Creative Techniques in Underwater Photography by Derek Berwin

He particularly likes the challenge of finding and highlighting vibrant colors in Puget Sound’s mucky dive sites. He has rather a unique image style, and it is quite recognizable: Just take a cruise through his Instagram page and you’ll quickly notice. Over the years, Derek has been able to spend countless hours over hundreds of dives building his lighting technique and composition skills in Puget Sound. His portfolio here is largely focused on the marine life found in Puget Sound. While he has had the privilege of diving all over the world, Derek says he is thankful to live in an area with as much great diving as can be found in the waters around Seattle. If ever there was an animal to motivate one to become a diver, the giant Pacific octopus is a great one! Immediately after completing his open water classes, Derek began taking his little Sony point-and-shoot on his dives. Derek Singer was inspired to become a diver by an image of a giant Pacific octopus in Charles Seaborn’s book, Underwater Photography. Normally chimaeras are restricted to waters beyond diving depth, but at several sites in Puget Sound, they can be found in shallow water, Puget Sound, Washington, USAĭespite growing up in the diving mecca of South Florida and spending many vacations snorkeling in the Caribbean, our latest Photographer of the Week did not learn how to dive until moving to the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Creative Techniques in Underwater Photography by Derek Berwin