1. David Doubilet
David Doubilet is famous for
exploring the world's waters
photography. He has a long and
intimate vision into the sea. He has
photographed in the depths of such
places as the southwest Pacific, New
Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania,
Scotland, and the northwest Atlantic.
David was named a National
GeographicContributing Photographer
-in-Residence in 2001.He is also the
recipient of many prestigious awards,
including the Sara Prize, the Lowell
Thomas Award, and the Lennart
Nilsson Award in Photography.
2. David Doubilet was born in New York in 1946. At
the age of eight, he began snorkeling off the
coast of New Jersey. When he was 12, he
began shooting underwater, using a Brownie
Hawkeye.Doubilet graduated from Boston
University in 1970. The following year, he
shot his first story—on garden eels in the Red
Sea—for National Geographic. He has been a
contract photographer for the magazine since
1976 and has shot numerous articles for the
publication. His work has taken him to
freshwater ecosystems such as Botswana's
Okavango Delta and Canada's St. Lawrence
River. He has photographed stingrays,
sponges, and sleeping sharks in the Caribbean
as well as shipwrecks in the South Pacific, the
Atlantic, and at Pearl Harbor. David’s
personal challenge is to create a visual voice
for the world’s oceans and to connect people
to the incredible beauty and silent devastation
happening within the invisible world below.
3. David and his wife Jennifer Hayes(his photographic partner) co-own their studio and stock
photography company, Undersea Images Inc., located on the St. Lawrence River in Clayton, New
York. He also has produced several books, including Light in the Sea, Water Light and Time, The
Kingdom of Coral: Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and Fish Face. David is a contributing editor for
several publications and an author of 12 titles including the award wining Water Light Time.
4.
David used to take photos to show the depth of the sea and perspective techniques. Mostly he take
photos with one light source. And then, in some photos he use water surface as a common line for the
two world of sky and sea. The most significant point is that he like to take upward or downward
frames.
In My Point of view, taking photos of under water world? Wow, fantastic. As you know, it's not a
piece of cake. It's very dangerous and difficult to take such amazing shoots. Personally, I really
impressed for his focusing on lighting and perspective techniques in deep sea. Sometimes, he put the
focus object in the center instead of using rule of third. But it's still quite good as he used to take such
photos in comparative methods. I would like to present some of his works with pleasure.
5. As I mentioned before, David put the focusing object in nearly center of the frame.
However, it's quite good enough as he took comparison between small things and
only bigger one. The audience can see easily the aquarium life.
6. This is one of my favorite photos of his works. He showed the depth of the sea by taking
Upward frame as his usual style. I still confuse how he took such a colorful photo with only
One source of the light from the sun. If I have a chance, I really want to try it out to get such
An incredible shot. His lighting techniques are really awesome.
7. Really nice shot! He used water surface at the center to separate two world of sky and
Sea. The underwater lighting is really difference and interesting comparing to the usual
Lighting even though this light come from the sun. Now I realize that it may be a bit darker
If we take from the top to the deep sea as we take against the main source of sun light.
That's may be one of his reasons why he mostly take upward frames.
8. Same shot like the previous one what I presented. He show two difference worlds in
One shot by focusing this cute and charming sea turtles. The reflection of water give
A pleasant feeling to audience. Rule of third is essential for such a good photo.
9. This is one of his styles. Putting too many similar objects in one frame without letting
Something to disturb in this shot. Overlapping sense of view is required to take such
Photos. As usual, only one light source which coming from left to right.
10. All things considered, he became my role
Model of photography as he spend his life
Time to introduce every person on this
planet to the important role the ocean has
in their life and make them aware that the
ocean is truly the Earth’s engine.
