Can you imagine yourself being surrounded by colorful school fishes and coral gardens? Do you know how mind blowing that is? Being able to watch closer to the wonderful sea forests and its denizens?
The underwater photography is one of the most adventurous and challenging in the photography world. Aside from trying to navigate under the water to focus your subject in the camera, to become one is expensive and the gadgets are costly. However, the pay is huge and there are many interesting subjects you can find. In fact, it is endless as the ocean is the biggest playground on earth for underwater photographers.
If you love the underwater forests and its denizens, this is suitable job for you. If you are afraid of depths and sometimes large prey or some remote darkness, forget this job. This job is for people who are bold and adventuresome.
So are you ready now to a new daring enterprise of underwater photography? Becoming an underwater photographer, first, you have to learn scuba diving and get a license. From there, there is an underwater photography courses. The Professional Association of Diving Instructor or PADI offer this course and the digital underwater photography course too! They also have the National Geographic Diver course too.
Whew! Underwater photography jobs are far different among the photography jobs. You have to be part of the sport (Scuba Diving) to become one. They have a different lifestyle and market. The chance to travel, cruising and boating are part of the job. “Exhausting but it’s all worth it and it is always fun!” is what most underwater photographers say so.