Side Note - Underwater photography and film

I was contacted by Emma from Side Note magazine with an idea for her magazine called Side-Note. 

http://www.side-note.com

Initially Emma told me she wanted to capture just images but as we talked about the idea, talk of also bringing motion into the idea came up.  I had recently started experimenting with shooting video underwater and was excited by this challenge. 

First we had to pick some girls, and IMG models was kind enough to provide us with a beautiful selection of girls to consider.  As always when shooting underwater, its important for the models to be comfortable with open water swimming in the ocean.  We picked 4 girls who seemed to fit this criteria, 

We also had to pick the right day.  Water conditions ( no swell, no recent rain, water clarity ) were vital, and we had a number of false starts which I had to abort as I did not feel the ocean was ready for us.  We finally got a day that looked promising, and we met at shelly beach at first light. 

This was our result

Stills

http://www.side-note.com/still-waters-run-deep/

Film

http://www.side-note.com/part-world-mark-morgan/

Hope you like it. 

Thanks Emma and Side-Note for making me part of your project.