoot underwater, and the price is low, so you can buy it around 30 yuan.

Disadvantages: the quality cannot be guaranteed. If the waterproof bag of mobile phone is accidentally damaged and leaks, the loss will be great. Moreover, after the launch of the mobile phone with waterproof bag, the touch screen operation is easy to fail because of the water pressure.

However, it is essential to prepare a waterproof bag for mobile phones. When you want to check your mobile phone in a boat, swimming pool, etc., put it on, and you don't have to worry about getting wet when you splash water and soak it for a short time!

2. Professional underwater camera with high cost performance.

If you are looking for more professional shooting effect and experience, then I must recommend this waterproof camera with good reputation: Olympus TG-4.

Advantages:

1) Ultra-high pixel160,000 pixel, simple operation, waterproof15m. This waterproof depth, such as snorkeling, deep diving experience and underwater walking, can be satisfied.

2) Fool mode, simple operation. TG-4 has set up five different underwater shooting modes, with excellent clarity and tone.

3) Support mobile phone to transmit pictures in real time, and share beautiful pictures anytime and anywhere, even if the circle of friends is bursting.

Disadvantages:

Compared with waterproof bags, the purchase cost is higher.

Professional shooting of underwater cameras is very attractive, but the purchase cost makes many people feel uneconomical. Are you a little reluctant to finally go into the water with a waterproof bag and a mobile phone? Don't worry! You can rent it if you don't want to buy it! You can rent this super-professional underwater camera directly on the hornet's nest ~

3. More professional than a camera and safer than a waterproof bag.

If you are a professional diver and want to travel light, the following diving mobile phone case with computer watch must not be missed.

Advantages:

1) simple operation, waterproof 80 meters. This waterproof depth is generally suitable for deep diving in islands.

2) HD pixels, fool-like operation, your mobile phone is the most familiar.

3) The camera is used for transmission, which saves the process of connecting the camera to the mobile phone.

4) With the function of computer watch, the diving log is automatically generated.

Disadvantages:

More suitable for professional divers, ordinary experience is more suitable for using underwater cameras.

How to shoot a large film with such an excellent underwater camera, and it won't be ugly with it? After all, many people are still in the stage of photography. Don't be afraid. I'll give you a little summary. Hey, hey, after reading it, I believe you will definitely upgrade to be a little expert in underwater photography.

1, be sure to pay attention to the light.

Any underwater activity, if you want to take good-looking photos, you must pay attention to the light. Draw a key point, light is the first element for Xiaobai to take a good photo! Plenty of light will make your photos clearer and brighter, but if there is not enough light, it will become blurred and dim.

Snorkeling, it is recommended to play in a sunny afternoon, with good sunlight penetration, which is very helpful for snorkeling visual experience and shooting experience. Don't rush to snorkel and take pictures when the weather is bad just after the rain.

2. Use the camera's own underwater mode skillfully.

The unique underwater mode of TG-4 can capture and restore the brightness of underwater ecological landscape and automatically optimize the cool color, which is called Zhazha.

Macro photography: it is especially suitable for photographing corals, and can capture all the details of the photographed creatures at close range.

Underwater optimization mode: this mode can be used for routine shooting, commonly known as fool mode.

HDR underwater mode: If you like the tone effect of HDR, you can also switch to HDR underwater mode.

High dynamic lighting rendering: In fact, the imaging is more realistic in 3D, and the photos taken in this mode have color values beyond the normal range.

But! No matter which mode, you must remember to press the shutter to focus when taking pictures underwater! ! It's easy to forget this when you have too much fun. I have warned you here that photos taken out of focus are easy to lose focus and blur.

Regarding composition-an important step to determine success or failure, I think composition is the core technology when shooting with GoPro, especially when it is impossible to take pictures underwater. Therefore, I will focus on this point.

1. If you want to take beautiful underwater photos with the help of a surface light source, you must first understand the lens properties of GoPro. It is a wide-angle lens, and the shooting angle is about 170 degrees, which means that it can capture a lot of content in the picture at close range, which may make your subject unclear.

Solution: When we shoot underwater, we tend to shoot from bottom to top, and at the same time, with the help of the natural light on the water surface, the photos are more layered and the picture is very clean (in fact, this is also the basic shooting method of underwater wide angle).

I can't see how to make a composition underwater. People are used to framing and composing pictures through monitors or viewfinders, otherwise they will feel like blind people touching an image. However, HERO4 was launched in GoPro.

Before Silver, its camera didn't have a touch screen, but it can still fully meet everyone's shooting needs under the sea. Even if a model with a screen is used, it is inconvenient to watch the composition of the screen underwater. Then you can actually lean down and aim the lens at the object at a 45-degree angle.

Solution: Don't worry about inaccurate framing, because GoPro's wide-angle lens can capture what you need to record to the maximum extent; If you are not at ease, you can fine-tune the angle and take more photos, and you can also trim and adjust later. Just like playing a slingshot, the fuselage is parallel to the eyes. Suppose the subject needs to appear in the middle of the picture, just aim the lens at his middle waist, not his head. The same is true for shooting scenes.

3. Predict positioning in advance, especially when shooting moving objects, such as underwater free diving. It is best to plan the composition underwater in advance, complete the framing, and then let the model swim to the preset position before shooting.

When shooting the above picture, we waited underwater for the model to swim to the preset position and then pressed the shutter. At this time, the framing picture is in your mind (because you can't see it on the camera). But if you use

HERO5 or HERO4Silver can take photos accurately and reliably through its built-in touch screen.