Excellent images! Perhaps a stupid question as I don't know much about being underwater, but how are they able to keep their mouths open underwater like in pictures 1 and 2 for example?
curious80 wrote:
Excellent images! Perhaps a stupid question as I don't know much about being underwater, but how are they able to keep their mouths open underwater like in pictures 1 and 2 for example?
Everyone's different. Some can or can't open their eyes. I think the mouth is easier for them to deal with though.
Snapgrapher wrote:
Regarding your gear shot, I don't see any method used to secure your lights from falling into the water which is an electrocution hazard.
Safety First
The cord for the continuous lights is wrapped securely around a weight with tension so that it can't be displaced, particularly forward. A battery pack is used for the strobe to avoid any cord attached directly to an outlet in the event of a spill. The boom is quadruple-weighted. The underwater strobe is meant for underwater, so no danger there. I also use an AB800 rather than more powerful strobes (not sure how significant that is but I figure it's safer).
If you can suggest any further efforts for added safety I'd be glad to implement them. I'm considering solely using underwater strobes. But they rely on DD batteries, which would limit shooting duration for me. The benefit would be that I could position them in the water.
I use those 1000 watt yellow flood lights at work and the stands are really flimsy. The legs of your lights are just 2 close to the pool.
Concrete is easy to patch up so if it were me I'd bolt those stands into the cement. Also you could run overhead safety lines where the lights could be attached.
Snapgrapher wrote:
I use those 1000 watt yellow flood lights at work and the stands are really flimsy. The legs of your lights are just 2 close to the pool.
Concrete is easy to patch up so if it were me I'd bolt those stands into the cement. Also you could run overhead safety lines where the lights could be attached.
Just ideas to make your shoot safe.
Cheers.
I thought about bolting. Once I tied string around the stands and anchored them into the grass adjacent to the pool. But I found that unnecessary. There's enough tension on the cords that, even if they were to fall in, the cords would have to come unplugged.
I wish I could have a permanent scaffolding system spanning the width of the pool overhead. That'd be a dream.
Yeah those are just excellent. I really love the warm light filtering through the model's hair in the first and fourth shots. Wonderful, wonderful stuff.
