Underwater Photography

I am a recreational diver and an amateur photographer; I learned of this book on a dive trip and picked it up upon returning. The book's main audience is those with better equipment and/or greater aspirations than I however I have still enjoyed and gotten a lot from it. The chapters start with choosing photography equipment and preparing for a dive trip, then cover topics all the way through editing and archiving. Each page has a photo or graphic illustrating the matter at hand and all photos have descriptive captions with info on the camera model, lens, and settings used. The text is easy to read while conveying a lot of information and tips. In the middle of the book is a Guest Photographers Gallery for five other professionals, and these too have detailed captions. Between each chapter is a case study with a gorgeous photograph and in-depth study covering the backstory, settings considerations, a diagram of positioning, and more. All in all a great book with beautiful photos coupled with many details and tips on how to achieve them yourself. This has improved my abilities with mid-grade land cameras and even my basic underwater point-and-shoots, while tempting me to upgrade gear to advance my hobby.

This is a book about underwater photography from one of the leaders in this area. I found this book clear, with a lot of amazing photos, and nice "case studies" on the behind the scenes of making some of these. I gave it only four stars, since I think that given the amount of underwater photography guides out there, a new book should decide whether it is aimed at novices, or at advanced shooters looking to hone their techniques. I felt that this book was undecisive on some. I felt it glossed on some points that are not obvious to novices, and as an advanced photographer, I learned from the book, but not as much as I expected. I usually recommend The Underwater Photographer as the goto book for learning underwater photography. As an advanced book, I felt that Winning Images with Any Underwater Camera: The essential guide to creating engaging photos taught me more.

I brought this book on my flight to Spain from NY and I can honestly say that this was worth every cent. One of the many reasons why I love this book is the way the author communicates with you and explains his process. This is not just a gallery book, it is very informative giving the reader every detail of his shooting process. After reading this it completely changed the way I viewed under water photography. It is not easy or cheap to do but if you are patient you're able to capture a fascinating world. I also like the fact that the author included his photo along with an example of where he was positioned as well and the settings he used for each shot. He also includes a summery at the end of each chapter if you wanted to quickly understand the main details. This is a great book a lot of important information for people who are looking to get better knowledge about shooting subjects underwater.

Its on my top 3 underwater photography books.

Underwater Photography is a fantastic book written by Tobias Friedrich. The book contains beautiful images, technical factors involving many images depicted in the book. He even has a few, what I call, “schematics” as to how the shot was taken, showing himself, the subject in a simple diagram. There’s even a Guest Photographer Gallery with works from other photographers, technical factors and their bio. Image editing is included at the end of the book. I commend Mr. Friedrich for putting so much into a book project. Overall, the book layout, publishing etc. were also done well. I look forward to seeing more books by this author.

Excellent book, well written and very informative. A must for starting as well as more experienced underwater photographers.

I have a close friend who is an amazing underwater photographer and for a couple of years she has bee trying to get me into the art. I have been hesitant because of my lack of knowledge on the subject. This book convinces me to get my underwater photography wings! The book is beautifully written, well composed with fantastic imagery and highly technical, yet easy to understand. If you want to expand your photography horizon or just want to improve your underwater photography this book is a MUST read.

I was given this book as a gift and found it to be extremely helpful. I am trying to make the jump from a point and shoot to a Sony A7s camera however much of the information would be useful to the novice point and shoot underwater photographer also. The appendix at the back is extremely helpful to set basic settings depending on what you are shooting. Had the pleasure of meeting and diving with the author in Lembeh Strait Indonesia recently, in person he is a fantastic resource, no wonder his book is the next best thing.

Good book!