What are all the white spots on my pictures? The “white spots” or backscatter are caused by the strobe being too closely aligned with the camera/lens. The light from the strobe goes straight out and bounces off particles, dirt and other crud in the water directly back into the lens creating highlights or white reflections [...]

Everyone, at some point, has to think about getting his or her photo files organized. Some just procrastinate and some just feel overwhelmed by the thought of organizing lots of images and don’t know where to start. For the folks still using film negatives/slides it may be a question of space as well as organization. [...]

Arranging Before You Shoot and Editing After You Shoot Composition or composing the picture before you shoot could be considered a form of editing. This article applies to both shooting technique underwater and things to look for while editing after the shooting is done. Lots of people can tell a well composed picture from a [...]

Our Underwater Photography Editing and Printing section helps you to pick out the winner photos as you sort through the pile of photos you have after a dive. And, this section also deals with the basics of printing your prize photo after you’ve picked it out.

Fill the frame refers to the idea of having your subject take up all or nearly all the space in the frame. Doing this makes an image bolder, simpler, cleaner and less complicated for the viewer. As an added bonus, images of potentially dangerous or scary critters that look “too close” can have an added [...]