Underwater Photo Tutorials & Videos by Brent Durand

underwater photo tutorials by brent durand

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Featured Tutorials

Photo Tips & Tutorials

Tips for Shooting Macro Behavior
We all see many excellent macro photos every day, but what does it take to stand out from the crowd? It’s simple – add some rarely seen marine life behavior to your trip portfolio. A good behavior shot will take some time and will probably not impress your non-diving friends any more than a […]
Underwater Portraits – Tips & Tricks
A great portrait captures the essence of a marine life personality. The subject may be timid and sma
Underwater Strobe Positioning
Strobe positioning is a continual challenge in underwater photography. It is the most critical eleme
Backscatter & Black Backgrounds
Backscatter is the arch nemesis in underwater photography. It can turn an otherwise stellar image in
GoPro Underwater Settings
The GoPro HERO6 is a great underwater camera. It shoots beautiful video and photos in a number of di

Lightroom Editing Tutorials

Editing Tips for Underwater Photographers
Editing photos can seem like a daunting task. Lightroom (or other editing software) has a plethora o
Lightroom Shortcuts for Underwater Photographers
Lightroom workflow speeds up as we learn tips and tricks for optimizing our photo editing and catalo
How to Add a Lightroom Preset
So, you’ve just downloaded some new Lightroom presets (hopefully including my free underwater
How to Quickly Watermark Photos in Lightroom
So, how do you watermark photos in Lightroom? Adding watermarks to Lightroom takes a minute to set u
Set a Lightroom Target Collection
Do you use Lightroom collections? If yes, great – this tutorial is for you. We’re going
Using Lightroom Collections
Lightroom Collections are a great way to keep your photos organized for quick exports and sharing. B
How to Create a Lightroom Develop Preset
Creating a Lightroom develop preset is a fast way to set a starting point for your editing, taking y

Two Minute Tutorial Videos

How to Build an Underwater Video Tripod
This video is for the DIY divers. It explains how I created a custom underwater video tripod with rubber collar that rotates around the housing macro port. The loc-line tripod is extremely stable and very quick to adjust for shooting on any surface. This port-mount tripod can even be combined with a Joby Gorillapod […]
Underwater Housing Maintenance
This video tutorial discusses underwater housing maintenance. I went a bit over two minutes in this
Episode 3: Beach Diving Gear
This video demonstrates how I carry an underwater camera housing rig to and from the water while
Episode 2: Contrast
This underwater video tutorial discusses different types of contrast that make images POP, as well a
Episode 1: Autofocus
This first underwater photo tutorial discusses digital camera autofocus and how to best use your cam

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