Aerial drones have revolutionized the way visual artists can tell stories, and the burgeoning field of underwater drones has begun to achieve the same transformative power for aquatic photo and video.
A stark photo of a diver examining the aftermath of a whale hunt has won Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024.
A photographer who dived into the water with a huge pod of killer whales only had a few minutes each day to capture a rare shot of an orca bathed in light rays.
The winners of the 2023 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition have been announced with a picture of a paddling monkey taking home the grand prize.
Sure Muhammad Ali could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, but could he punch like a peacock mantis shrimp? Probably. Heavyweight championship-worthy jabs notwithstanding, a brave robot spy crab decided to take a look anyway.
The winners of the 2023 edition of the DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition have been announced with a picture of a juvenile blackfish hitching a ride on a jellyfish under the gaze of Mount Vesuvius taking home first place.
Photographs and video of dolphins in the a gulf off of Greece show the aquatic mammals swimming, a majestic sight on its own. But one dolphin was particularly intriguing for its rare pair of "thumbs."
A photographer who takes stunning photos of marine life tells PetaPixel he spends 500 hours underwater each year.
A photographer captured one of the rarest animals in the world -- a fish that can walk on its hands.
Godox has announced a pair of new dive light series, each with three different models. The series are differentiated by their color temperatures, with the WTD models offering daylight color temperature (5,600 Kelvin (K), +/- 300K) and the WTR lights allowing users to adjust the color temperature from 1,800K to 10,000K.
Wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh has traveled worldwide in pursuit of amazing wildlife images. Specializing in large marine animals and underwater photography, few locations are as perfect for Kokh as Moneron Island in the Russian Far East.
Underwater drones aren't new, but ones equipped with the tools required for professional cinema use are quite uncommon. That's what makes the Boxfish Luna so exciting, as it offers professional-level filmmaking control housed in a high-end ROV.
Waterproof cameras are the perfect companion for a sunny beachside vacation, an exciting undersea scuba dive, or even shredding snowy slopes. Waterproof cameras allow photographers to capture unique underwater perspectives and photograph beautiful sea life. They also allow for amazing action shots of watersports.
The results of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023 competition have been announced and American photographer Kat Zhou has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year for her outstanding photo of an Amazon river dolphin.
Wildlife photographer Mike Korostelev has been documenting whales since 2015 and his photos highlight the ethereal beauty of the massive sea creatures.
A curious man dropped a GoPro camera into the waters of Navarre Beach, Florida to document the remarkable sea life in the Gulf of Mexico.
An underwater photographer documented a speakeasy boat that was supplied with booze by notorious gangster Al Capone until it sank in 1932.
A touching image of a dying mother octopus with its young has been crowned overall winner of the 2022 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest.
A photographer has created a stunning underwater floral garden photoshoot that was inspired by the hit Netflix television show Bridgerton.
A photographer was tasked with capturing a graduation class photo, but with a twist; it had to be done underwater.
For nearly 13 years, photographer Jordan Godley captured his surf photography with a DSLR. But in 2020, that changed and he ditched digital in order to go back to film.
Two photographers risked freezing cold waters to explore a former Soviet labor camp in Estonia that's now partially submerged in a lake.
Horseshoe crabs are ancient invertebrates that have existed along the ocean floor unchanged for some 450 million years. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, but surviving humans is proving more challenging.
A new Apple patent could mean that photographers are able to shoot pictures on their iPhones in the rain and even underwater.
Underwater Photography Guide's Editor-in-Chief Nirupam Nigam is a dedicated underwater photographer and fishery scientist, who recently ventured under the waves in the Gulf of Maine and only to find a hauntingly empty habitat.
When the first pandemic hit in 2020, photographer Art Wolfe was working on a big wildlife book coming out in Fall 2023. He had already rescheduled a few trips but decided to take one with a friend to the state of Yucatán in southern Mexico to photograph American crocodiles.
Photographer Kurt Arrigo has wanted to free dive with humpback whales since he was 10 years old. 40 years later, he finally got the opportunity to make that dream a reality.
The annual Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) competition has announced this year's winners across numerous categories that all celebrate the best photography taken beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers, and swimming pools.
The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition has revealed its 2021 winners, marking the contest's 10th anniversary.
Jeff Milisen, an underwater photographer and ocean nerd, was holidaying in Papua New Guinea when his guide offered to walk him through caves full of skulls. Animal skulls, you mean? No, human skulls!
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we tried to revive wet smartphones by sticking them in a bag of rice and hoping for the best. Now, most modern smartphones are “water-resistant.” If water gets into them, they won’t be destroyed, like in years past. Still, we’re not supposed to dunk them in the water. But try telling that to kids.
Photographer Euan Rannachan shares what it's like to photograph majestic and dangerous sharks up-close, including an encounter with Brutus, a 1,500-pound great white shark.
In the world of social media, it is unfortunately easy to take everything for granted, including the technical and logistical difficulties of making quality photos in the middle of the jungle or in remote villages.
David Doubilet, known as a pioneering underwater photographer, has released a photo book that spans decades of his work and shows the symbiosis of the mysterious underwater world and the more familiar surface captured together in a single image.
Photographer Gary Tyson recently took a Sony Alpha 7S III into the ocean of the Phillippines and captured some stunning nighttime photos and slow-motion footage of the local sea life.
The Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 competition has announced its winners, and a beautiful wide-angle photo of reef sharks below two seagulls shot in crystal-clear water took top honors among a wide variety of beautiful images from around the world.
Underwater photographer Barbara Cole is best known for her beautiful portraits of people—stunning creations that seem to walk the line between photography and painting. But her most recent project, Appearances, explores a different subject: flowers.
The ninth-annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition has published it's 2020 winners whose entrants spanned 80 countries and thousands of photos. The organization applauds the images as showcasing the perseverance of underwater artistry amidst the adversity of the times.
On June 26, 2020, former Malta Olympian Neil Agius completed a 100 kilometer (~62-mile) open-water swim between Sicily and Malta in record-setting time. Photographer Kurt Arrigo accompanied Agius and documented the incredible feat.
Flying drones have become extremely commonplace but also suffer from growing restrictions on their use. It's hard to argue against their novelty, but safety continues to be a concern. So where do drones go next? What about underwater?