Color Challenge - Tuesday Orange: Electrified Underwater UV shoot with Laura
Meet Laura - Aerial performer, aspiring model brave enough to volunteer early last year at my first attempt at underwater UV photography. I tried using regular UV body paints in an airbrush and stencil which proved to be far from waterproof or water resistant and paved way for me searching online for waterproof body paints in both regular and UV. Its something not easy to to find or source locally in Sydney nor cheap but I did manage to for future shoots.
I bought fluro fabric from the local Spotlight and cut one side into strips to play with flow. The fluro Orange fabrics we cut and tied to make a glowing outfit. The wig I sourced from a local bargain store which I thought was fluro orange but turned out it didn't glow at all.
Either way we still got creative and turned out some gems in this shoot.
The lighting is via 2 x 2 100w Blue LED floods that have been custom modified for my UV project.
Always love a good challenge outside the box as it helps improve technically and adaptively for various situations.
Let me know what you think.
Model: Laura C.
Photographed with Canon 5D Mark III with 16-35mm f4L IS
1/200sec @f4.5, ISO 6400
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Underwater model shoots is a self funded personal creative art project I do for the sake of creating art and also challenging myself technically to improve as a photographer. Aside from being extremely challenging in all aspects its also one of the most expensive and high risk due to cost of equipment, chance of equipment damage that insurers will not cover, safety for myself and the model/team. Always great to get some feedback, support or help finding sponsors/clients to keep these personal projects alive.
neon underwater how cool if you could capture a photo like this with one of those bioluminescent fish that glow underwater it would look awesome but they live so deep. I like your ColorChallenge post 📷 here is my #colorchallenge post
Check it out https://steemit.com/colorchallenge/@isteemithard/colorchallenge-orange-kayaks-overlooking-some-paddleboarders-tuesdayorange
There's plenty of marinelife that glow under the light and don't even need to go down deep.
This glowing moray eel was photographed only a few metres down.
now that is badass
Now that is one of the coolest photography techniques I’ve seen. Amazing. Like an underwater Avitar scene.
A lot of the experimentations and preparations is leading up to take this concept into a the ocean at night with free divers where so many of the corals do glow. Definitely avatar feel underwater.
What a cool project. What did the model have to say about the experience?
Amazing, Mind blowing Snapshot.
nice photography
if anyone upvote, comment and follow me, i will do the same
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Wow good project
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