Underwater photography & film
Ethereal stills and moving image made beneath the surface — capturing the magic, mystery, and slow-motion movement of life submerged.
Commissions from $6,500 · Pool Studio & open water, worldwide
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Bodies
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Fabric
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Light
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Water
Commissions
Only a handful of commissions are accepted each season, so every shoot is built from a blank page. Pricing starts at $2,500 and is quoted to the concept.
A gentle, playful underwater session for ages 2 to 18 — heated pool, patient coaching, and portraits that feel like childhood suspended in light.
Ages 2–18, siblings welcome · Heated pool & in-water safety coach · 2-hour session, wardrobe styling
A half-day private session for one subject. Breath coaching, wardrobe in water, and a set built for a single unrepeatable frame.
Half-day heated pool studio · Breath-hold coach & safety diver · 12 master-retouched frames
Our flagship. Concept development, custom-built underwater sets, and a full crew for brands and publications who need imagery nobody else has.
Two shoot days, stills + motion · Art direction & set fabrication · Full crew: lighting, safety, wardrobe
A once-in-a-lifetime maternity session in a sunlit cenote or calm open-water sanctuary. Designed for comfort, safety, and images that feel like a dream.
Pre-shoot wellness & safety consultation · Private cenote or calm-water location scout · In-water assistant, breath coach & maternity stylist
Location work in cenotes, reefs, and open ocean. Scouted, permitted, and produced end to end — anywhere in the world.
Scouting, permits & dive logistics · Up to five shooting days on location · Cinema underwater housings & lighting
A dramatic underwater movement session for dancers, athletes, freedivers, and performers. Built around your craft, lit like a stage.
Pre-shoot movement consult · Safety diver + breath coach · Up to 3 looks or costumes
The process
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A call to understand the idea, the audience, and the frame you can already see in your head. We tell you honestly whether water is the right medium for it.
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Concept boards, wardrobe that behaves underwater, lighting plots, and a rehearsal on land. Nothing is improvised once we're in.
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Heated water, a safety diver, and a breath coach. Calm, unhurried, and built so first-timers look like they've lived down there for years.
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Hand-graded frames within three weeks, film cut to your channels, and archival prints if you want the work on a wall.
The Pool Studio
Photographer · Videographer · Producer
A visual auteur who treats the pool as a Pool Studio: lighting rigs, breath coaching, and choreography rehearsed on the surface before a single frame gets made below it.
We push creative direction further than the brief, with imagery no one can reproduce.
With enough research and rehearsal, any scene can be brought to life underwater.
Journal
How choreography changes when gravity stops arguing — timing, breath holds, and the frames that only exist below the line.
Caustics, strobes, and the physics of a clean edge. Notes from building light in a medium that bends every beam.
Boards, balls, and bubbles. What it takes to freeze a kid mid-motion while both of you are holding your breath.
Voices
“My first underwater shoot and I never once felt out of my depth. The direction in the water was calm, precise, and the frames came back looking like paintings.”
“Organised, patient, and genuinely fun. The team kept me comfortable between takes and still walked away with the shot list twice over.”
“Every set has felt original. Nothing repeats, nothing looks like the last shoot — that's rare and it's why I keep coming back.”
Before you dive
Yes — most of our subjects have never worked underwater. Every session starts with a breath coach on the surface, and the majority of our best frames are made in under eight seconds of submersion.
We work from a private heated Pool Studio, on location in cenotes and open water, and in client-provided pools worldwide. Travel and permits are handled by our production team.
Portrait sessions start at $6,500, editorial commissions at $18,000, and location expeditions at $42,000. Every quote is built to the concept — crew, set fabrication, and delivery scope move the number.
We accept a limited number of commissions each year and typically book six to ten weeks out. Rush production is possible for an additional fee.
You receive a full commercial licence for the agreed territory and term. Buy-outs and exclusivity are available and priced into the quote.
