Red Fish Underwater School of Photography

Welcome to Lee’s happy place. Lee has always loved photography and, once he started scuba diving, knew he wanted to take that passion underwater. This part of the website is dedicated to his work and his willingness to share what he’s learned with others through his Red Fish Underwater Photography School.

Lee’s current camera of choice is a Nikon D850. He also has a Olympus TG6 for lightweight travel. Most of his portfolio was shot with his previous camera – Nikon D80.

Lee’s Photo Portfolio can be accessed HERE

Red Fish Underwater Photography School

First start with the SSI Underwater Photo & Video course to learn the basics of shooting pictures underwater

Lee has developed a set of courses to go beyond the point and click camera to bring your photography up to the level of pictures you want to hang on a wall or publish online for all to see.

The Courses are:

When you are ready to make the plunge into cameras with interchangeable lenses and have the ability to allow the photography to manually control one, a few or even all of the settings, our Basic Digital SLR or Mirrorless Cameras course is for you.

• Basic Digital SLR or Mirrorless Cameras

  • Shooting MANUAL mode

  • Lens Selection

  • External Lighting

Our Macro Underwater Photography course focuses on selecting the lens, setting up the lighting to capture our subjects and finally basic composition for macro subjects.

• Macro Underwater Photography

  • Lens selection

  • Lighting

  • Composition

Our Wide Angle Underwater Photography course focuses on selecting the lens, setting up the lighting to capture our subjects and finally basic composition for larger subjects.

• Wide Angle and ambient lighting

  • Lens selection

  • Lighting

  • Composition

Let's explore some Special Topics together. Using Models, working at night and combining what we learned in the Marine Ecology Courses to capture the "moment" for that amazing once in a lifetime picture.

• Special Topics What do you want to explore further ?

  • Night time shooting

  • Working with models

  • Critter Behaviors

Advanced Point and Click is a great starting place as most people don't have the funds to sink into a more professional level set of gear. The Olympus TG6/7 makes a great starter camera.

• Advanced Point and Click

  • Get your camera off of Automatic and learn its other settings

  • Pair your camera with external lighting

  • Can you put external lenses or other things on it

  • Learning the sweet spot for your camera

Our Post Processing course covers the basics for digital post processing. Understanding digital post processing is a must for modern photographers. When we shoot in RAW mode, the final touch up process must be done once the image leaves the camera. Mastering this process means the difference between an image that lacks color correction, isn't properly cropped and appears dull and an image that is just pops with the proper color, contrast and composition.

• Post Processing

  • Adobe Lightroom

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Bridge

  • Workflow and Techniques

    • Selecting the pictures to work on

    • Masking techniques to target fixes

    • Backscatter Removal

    • Filters

    • Working the Curve