As told in my blogpost of Newborn Bas, I really wanted to do a underwater session with a baby.
Luckily Peter and Julie, the parents of Bas liked the idea.
So told, so done, last Saturday we went to a swimming pool in Kortrijk with Bas.

Bas, almost 3,5 months now, did a superb job, I didn’t imagine it would went that good.
Brave as he is, he submerged without any problem, Bas you’re a HERO!

All pictures are taken with an EWA-marine underwater case and my canon 7D.
My opinion on the case can be found here.

Now after all this being said, time for the pictures:

Many many many thanks to this little hero for submerging for these pictures and of course his parents Peter & Julie to support this idea.
Also a thank you to the city of Kortrijk for the permission to take pictures in a public swimming pool.

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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure to photograph Finn, a little 6 day old handsome boy.
Now that the parents, one of them is a colleague of mine, got the prints and CD, it’s time to share some picture:

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A few months ago Peter told me he was expecting a baby with his girlfriend Julie.
Let me introduce him, Peter was a fellow student and the guy I did my internship with in Liverpool.
At first, I didn’t believe him, it sounded like a bad joke.
But it was real and in August we did an pregnancy photosession: Julie’s Belly.

In the end of September the lovely boy named Bas was born and
another newborn session had made it in my agenda.
We started with some pictures of Bas alone, when he was sleeping.
After half an hour he woke up and started to do funny faces,
the cute little chap did great:

Then it was time for some family pictures, and of course it wasn’t always serious.
Meet the mustache family:

In a few months we will do an underwater photosession featuring Bas, I’m really looking forward this. And of course the pictures will be posted here asap.
Another great thing, I booked a Newborn workshop given by My Newborn is Art in Antwerp on the 21th of February. Oh I can’t wait till it’s there. I’m sure I will learn a lot good stuff on that day!
 

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Back in September a colleague of mine and his wife gave birth to a sweet little girl named Lyllou.
When he asked me to take pictures of his newborn, I was quite honoured because Pierre is also a photographer.

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Segert & Joren Underwater

Why underwater?

To me the underwater dimension adds something extra to a photo. It has something attractive to take your camera, where it’s not supposed to be. As kids enjoy water even more than adults, I wanted to try photographing kids and even babies underwater.

Gear

There are a few ways to go when you want to take pictures underwater. You can buy an underwater house for your camera, which is rather expensive. Or use a more ‘low-budget’ version, like EWA-Marine plastic bags, as I did. I must admit, the plastic bags seem unreliable and I had my doubts about it. But after a few positive blogposts and reactions on forums, I decided to just order it, rather then spending a few thousand euros for a underwater house.

Expierence

As I had still my doubts about the EWA-Marine plastic bag, I tried it with my second camera, my canon 400D, instead of my 7D. The first impression was good. The plastic is thick enough but is still quite flexible. The sealing is made of 2 metal strips, that can be tightened together with bolts. Which provides a real good seal for the plastic in between. Handling the camera underwater is still quite easy trough the plastic. Pressing the shutterbutton trough the foreseen space in the bag wasn’t always easy, it’s a bit quirky to find the button without feeling where your finger is on the camera. As the bag is filled with air, the camera will float.
Which makes its a sort of point-and-shoot. But for shooting just under the water surface (less than a meter) I would certainly recommend the EWA-Marine plastic bag.

What to do now?

Well, now I know its possible and works good enough for me. I want to try photographing a baby underwater. Hopefully these images will appear soon on my blog.

Finally I would like to thank Segert and Joren to submerge several times for the pictures!

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