{"id":15944,"date":"2023-01-30T05:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/?p=15944"},"modified":"2023-01-31T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:01:34","slug":"featured-underwater-photographer-rowan-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housingcamera.com\/blog\/underwater-photography\/featured-underwater-photographer-rowan-dear","title":{"rendered":"Featured Underwater Photographer \u2013 Rowan Dear"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best ways to learn photography is to see other photographers\u2019 work. Mozaik<\/a> looks for some of the best underwater photographers in the world, and showcases their work, along with the gear they use, to help other aspiring photographers improve, learn new skills and get inspired.<\/p>\n

This week we will feature the talented Rowan Dear!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About Rowan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I grew up in the countryside in Wales, living far away from my friends. So my days were spent roaming around the fields, watching for birds, badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, or whatever animals I could find.<\/p>\n

I loved being out in nature, and still do, however I have now swapped the land for the sea.<\/p>\n

I love exploring the ocean, with my camera and trying to find new animals, new behaviors and try and get the best photograph possible to show people what it was I experienced.<\/p>\n

Whilst I have been diving for 6 years now, I have only been taking pictures for the last 3.<\/p>\n

After having one of my best dives in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2020 and seeing the amazing pictures someone on my group got, and all I had was some gopro videos, I finally decided it was time to jump into underwater photography.<\/p>\n

I try and dive as much as I can, so I can keep trying to improve my skills, learn new techniques and get some photographs that people will say \u2018\u2019wow\u2019\u2019 when they see them.<\/p>\n

Rowan’s Gear<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sony A7IV with 16-35mm lens with Fish-eye converter<\/p>\n

Ikelite housing and ports<\/p>\n

Inon Z330 Strobes,<\/p>\n

Adventurer-X Video Light<\/p>\n

Rowan<\/strong>‘s<\/strong> Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A large shiver of Bull Sharks during a shark dive in Fiji.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A fever of cownose rays, swims below me at Seal Rocks, Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Leopard Shark season in Byron Bay, Australia. My favorite dive season.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A giant cuttlefish rears up and squirts out ink to deter potential threats. Taken at Cabbage Tree Bay, Sydney Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Taken during the annual mating season in Whyalla, South Australia. Tow cuttlefish embrace face to face to mate.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Slow shutter speed used to give a 3D look to a grey nurse shark as it brushes past my camera at Nelson Bay, Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A scribbled, or map pufferfish, turns to face me during a dive on the Great Barrier Reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A manta ray cruises overhead and gets so close it almost touches me. One of many manta rays seen at Lady Elliot Island, on The Great Barrier Reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A grey Nurse Shark swims through a school of fish, at a dive site called \u2018\u2019The Looking Glass\u2019\u2019 at Nelson Bay, Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A reef shark cruises over the coral reef in Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A smack of Jelly Blubber invade a Sydney Beach after floods burst the banks of the rivers where they usually inhabit. Taken at Cabbage Tree Bay, Sydney Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A Green Sea Turtle takes refuge on the coral bed at Heron Island on The Great Barrier Reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A lionfish hanging in the current in the blue water of the Great Barrier Reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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A manta ray shows of the unique markings of its belly, which are like a finger print. Taken and Lady Elliot Island, The Great Barrier Reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Follow Rowan<\/h2>\n

Instagram : @rdearphotography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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