The majority of our guests are not only divers but also photographers. Therefore, it is a big plus if you can provide dive guides with a photography background. We have several camera setups for rental, available for our guides whenever they want to go fun diving. In order to give them an incentive to improve their photo skills, we organized a little dive guide photo competition with some great prices!
In most of the cases you would probably hit the delete button straight away, when you check your pictures and see a blurry image. The main objective of photography is usually to have a clear and crisp subject in focus. However, when used right, a bit of a blur can be quite interesting and give your image a sense of motion.
Our guests Johan and Bets from the Netherlands have visited Lembeh in 2010 already. Compared to a few years ago, they enjoyed diving in the Strait now even more: less trash, more critters, better corals. A big thank you to Johan for some beautiful underwater pictures which he was happy to share with us in our guest gallery.
It’s always fun to experiment with different techniques underwater. As I am in Lembeh with the Underwater Tribe with no particular deadline or assignment in mind, I have been using the time to try out a few different cameras and shooting styles. One of the styles I have been playing Read more about Constant Light or Strobe
One of the things I always enjoy about coming to NAD Lembeh Resort is the chance to play with the latest camera gadgets that Simon always seems to have in stock. Last year, I was able to spend a few days shooting the Sony A7s in a Nauticam Housing as Read more about Playing with Different Cameras
Sometimes the best subjects in Lembeh are ones that we often just swim right on past. When people come to Lembeh they are usually in search of some of the more hard to find critters on the reef: exotic species such as hairy frogfish, flambouyant cuttlefish, and blue ring octopus Read more about The Blue Ribbon Eel
Day 4 Matt and Mike switched boats today in order to start diving with the other half of the group. We all headed out to the north end of the bay and ended up having a pygmy seahorse extravaganza. Matts group saw bargibanti, denise, and pontohi pygmies all on the Read more about Underwater Tribe/NAD Lembeh Photo Workshop Day 4