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How to prevent distractions during Underwater Photography
Pressures and distractions during underwater photography This is a typical comment from underwater photographer concerning the subject of concentration, or in this specific case, a complete deficiency of it. 'My technical ability is reasonably sound. I am keen and avid and I've an imagination filled with ideas that I would like to try. Once I enter the water however my mind seems to quit functioning in a photographic sense. All my ideas disappear and I've a lot of trouble in concentrating. My question to you is; Is this normal or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?" Everyone can certainly relate to the problem. Every diver who has ever taken a camera under water has experienced this inability to concentrate. You enter the water with a mind full of ideas which seem to float away as soon as the water is above you. Simple technical information is forgotten and the last thought in your head is taking photographs. Indeed, many experienced divers and underwater photographers also have this inability to concentrate on their photography whilst under water. The generally held opinion is that it is caused by the transition from the comfort and security of dry land to the often cold and hostile environment of the underwater world. A whole range of pressures Everyone has experienced the pressures that relate to the sport of diving. For the novice-diver it is a nervousness, coloured with an excited but apprehensive desire to 'go below'. On land the sea-state, the cold, the thought of a bumpy boat ride out to the site, will all occupy your thoughts. This regularly accounts for the reasons why cameras are often left behind before the boat has even left the harbour. During journeys to dive-sites in a hard boat or inflatable, seasickness, rough seas or perhaps the prospect of diving with an unfamiliar dive buddy will also occupy your mind. Then during the dive itself you constantly have to consider overall safety. the safety of your buddy, your depth, your no-stop time, your air consumption. You may be holding a surface marker buoy. Perhaps it's a drift dive in a 1-2 K current. Your buddy may be a novice. Are you cold? Is your diving equipment comfortable? Masks that leak or mist up, fins that are too tight. weightbelts that have slipped round, all manner of things are on your mind. Of course there will be other diving occasions and situations where everything is going well and you can relax into enjoying the dive. So how much concentration can you give to the task of taking a camera and flash under water, manipulating the controls and actually taking a picture? Quite rightly in some situations photography will come low in the order of our physiological needs and priorities. Very few could abandon these priorities for the sake of taking good underwater photographs. So minimising the pressures in every way - by diving with a familiar buddy, by being fully familiar with your equipment. for instance - are all keys to successful concentration before you even enter the water. |
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This intel was contributed by Mike Chua
Mike Chua
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May, 2012
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