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Weekly Featured Underwater Photographer – Nadya Kulagina!

Every week we will feature an underwater photographer who managed to leave us breathless.

This week’s feature is Nadya Kulagina!

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© Nadya Kulagina | Marching stingrays. Taken at Sandbar, Grand Cayman.

About Nadya

Nadya Kulagina is an avid diver and a self-taught photographer. She has been photographing for more than ten years, of which the last three underwater.

During a trip to Hawaii in 2002, she was inspired by the beauty of the underwater world after a discover scuba dive. It was then that she started dreaming about taking her camera underwater. However, living in Kazakhstan, a landlocked country, and not having any access to the sea, she has had to take a long journey to make her dream come true.

Nadya has now dived and photographed in Indonesia, Philippines, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Malta, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. Her images were published in National Geographic, Telegraph News, Vox Populi and other magazines and she has won prizes in international competitions.

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© Nadya Kulagina | A black trevally herding fusiliers in Komodo… It is their usual way of hunting – herding small fish and make it get used to the predator being around and then attacking.

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© Nadya Kulagina | Taken at home in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a tiny and shallow swimming pool. This was the first time ever my niece (on the photo) dived under water, although she didn’t find enough courage to open her eyes underwater.

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© Nadya Kulagina | Sandbar at Grand Cayman – famous for numerous stingrays that come here early every morning in search for easy food.

Nadya’s Gear

Nadya is shooting with Nikon D800 in a Nexus housing with Ikelite DS-160 and Inon Z240 strobes.

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© Nadya Kulagina | Taken in a swimming pool in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was my first attempt to shoot models underwater.

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© Nadya Kulagina | Whale shark feeding off a bangka boat. The Philippines

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© Nadya Kulagina | My friend and her son playing around in a swimming pool. Taken in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

 

© Nadya Kulagina | Beautiful hard corals of the Tubbataha Reed in the Philippines
© Nadya Kulagina | Beautiful hard corals of the Tubbataha Reed in the Philippines

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© Nadya Kulagina | Decorator crab. Taken in Komodo, Indonesia.

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© Nadya Kulagina | A sward shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) with eggs. Anilao, the Philippines

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© Nadya Kulagina | Pygmy seahorse. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

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© Nadya Kulagina | A famous motor cycle of Thistlegorm, a ship wreck in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.

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© Nadya Kulagina | swimming pool in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

© Nadya Kulagina
© Nadya Kulagina | swimming pool in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

You can see more of Nadya’s work on her website.

 

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  • Ran Mor

    Ran is a professional photographer for over 14 years. His passion for scuba diving and photography has pushed him to combine his profession and hobby and become a professional underwater photographer. Teaching is one of his greatest passions and over the years he has shared his experience with many divers and aspiring photographers. Along with his wife Danielle, an experienced Scuba Instructor, they have founded Dive and More, leading dive trips and UW photo workshops all over the world. Ran is also an electrical engineer and an avid internet marketing specialist.
    Visit his personal portfolio at www.ranmorphoto.com.

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