Underwater photography with the 5D is something I’ve been wanting to get into for awhile. Unfortunately, the barrier of incredibly expensive equipment and the knowledge of how to use it has kept me from doing so. Hooray for Phoot Camp and photographer Matt Corbitt, who stopped by the Phoot mansion to lead a fantastically fun underwater demo and workshop. Check out his blog for more of his work.
It took a collaboration between several people to create this image. Since I couldn’t reasonably communicate with Eddy very easily while shooting (and coming to the surface after every shot to talk proved too difficult due to the fact that I was wearing a weight belt to keep me underwater), Mona was stationed poolside with a tethered laptop to art direct while I stayed under the whole time. Woo!
But my favorite part of this yellow-themed photo? There’s actually a bee flying off of the flower. No, I’m serious, look close.
Underwater camera operation: Steph Goralnick Above-water art direction:Mona T. Brooks Model: Eddy Joaquim Camera/Equipment setup: Matt Corbitt Lighting: Dan Busta
Comments
.scott.williams.
impressive.
On the mountain at dawn
That’s pretty damn cool! amazing job of setting this up underwater - the lighting is awesome : )
edakiss
fantttttttttttastical!
boltron-
Came out rad. It was just weird how Eddy walked around in these clothes, with that flower, all weekend.
Laura Huben
all of this is fantastic.
sam b-r
very nice
Dagmar Panik
Stunning picture! Must have been an excellent teamwork…;-))
SeenyaRita
wow! soooooo good in every way. at first glance i didn’t realize that it was under water. looks like eddy must have gills or something.
sgoralnick
eddy was a fantastic underwater model. I can’t even remember how many takes we made him do, but it was a lot. and he didn’t even kick any of the lights over!
Peabody here
Cool How were you able to breathe under water?
sgoralnick
hi dad! matt (who led the workshop) is also a diver, so he brought some scuba tanks. one was anchored to the tripod that the underwater camera was on, so I just hung out down there and would take pictures whenever someone jumped in. whenever I pressed the shutter, the picture I took would appear on a computer up on a table outside the pool so that another photographer could see and say to the model “more to the left” or “more bees!” or whatever :)
moneal
awesomeness , once again
aqui-ali
good times - sure was more tiring than I ever imagined… :)
MiiiSH
so many kinds of awesome =)
Jea Jea
what the?!? that crazy aqua bee is some daredevil
Big Max Power (BMP)
Very nice shot!!!
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Rui Almeida.
congratulations for the explore —
Seen in the interestingness archives. ( ?² )
natemaingard
poor bee, awesome shot!
Hi, I’m Kristiano
Such an awesome photo…you really went to extreme lengths to get this!
strasnonesto
woooow, that’s just fantastic shot! :-)
i*dont*have*digital*camera
wow, what a quality on this
Dostalek Images
Awesome!!