ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN ' GREAT LENS PEOPLE WHO USE MY CUSTOM HOUSINGS '.

 ' TRENT MITCHELL '
    TRENT HAS JUST RELEASED A LIMITED EDITION LARGE FORMAT BOOK OF HIS WORK HE HAS SHOT SOLELY ON FILM.
   AN EXTRORDINARY ACCOUNT OF THE OCEAN IN ABSTRACT . TRENT HAS FOUND THE SECRET TO CAPTURING THE OCEAN AT ITS BEST HOUR BY GETTING UP WELL BEFORE SUNRISE AND BEING ON THE SPOT FOR THOSE FEW MINUTES AS THE FIRST RAYS OF LIGHT HIT THE WATER AND THE AIR.

   IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT FILM LOOKS LIKE AS OPPOSSED TO THE DIGITAL IMAGE YOU WILL SEE IT HERE IN BEAUTIFUL VISUAL ANALOGUE.

        HERE ARE A COUPLE OF MY CUSTOM HOUSINGS TRENT HAS USED TO CAPTURE THESE IMAGES........  ONE A HASSELBLAD PANO CAMERA, THE OTHER A RESSURECTED NIKON FM2 HOUSING FROM THE 1980's ( shows you dont need a $10,000 latest digi model camera to get the required results. Doesnt matter what the image is recorded on. It may be a box brownie or the latest digital dream machine. Without a person putting in the effort and creativity behind the image the camera is a useless box.)

SHOULDER MOUNT SCREEN VIEWFINDER CUSTOM HOUSING FOR THE SONY EX 3.

 ' SONY EX3 VIEWFINDER SCREEN SHOULDER MOUNT HOUSING '.

    HERE IS THE FINISHED SHELL FOR THE 'SONY EX 3' WITH ITS SIDE SCREEN VIEWFINDER. THIS IS AN IDEAL SETUP FOR SHOOTING FROM A JET SKI OR SIMILAR. STEADY SHOOTING PARTICULARLY WHEN ZOOMED IN AT A LONG DISTANCE ALLOWING FOR CONCENTRATION ON COMPOSITION ETC.
    AND BELOW IS THE FINISHED RIG WITH THE CUSTOMERS CHOSEN CONTROLS.....

' AMAZING LENSPEOPLE WHO USE MY CUSTOM WATER HOUSINGS ' The first of many posts showcasing their talents....

   ' RICK RIFICI '  CINEMATOGRAPHER......
              I HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH RICK FOR CLOSE ON 15 YEARS NOW AND IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST SORT AFTER WATER CINEMATOGRAPHER IN AUSTRALIA AND HAS A WORLDWIDE REPUTATION IN THIS FIELD, AND HAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE UP TO DATE EQUIPMENT ( WATER AND LAND BASED ) THAT I KNOW OF. NOT TO MENTION A STAR STUDDED LINE UP OF FILM PROJECTS FROM MOVIES TO COMMERCIAL WORK HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON WATER EQUIPMENT TO HOUSE HIS 'RED' EPIC CAMERAS.

   STAYED TUNED TO SEE WHAT VISION HE COMES UP WITH THE HIGH SPEED ' RED' GEAR. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS WEBSITE http://www.rickrifici.com/  YOU WILL ALSO FIND SOME GRABS OF HIS WORK ON VIMEO ETC.

      ABOVE IS ONE OF RICKS 3D RIGS........

LATEST ' PRO ' MODEL DSLR STILL CAMERA CUSTOM WATER HOUSING!

THE LATEST ' PRO ' MODEL CUSTOM HOUSING!
  THIS IS THE LATEST VERSION OF MY CUSTOM PRO HOUSING.
   WITH DOUBLE ' BULLS HORN ' HANDLES FOR SHOOTING WITH LONGER LENSES, DETACHABLE FOR CONNECTING THE PISTOL GRIP HANDLE FOR WIDE LENS WORK.

  REMEMBER AS A CUSTOM HOUSING SHOULD, YOU CAN ADD OR SUBTRACT ITEMS SUCH AS CONTROLS OR HANDLES OR ANY OTHER ADAPTION YOU MAY HAVE IN MIND.

' SEMI PRO STANDARD AND SEMI PRO FIXED PISTOL GRIP HOUSING....

  HERE IS THE BASIC ' SEMI PRO ' CUSTOM HOUSING. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD HOUSING FOR DEEPER WATER SHOOTING.
   COMES WITH SHUTTER SPEED,APERTURE AND REPLAY CONTROLS AND MANUAL SHUTTER BUTTON TRIGGER. A STURDY FOOLPROOF ( DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FOOL ) HOUSING.

   OTHER FEATURES CAN ALSO BE ADDED SUCH AS CONTROLS AND LENS PORTS AND THE HANDLES CAN BE CHANGED TO CUSTOMERS SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING ADDING PISTOL GRIP. A CHEAPER OPTION TO THE FULL 'PRO ' MODEL DSLR HOUSINGS.
     BELOW IS THE 'FIXED PISTOL GRIP' VERSION.

 IT CAN HAVE SIDE HANDLES OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ELIMINATE ONE OR BOTH. DOWN THE TRACK IF YOU DECIDE TO USE LONGER LENSES ,SIDE HANDLES CAN BE ADAPTED SO PISTOL GRIP AND SIDE HANDLES CAN BE INTERCHANGABLE.

ANOTHER RED ' EPIC' CUSTOM CONFIGURATION.

   HERE IS ANOTHER 'EPIC' RED CAMERA CUSTOM DESIGN WHICH HAS VIEWFINDER ADDED. BOTH VIEWFINDER AND SCREEN CAN BE REMOVED FOR LIGHTER WEIGHT POINT AND SHOOT WIDE ANGLE LENS WORK AND HAS BATTERY BOX ON UMBILICAL CABLE WHICH IS PUT IN A BACKPACK OR ON A BELT.

SO YOU THINK YOU ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF SURF PHOTOGRAPHY DOING ANGLES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPLORED..... THINK AGAIN!

    ' BIG WAVE HUNTING ' IN THE YEAR 1903'.
   THIS IS GEORGE MORTIMER PUTTING ALL OF US MODERN DAY SURF PHOTOGRAPHERS  ( and underwater camera housing builders ) IN OUR PLACE BY HAVING THE GENIUS TO WATER PROOF HIS CAMERA IN A WOODEN BOX AND TYING HIMSELF OF TO THE ROCKS ON A HEADLAND SO HE COULD GET THE ULTIMATE ANGLE HE WANTED SHOOTING STORM WAVES.

  TO QUOTE HIM, " never turn your back on the sea for an instant " he say's " the last time I did that put me to bed for two days with bruises and a smashed camera ". I THINK A NEW PERSONAL HERO OF MINE. GO GEORGE!

CUSTOM 3D CINEDECK TWIN LENS 'HAMMERHEAD' HOUSING.

   A high end 3D custom housing rig for a Cinedeck unit incorporating twin lenses. Note incorporated heatsinks.

WATER HOUSINGS FOR THE PANASONIC AG AF 102's.....

  Here are some shots of a custom housing for the new camera/s from Panasonic with interchangable lenses. Note the customised handle configuration for pulling zoom.

WIRELESS TRIGGERED ' POCKET WIZARD ' FLASH.

   Custom water housing for firing water born flash unit!

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL OF MY OCEAN BASED WORK

    I recently decided that it was time to liberate my best ocean based photos from their slide files and storage, and put them into a personal book of my favourite images. A few decades work shot on film no longer confined to a draw. Here are a few spreads from that book.

Red 'Epic' Underwater custom housing.

   The new Red ' EPIC ' model camera is now small enough to shoot from the water without too many size and weight issues. These new high frame rate cameras are the next leap in image quality.
    This custom housing comes with heat sinks and provision for added controls etc.

UNDERWATER HOUSINGS FOR THE 3D REVOLUTION!

  One of the housings used in the production of the Storm Surfers series featuring Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke Jones!

Dave Kelly Seaview Photo. Tech./Argonautica Media

  WELCOME TO MY BLOG WHERE YOU WILL FIND INFO ABOUT MY CUSTOMISED UNDERWATER CAMERA HOUSINGS, MY PROJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY!
    IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME PERSONALLY MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS:
seaviewphoto@bigpond.com  and my ph. no. is 02 49682499 in Australia.