Reef photography guide

An in-depth video on how to photograph fish and corals in your reef tank. Its a long one, so get some popcorn, your camera gear, and photograph along.

I've broken down the video as following:
1) Theory 1:06
2) Camera and lenses 8:16
3) Extension tubes 16:38
4) Tripods 18:24
5) Flash 19:44
6) My typical lens choices 20:36
7) Pre-shoot 1- clean glass 21:20
8) Pre-shoot 2 - change light on tank 22:16
9) Pre-shoot 3 - set white balance on camera 25:04
10) Pre-shoot 4 - positioning 26:32
11) Camera settings for corals & fish - 27:10
12) How to focus - 33:00

Equipment used:
Nikon DSLR

[cmaquatics]

Really enjoyed this video. You covered a lot of really good information in half an hour. I will apply it to my photography. Thank you!

[jimjestude]

Amazing guide showed me a few things I was doing wrong, thank you so much !

[nguyen]

Thanks for the video! Great guide to get into reef photography. Lots of great tips!

[johnsreef]

Great Video. Thanks for that. Very informative. Still love the Electric Myagi Tort. Always looking for a frag of that. Your reef is fantastic.

[ktlk]

Very good guide.. Thank you so much.. One question.. What the brand of the glass you shoot from above inside the water?

[WallyB_]

As Always, Excellent Video AmroAzul.I grew up shooting Manual and 35mm film, but over the years, just got into the AUTO mode. (Convenience)Explored a bit in P mode on Digital SLR....But you just inspired me, and gave me courage to try Manual in the Digital SLR World.Biggest problem I have is depth of Field shooting Corals....and even after your advice/educational video it's still not easy.I get the feeling either I still doing something wrong, or the quality of Lenses we get with standard Digital SLR cameras isn't the same as in the Old Days, since back then you never bought DIGITAL Features.  You paid for Camera/Lense Quality.

[TRSCAquatics]

Excellent Video AmroAzul. This is a perfect resource for anyone taking their reef photography to the next level. 1 Question I had was when I switch my Radions to 12K my color spectrum is kind of "yellow." Your spectrum seems to retain a lot of the COLOR of the corals. Do you do any after photo processing?

[tomithy]

This is a fantastic resource. Thanks for taking the time to share!

Also, you don't happen to live near Toronto, do you?

[dvid]

Great video. Great class. What program do you do for post processing your tank videos?

Thank you very much for your great advices and for not keeping nothing for yourself

[googIereallysucks]

Video was nicely done! What’s the difference in a portrait lens vs macro?

[erickmclemore]

Hello, do you have a link to the vid you mentioned showing how to set up photo button in APEX?