Diving into Photography

One of the best experiences I have ever been through would have to be my underwater photo shoot. One of the main inspirations from this particular shoot was Zena Holloway. Her work is all based on a typical fashion shoot, except it is always shot underwater. I found this incredibly interesting and somewhat different, so decided to give it a go myself. Here are a few pieces of Holloway's work: 

From looking at Holloway's work, this gave me the push to try an underwater shoot myself. I rented out part of a local swimming pool and used one model. I used a disposable underwater camera and swan behind the model as she flipped and dived in and around the water. The images came out really well, so I decided to add to them by scanning in painted paper and a variety of collage pieces to add to the photos. I was slightly disappointed with the quality of the images because some of them came out incredibly grainy. This was because I had used a disposable camera, and not a professional underwater camera. My model was incredibly patient because I wanted the photos to be unique. I decided that I did no want my model to wear any floating clothes like in Holloway's, so that I could pick up the flow of the water, rather than the eye being drawn straight to the clothes in the image. Well, anyway, here they are...