Underwater Photography in Orlando

Underwater photography is one of the few things that still surprises people. Gravity stops applying. Fabric behaves like smoke. A face relaxes in a way it never quite does on dry land. I have been shooting underwater in Central Florida since 2018, after forty years of photography experience and twenty years running a headshot studio in Orlando.

Sessions run in a private heated saltwater pool in the Orlando area, and I travel across Central Florida — Winter Park, Windermere, Lake Mary, Clermont, the Space Coast, Tampa and Ocala — for the right project.

Year-round, which is unusual

Most underwater photography in Florida is seasonal. Pools go cold in November and the calendar goes quiet until April. The pool I work in is heated to around ninety degrees year-round, so a January session is as comfortable as a July one.

If you have been told to wait until spring, you have not been told the whole story.

What I shoot underwater

Individual portrait sessions — the most popular by a distance. Models, dancers, aerialists, performers, and a great many people who have never modeled a day in their life.

Couples — engagement, anniversary, siblings, performing partners. Two people in one frame underwater is harder and more rewarding than it looks.

Concepts — themed shoots built from an idea, sometimes with post-production to finish them. Bring me something strange.

Mermaids — there is a strong mer-folk culture in Florida, and we create promotional and social media images for professionals and hobbyists alike.

Commercial, advertising and editorial — products, campaigns, and creative work for agencies and brands.

The technical part, briefly

Underwater portraiture is a technical discipline — light behaves differently, color shifts with depth, and a camera in a housing is a slower instrument than one in your hands. Water distorts distances, and fabrics do unexpected things. But professional photography is about 10% technical and 90% psychological, and that ratio holds underwater too. The hardest part is never the equipment. It is helping someone stay calm, open their eyes, and not look like they are holding their breath (while definitely holding their breath).

That is what the posing coach and the safety swimmer are for, and it is why the pre-production meeting matters more than the gear list.

Getting started

Sessions start at $750. What to expect. FAQ. Call 321-947-9431, or send us a note using our Contact Form.