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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I have been taking underwater photos with a compact camera for a few years, but never managed to get any photos that I could say I was proud of. That changed when I read this book! Everything is explained step by step and in enough detail to make it clear and easy to follow. By making small adjustments to my camera and to my composition I can now come out the water and know that I have taken pictures that I am excited to show other people, and that do justice to the wonderful things that I have been lucky enough to see. Special moments only come around once, and now I can be sure that I will get the shot that I want. I can't recommend this book higher!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I think the most important thing about Maria's book (and associated courses) is that they are designed to encourage us and give us all the confidence to try all the various functions and settings on today's compact cameras and demonstrates that, with practice & application, some of the better compacts are capable of doing some pretty spectacular underwater photographs, without much of the bulk and hassle associated with many consumer DSLRS. We have a couple of other underwater photography books and this is the easiest and therefore best to use.
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I actually bought this book way back in early 2011, not long after booking my 'trip of a lifetime' to the Maldives. I had learnt to dive in 2010 and it wasn't long after that I started taking 'snaps' of the under water world.
Initially I was happy with my little snippets of digital history but having got more and more involved with marine ecology and joining various diving and reef keeping forums I quickly became aware of how lacking my photos were in comparison to some of the art out there. A fellow diver mentioned Maria to me and I came across her recently released book, being a novice diver and photographer I had neither the time nor inclination to spend thousands of pounds on a huge SLR set up and loved the size and simplicity of my compact. This book was the ONLY book dedicated to the use of compacts underwater so I took the plunge and purchased it, I literally read it cover to cover in a weekend and started practising with land based subjects straight away.
I took my (now departed) Fuji on my two week trip to the Maldives and managed to come home with a number of pictures that weren't all blue, out of focus and boring, rather the opposite. Of course it didn't turn me into a professional over night but it gave me the confidence and knowledge to turn the mode dial from 'underwater' to 'manual' - something I had never done before, and I now have two little canvas prints hanging in my hallway as a testament to the improvement in my knowledge and skills. The book really explains in basic terms what the different settings do and how they change the appearance of underwater pictures with plenty of pictorial examples. Before reading this book I had no idea about apertures and ISO, it was all a foreign language. As a result of digesting this book I have also changed my land based photography approach and have now ditched the Fuji and have a shiny new Canon set up ready for two diving trips this year.
The book also covers lenses, strobes and the different types of underwater photography so will certainly see me through my next two or three upgrades. Maria's website has lots of stunning examples of her and her course guests work, you certainly have to admire the fact that a total of 15 course guests of Maria's have won photographic competitions over the past few years, surely that is some indication of her knowledge and passion in this field. I don't see how anyone could be disappointed with this book.
Initially I was happy with my little snippets of digital history but having got more and more involved with marine ecology and joining various diving and reef keeping forums I quickly became aware of how lacking my photos were in comparison to some of the art out there. A fellow diver mentioned Maria to me and I came across her recently released book, being a novice diver and photographer I had neither the time nor inclination to spend thousands of pounds on a huge SLR set up and loved the size and simplicity of my compact. This book was the ONLY book dedicated to the use of compacts underwater so I took the plunge and purchased it, I literally read it cover to cover in a weekend and started practising with land based subjects straight away.
I took my (now departed) Fuji on my two week trip to the Maldives and managed to come home with a number of pictures that weren't all blue, out of focus and boring, rather the opposite. Of course it didn't turn me into a professional over night but it gave me the confidence and knowledge to turn the mode dial from 'underwater' to 'manual' - something I had never done before, and I now have two little canvas prints hanging in my hallway as a testament to the improvement in my knowledge and skills. The book really explains in basic terms what the different settings do and how they change the appearance of underwater pictures with plenty of pictorial examples. Before reading this book I had no idea about apertures and ISO, it was all a foreign language. As a result of digesting this book I have also changed my land based photography approach and have now ditched the Fuji and have a shiny new Canon set up ready for two diving trips this year.
The book also covers lenses, strobes and the different types of underwater photography so will certainly see me through my next two or three upgrades. Maria's website has lots of stunning examples of her and her course guests work, you certainly have to admire the fact that a total of 15 course guests of Maria's have won photographic competitions over the past few years, surely that is some indication of her knowledge and passion in this field. I don't see how anyone could be disappointed with this book.
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Having been involved in underwater photography for several years using different compact cameras, this is the only book I have found focused on compact cameras rather than DSLRs. Read more
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Great book for an amateur underwater snapper
A great book for anyone looking to get to grips with their compact camera and housing or simple underwater compact
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The best underwater photo manual for compacts - EVER!!
Marias book is quite frankly the best underwater photography manual for the compact camera user ever - if you have wanted to improve your underwater photography and are baffled... Read more
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Fantastic book, very clear and concise.
I'm looking forward to getting back underwater to put it into practice. Read more
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I did a course with Maria last year and this book is an excellent accompaniment to it. The book reads just as she teaches the course, lots of enthusiasm for photography and a... Read more
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The best book on underwater photography - bar none.
Whether you are a novice or an experienced underwater photographer this is the best and only book you'll need. Read more
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I usually go somewhere or do something and then think to myself I should have read up on this first . Fortunately I've done it right this time . Read more
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