New Netflix Show Offers $50,000 for Getting Photos of the World’s Rarest Sharks

This Friday, Netflix is set to make a splash with the premiere of All the Sharks. This high-octane competition series brings marine science and underwater photography to the forefront of mainstream entertainment.

The Beautiful and Heartbreaking Winners of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025

The winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year contest 2025 have been revealed with Spanish photographer Alvaro Herrero taking home the top prize for his photo Radiant Bond showing the special relationship between a mother humpback whale and her newborn calf. [Read More]

Insta360 Celebrates World Ocean Day By Testing if the X4 is Shark-Proof

For World Ocean Day, adventure camera maker Insta360 decided to test just how shark-proof its cameras are -- while giving back to the mighty fish. [Read More]

The Winners of the 2023 Underwater Photographer of the Year Competition

The results of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023 competition have been announced and American photographer Kat Zhou has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year for her outstanding photo of an Amazon river dolphin. [Read More]

Photographer Tasked with Capturing Underwater Graduation Class Photo

A photographer was tasked with capturing a graduation class photo, but with a twist; it had to be done underwater.

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A Closer Look at Horseshoe Crabs, an Ancient and Valuable Animal

Horseshoe crabs are ancient invertebrates that have existed along the ocean floor unchanged for some 450 million years. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, but surviving humans is proving more challenging. [Read More]

Future iPhones May Be Able to Take Photos in the Rain and Underwater

A new Apple patent could mean that photographers are able to shoot pictures on their iPhones in the rain and even underwater. [Read More]

Photographing a Cave of Human Skulls in Papua New Guinea

Jeff Milisen, an underwater photographer and ocean nerd, was holidaying in Papua New Guinea when his guide offered to walk him through underwater caves full of skulls.

Lomography’s New Analogue Aqua is a ‘Simple Use’ Underwater Film Camera

Lomography is on a product release tear. After announcing two different black-and-white film stocks over the past month, the company has just unveiled the Analogue Aqua: a reloadable ‘simple use’ 35mm film camera that comes with its own underwater housing.

This Algorithm Can Remove the Water from Underwater Photos, and the Results are Incredible

An engineer has developed a computer program that can, in her words, “remove the water” from an underwater photograph. The result is a “physically accurate” image with all of the vibrance, saturation and color of a regular landscape photo.

How to Take Underwater Photos

In addition to being wedding photographers, my wife Anna and I are also keen divers (at least as long as the water is warm and clear!), so quite naturally, we’ve been eager to experiment with underwater photos for quite some time.