I Tied Down A Model Underwater With Sharks Swimming Around Her
90% of sharks have disappeared from our oceans in the last 100 years. There are 440 known species of sharks, many of which are harmless.
100 million sharks were killed last year. This year, I decided to make a difference by championing for their protection. This photoshoot was created to support the creation of a shark sanctuary in Malaysia.
More info: sharkshepherds.com | Sign the petition
Me and a small team of divers decided to create a surreal shark shepherd to help raise awareness for sharks
We asked Amber Bourke to model for us. She is a champion freediver capable of holding her breath for up to 5 minutes
For this photoshoot, she would average about one minute, to one and a half minutes before signalling for air
Getting the model into position was a challenging experience
At least 90% of the time was spent waiting for the sharks to get close to us
Sometimes, two would come swimming over to say hello
After the photoshoot, warming up the images was critical to get the magical look and feel
The shots are underexposed because it’s impossible to recover highlights if they aren’t particularly captured
But at the end of the day, I got a series of images that I think are truly magical
That shows that sharks are not the heartless killers as portrayed by Hollywood
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You guys expended a lotta work there. Terrific concept and beautiful execution... congratulations!!!
Beautiful pics and I signed the petition as well. Sharks need protection and are important to the environment.
I would love to see more of these magical and surreal shoots with those friendly creatures. :)
I love the pictures, very brave I think, But the lady must take a lot of deep breaths before going down then she will be able to hold her breath for six minutes like I used to be able to do when I was in my twenties, but now due to the dusty filthy jobs I have done all my working life I cannot hold my breath for ten seconds.
Hahaha just today I found your video of this on youtube and then (not on purpose) I find this :D
it's a shame there is so much photoshop...you are loosing the benefits of the efforts she made. For a spectator point of view this could be totally photoshopped when you see so much "magical" effect. But good luck for your cause!
Aside from moving the dress a tad, there isn't that much Photoshop at all. Like he said, he took them underexposed on purpose, to capture the details of the highlights, then he lightened them afterwards. I do the same thing when photographing my sculptures.
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You guys expended a lotta work there. Terrific concept and beautiful execution... congratulations!!!
Beautiful pics and I signed the petition as well. Sharks need protection and are important to the environment.
I would love to see more of these magical and surreal shoots with those friendly creatures. :)
I love the pictures, very brave I think, But the lady must take a lot of deep breaths before going down then she will be able to hold her breath for six minutes like I used to be able to do when I was in my twenties, but now due to the dusty filthy jobs I have done all my working life I cannot hold my breath for ten seconds.
Hahaha just today I found your video of this on youtube and then (not on purpose) I find this :D
it's a shame there is so much photoshop...you are loosing the benefits of the efforts she made. For a spectator point of view this could be totally photoshopped when you see so much "magical" effect. But good luck for your cause!
Aside from moving the dress a tad, there isn't that much Photoshop at all. Like he said, he took them underexposed on purpose, to capture the details of the highlights, then he lightened them afterwards. I do the same thing when photographing my sculptures.
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