Overview for Andaman Underwater Photography Package

The Andaman reef at Havelock has everything an underwater photographer needs — the light penetration in the October to May season, the subject variety from nudibranchs at two centimetres to barracuda schools at mid-water, the coral formations for wide angle compositions and the sea turtles at Turtle Bay that hold long enough for a properly framed portrait if the approach is right. The andaman underwater photography package is built around getting the most from that environment — a theory workshop covering light behaviour underwater, white balance and strobe positioning, followed by guided photo dives where the focus is the frame rather than the depth. Underwater photography requires everything scuba diving requires plus buoyancy so precise that the coral below never gets disturbed, approach patience that most divers do not initially have and an understanding of how colour shifts with depth that completely changes how the camera is set up compared to surface photography. The workshop addresses all three before the first dive.

Bon Voyagers manages the complete ground programme from Port Blair Andaman Islands Airport arrival. Day 1 covers Port Blair and the Cellular Jail. Day 2 takes the ferry to Havelock for the theory workshop and equipment briefing in the afternoon. Days 3 and 4 are the guided photo dives — shallow natural light reef on Day 3 morning, deeper strobe work on Day 3 afternoon and the dedicated photography dive at the best Havelock site on Day 4 morning. Day 5 returns to Port Blair via the ferry with a Ross Island photography session before the departure. Vehicle transfers, ferry tickets and MAP meals throughout are included. All workshop fees, dive charges and equipment hire are paid separately to the registered dive and photography operator.