Popular camera brands like Olympus and Nikon make point-and-shoot cameras for underwater photography.

GoPros can shoot awesome video and pictures above water as well.

Both options work great for underwater photography.

Some popular underwater housing brands include Ikelite, Nimar, and Ewa Marine, to name a few. The underwater housing comes in 2 parts, 1 for your camera body and 1 for the lens. The housing lets you still control the camera settings from outside. The housing units in total cost between $1,850 - $2,400 (£1,307. 21 - 1,695. 84).

Just make sure you have a protective housing!

Macro lenses are great to shoot close-ups of fish and coral, for example. Look for small objects and focus your camera directly at your subject. You can also use a wide angle lens for great underwater photography.

If you don’t use a flash at take a close-up shot, your image may look mostly blue. The closer you are to your image, the more color, contrast, and sharpness your image will have. You can shoot without a flash if you are more than about 5 ft (1. 5 m) away from your subject.

If you are having trouble locating the settings, review your camera’s owners manual.

If your images look dark, consider adjusting your white balance to manual.

F8 and program mode both help take clear, detailed pictures from only a few feet away.

Using these F stops helps your camera capture as much light as possible from a wide, large foreground.

This will make sure your camera is in proper working order and is totally protected before you submerge it in water.

You can also try shooting at different times of the day to play with various levels of light, but shoot in the morning to take your best pictures.

Taking your pictures from this level is helpful because you can utilize both reflections and direct lighting since you are near the surface. Once you go below 5 ft (1. 5 m), you lose the warmth and color of an individual’s skin tone.

The photos you take from over 6 ft (1. 8 m) away may turn out blurry.

You can also shoot from eye level and point your camera straight ahead.

Your camera will have a hard time focusing and taking clear photos if the water is very dark and hard to see through.