This underwater photography project explored materials and textures, color, surface reflections, and the human form to capture some really amazing photographs. Here are the last 3 photos from my first underwater photography project titled "Underwater Dreams".

As I mentioned in my previous underwater photography posts, they were ALL taken with a Fuji XP80 sport camera. With proper lighting (full sun) and calm, clear water, this camera does a great job giving me the base photos to work from and digitally enhance to create the final images.

This photo session took about 3 hours, from 11AM to 2PM, and required a lot of patience from me and the models with passing clouds and fabrics that floated freely in the currents. This forth and final part of the session continued with a dark netting and material to act as a contrasting color for the blues. As we got into this portion, our typical Florida thunderstorms started to roll in and we had to wrap up, so we rushed it a bit and only got a few good shots.

Holding positions underwater is not easy and takes a bit of trial and error to find poses that create an interesting reflection in the water's surface above the model. For this, the model must be given proper credit for her efforts, grace, and patience. The water must remain relatively calm with only minor surface ripples to get the desired results, too many bubbles can also block the model and ruin the shot as well.

As with the other photos in this series, I used the "beach daylight" settings on the camera, NOT the "underwater" setting as you might think. That setting mutes out the skin tones and results in an overall blue-ish tint to the photos with splotchy shadow areas.

The End, or Ends! :-)

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Part 4: Underwater Photography: Final 3 Photos from My Underwater Dreams Project