Underwater Photography: A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Professional Quality Underwater Photos With a Point-and-Shoot Camera

This is a step-by-step guide to taking professional quality underwater photos with a point-and-shoot camera.
Modern compact cameras are capable of capturing fantastic underwater images – and this book shows you how. Easy-to-follow techniques are accompanied by hundreds of photographs that show you how it is done and the results you can achieve.
There is advice for both beginners and more advanced compact camera users, covering topics such as what camera to buy and how to look after it, how to master settings for different cameras and how to compose great underwater photographs.
Perfect for divers and snorkelers, this book will take your photography to a new level.

Table of Contents

Introduction to underwater photography

Understanding your camera's main settings

Exploring your camera's menu settings

Different accessories for your compact

Lighting your subject underwater

Natural light photography - ideal for snorkelling

Underwater photography in temperate waters

Composing a great underwater photograph

Downloading & storing your images

Practise, practise, practise

Guest gallery

Glossary

Index