Featured Underwater Photographer – Òscar Miralpeix!

One of the best ways to learn photography is to see other photographers’ work. We try to find some of the best underwater photographers in the world, and showcase their work, along with the gear they use, to help other aspiring photographers improve, learn new skills and get inspired.

This time we will feature the talented Òscar Miralpeix!

About Òscar

I started to dive in 2004 in the Catalonian coast (Mediterranean Sea), three months later I went to Maldives Islands in a dive trip and I discover the underwater world that since then I only had seen in tv, books or aquariums. My interest in this world grew travel after travel. I dived in Maldives North and South, Red Sea Egypt and Sudan, Bahamas, Galapagos, Indonesia (Komodo park, Raja Ampat, Islands from north Sulawesi, Lembeh Strait, Bali, East Borneo and Ambon), Sipadan Malaysia, Cebu Philippines, Mexico (Cenotes and reefs) and of course Catalonia (the best places here are the caves of l’Escala, Tossa de Mar and the Medes Islands).

After my travel in North Sulawesi in 2006 I feel the need to take with me and show the beauties I saw underwater. For this reason I bought my first photo equipment in 2007, a Sealux housing for the Nikon D70s, a Nikkor 18-70, a Sigma 10-20 and a Nikkor 60D, one macro port, one 180 dome port and one strobe (Nikon SB800), with all this I tried to get my first underwater pictures.

The challenge to take a photo in this environment increases my initial passion for diving, the approaching to the wild live is amazing, the colors are spectacular, and the view of virgin reef is astonishing. But to get a nice picture is very difficult.

After some years taking pictures and the help with my new camera (the Nikkon D7000) I think now I can say that I am proud of my photos. With time and practice I express better the beauty of this environment in a picture.

Òscar’s Gear

Year after year my photo equipment grows in some stuff. Now, 2015, I use a Nikon D7000 with Sealux housing, two Sea&Sea 250P strobes, sometimes my old SB800 and one SB400 inside a mini housing made for me, and a ring flash also made for me. Almost always I use only two lenses – Tokina 10-17 fisheye and a Nikkor 105 Micro, sometimes my old Nikkor 60, a Sigma 10-20 and for super macro a Kenko 1.4 teleconverter, a Kenko 2.0 tc, a Subsee 10+ wet diopter and Kenko extension tubes.

To view more of Òscar’s work, visit his blog HERE

Or check out his portfolio on UnderwaterPhotography.com HERE

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Ran Mor

Sales and Marketing at Mozaik Underwater Cameras

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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