Objective:
To develop the student diver's practical knowledge of photographic principles, care and maintenance of photographic equipment, and to enable the diver to take properly composed, focused, and exposed underwater photographs.
Learning Outcomes:
- Familiar with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, hazards, and enjoyment of underwater still photography
General Course Topics:
- Introduction to photography and the underwater world
- Photography basics
- Exposure
- Focus and perspective
- Controlling motion
- Color and the spectrum
- Camera types
- Strobe photography
- Photographic principles
- Housings and strobes
- Composition
- Underwater photo systems maintenance
- Film selection