Lotus For Seven Tenths

Julian Calverley March 18, 2015

I was commissioned by Seven Tenths Dive Wear to shoot this image of the iconic lotus position for in their marketing campaigns and clothing line.

It was shot early one evening while hovering in the deep blue off the coast of Little Cayman.

Thanks go to dive buddy Kim Linford for her patience, as holding this pose underwater is a lot harder to achieve than you might imagine!

I used a Subal housed Nikon F90x and Nikkor 16mm ƒ2.8 lens, and Fuji NeoPan 400 with the final image coloured on system.

The Sad Demise of Fuji’s NeoPan 400 B&W Film

Julian Calverley August 18, 2014

I was sad to see the demise of Fuji’s NeoPan 400 B&W film stock recently.

All of my underwater work was shot using NeoPan 400, in a Subal housed Nikon F90x and Nikkor 16mm ƒ2.8 lens, and for those who are wondering.. I rated the stock at 1600asa, and later colour graded the work on system.

For me the whole experience of diving, of being underwater was one of being carried through a surreal, eerie and misty landscape, and so this approach allowed me to shoot using purely natural light, and at depth.

Thanks to dive buddies Caroline Haycock and Kim Linford, DIVE magazine, Seven Tenths Dive Wear and A.P. Diving.

Locations below include the Red Sea, Bermuda, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. More of my underwater work examples can be found here.