Photo & Video
Capture the Red Sea the Way You Remember It
Service Description
You've seen the shot before you even take it — sunlight breaking through the surface over a reef wall, a turtle gliding past a wreck, your buddy silhouetted against a school of glassfish. The problem is never the Red Sea. It's knowing how to get your camera to see what you see. The SSI Photo & Video Specialty at Red Sea Marine teaches you to stop taking snapshots underwater and start making images. Over two dives with one of our instructors, you'll learn the settings, positioning, and habits that separate a blurry, backscatter-filled photo from one you'd actually print. What you'll learn: Buoyancy for photographers — hovering motionless over coral without a fin kick stirring up silt Lighting underwater — natural light, strobes, and video lights, and why color disappears with depth Composition — framing subjects, getting close, and shooting up rather than down Camera settings for divers — white balance, exposure, and shutter speed underwater Video basics — steady shots, panning, and usable footage instead of shaky clips Reef etiquette — getting the shot without touching, chasing, or stressing marine life Course details: Prerequisite: SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent (e.g., PADI) Minimum age: 10 years Duration: 2 open water training dives, typically one day Equipment: bring your own camera setup or ask about rental gear Small groups for real one-on-one feedback in the water Why learn it here: Naama Bay's house reef gives you calm, shallow, current-free conditions to build the fundamentals, with some of the clearest water and most photogenic reef life in the Red Sea right outside our dive center. Once the basics are down, this certification is your passport to shooting the sites that made this coastline famous — Ras Mohammed's walls and the wrecks of the Straits of Tiran. This specialty stacks toward SSI's Advanced Adventurer and Master Diver ratings, and pairs naturally with Night Diver if you want to learn how light and color behave after dark. Book your spot and come home with a logbook — and a photo roll — that actually shows what you saw.
