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To add the "Underwater Photographers" linked banner (similar to the one above), cut & paste the code below to your bio section (be sure to remove the (*) from both url & img):

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POOL RENTALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you have a pool you wish to rent, send me a msg/comment stating:

- The location
- Size
- Shape
- Depth
- Heated
- Pool color
- Whether the pool is salt water, chlorinated or purified
- Seasonal/day availability
- Any additional info

I will then add it here with a link to your profile/website, thank you.

NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY MATTERS, DAMAGES, ACCIDENTS, ETC. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN MADE TO HELP OTHERS FIND POOLS IN THEIR AREA, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A POOL OWNER TO HAVE INSURANCE AND/OR HAVE THE NECESSARY LIABILITY/LEGAL DOCUMENTATION BEFORE A SHOOT IS BOOKED. THANK YOU.
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~ CALIFORNIA ~

- Contact: Darin John Productions
- The location: REDGUM.tv, 2983 E. Miraloma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 (corner of Red Gum St. and Miraloma Ave.) 6 miles from Disneyland.
- Size: 43x18
- Shape: Rectangle
- Depth: N/A
- Heated: Heats at one degree an hour.  Can be heated to 90 with advance notice. Solar Heater and cover during some allows use to give discounts.
- Pool color: Blue with patches of white. This pool is a work pool so we can customize it. We’ve cut into the sides and added an foreground and background overflow with a built in 24 x10 foot background wall.  This is for ½ in ½ out shoots.
- Water: Currently chlorinated but we will be switching to salt water as soon a we can afford it.
- Availability: All year.

- Contact: Fathom Films (jackg@fathomfilms.net)
- Location: Woodside, Ca. (Between San Francisco and San Jose)
- Size: 18' wide x 38' long - 40,000 gallons
- Shape: Rectangle
- Depth: 12.5 Ft continuous after 4' wide x 4' deep shelf
- Heated: Solar, heat pump and gas kept about 88 degrees in summer
- Pool color: Black
- Water: Ozone with light chlorination and dual filter systems
- Availability: All Year
- Additional info: On site scuba compressor and gear, hookah systems,   
  full uw lighting systems available. Must sign liability form before shoot
  and show proof of certification to use scuba. Large parking area
  available behind studio.

- Contact: Tarachin
- Location: Escondido, CA (near San Diego)
- Size: Roughly 18x18 feet wide
- Shape: "L" shape
- Depth: 7 ft (15,000 gallons), 3 ft on the shallow end
- Heated: No
- Pool color: Baby blue, almost white
- Water: chlorinated
- Availability: During the summer
- Additional info: Must sign liability form before shoot

~ FLORIDA ~

- Contact: Blu Angel
- Location: Jacksonville, FL in Neptune Beach
- Size: Spprox 24 x 8 x 8
- Shape: Squirly-looking oval
- Depth: 8'
- Heated: Yes, Solar
- Pool color: blue with hand-painted tile - see my pics
- Water: Slow-release chlorinated
- Availability: Available year-round day or night
- Additional info : it's a beautiful pool; screened in; completely private; steps away from the master bedroom and bathroom; tiled hot tub attached; View pictures in port.

- Contact: Eric J Ducharme
- Location: Florida (Able to travel for additional cost)
- Size: 8'x 4'x 4'
- Shape: Rectangular
- Depth: 4'
- Heated: Yes
- Pool color: Acrylic rectangular aquarium. Viewable all the way around.
- Water: Fresh water and can be purified.
- Availability: Please book us anytime!
- Additional info: Underwater speakers are available for additional cost!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UW COACHES, TUTORS & MORE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Pls inform me if your an UW tutor or have any other extra UW credentials, I will add you to this section as well)

Cal Mero ~ Melbourne ~ Credentials:
Marine biologist (BSc Hons 1st class)
International award winning underwater photographer
Underwater wildlife & model photography coach (Australia)
PADI Dive master (300+ dives. Experienced coldwater diver)
Senior 1st aid & certified oxygen delivery

CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Worldwide ~ Credentials:
Pose Tutor, Coach 3yrs
UW Videographer 3yrs
UW Photographer 3yrs
PADI Open water Scuba Instructor 15yrs
Emergency First Response Instructor 3yrs
CPR/ First Aid- Infant, Child/Adult 3yrs
Details on request
Available to travel
PM for rates

Kalospix aka Jorge ~ Cape Cod, MA ~ Austin, TX ~ Bay Area, CA ~ 
Credentials:
Scuba Certified Instructor - 15 Yrs
U/W Photography Instructor
Certified First Aid, CPR and O2
Breath holding techniques
Underwater Posing Techniques (Buoyancy control Techniques)
Will travel with expenses covered
Message Jorge for U/W Shooting and Training Arrangements

MMP Studios ~ Lakeland, Florida ~ Credentials:
Underwater coach or tutor: Over 200 Models trained to work underwater over the past three years.
Underwater Production Designer: 10 years
Underwater Director: 9 years
Underwater Filmmaker: 10 years
Underwater Producer: 10 years
Underwater Photographer: 12 years
Scuba Instructors on site overseeing any and all open water activities.

Tamee ~ Las Vegas, Nevada ~ Credentials:
Coach, Pose tutor
Scuba Certified Safety Diver
Underwater Performer 2yrs
Competitive Swimmer 14yrs
Olympic Swimmer 2000 Games
Certified First Aid, CPR and O2
Diving breathing techniques
Will travel with expenses covered
PM for rates

Tarachin ~ San Diego, Worldwide ~ Credentials:
Internationally Published model 12yrs
Underwater creative assistant/director 2yrs
Underwater Pose tutor, coach 1yr
Underwater choreographer 14yrs
Will be SCUBA certified in September
Will travel with expenses paid 
PM for rates

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MERMAID/MERMAN TAILS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To purchase tails pls visit:

Fantasea Creatures
The Mertailor

___________________________ UW VIDEOGRAPHER'S ___________________________

CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Cork, London, Philippines, Cebu, Singapore, Bangkok, LA, New York, *
MMP Studios ~ Lakeland, Florida
Howard Schatz ~ New York/ Worldwide

~ Counties/States/Names in alphabetical order ~

~ Those with symbol (*) are for my personal references ~

_______________________________ WORLDWIDE ______________________________

Billy Bradford Photo ~ Rochester, NY/Miami, FL/Hollywood, CA *
CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Cork, London, Philippines, Cebu, Singapore, Bangkok, LA, New York, *
Chris Crumley ~ Virginia Beach, VA is home base, but projects have been done all over the Caribbean, Mexico, Egypt, Greece, the Indian Ocean, Australia and the Pacific. We are quite attuned to making images in remote locations. *
ChristinaMacfarlane ~ Virginia Beach, Washington DC, Richmond, Cebu, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States
David Doubilet ~ New York, International *
gavin oneill ~ London, Worldwide *
Howard Schatz ~ New York, LA, Italy, Worldwide *
Libor Spacek ~ Prague, Czech Republic, New York City *
Mick Gleissner/MM ~ Cebu/Philippines, Singapore, Los Angeles
Michael Morrison ~ *
Ric Frazier/MM Profile ~ Los Angeles, Worldwide *
RobertGerard ~ Wisconsin, Southern California, India, Thailand *
Tara Hutton ~ UK & US

_________________________________ ASIA __________________________________

~ Indonesia ~

Bagong ~ Jakarta
Jerray Aurum ~ Jakarta
Kiki Studio ~ Bali, Denpasar

~ Japan ~

Tomohide Ikeya ~ Tokyo *

~ Philippines ~

Mick Gleissner ~ Cebu Islands *

_______________________________ AUSTRALIA _______________________________

Cal Mero ~ Melbourne *
Capture Imaging ~ Anna Bay - Port Stephens, New South Wales *
Compass_Media ~ Melbourne
Davis Powell ~ Melbourne
First Point Underwater ~ Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Haworthl ~ Melbourne
JulianZ Brisbane/ Sydney
Laurie Klippel ~ New South Wales
Mark Mawson ~ Sydney, Australia *

________________________________ CANADA _________________________________

aMuse Photography ~ Toronto, Ontario
Ben Cliffe ~ Ottawa, Ontario
Chand Photography ~ dCalgary, Alberta
fos ~ Toronto
Ian Brooks Photography ~ Ontario
Mark Turuk ~ Ontario
Rick Natias ~ Quebec
TheStudioCoach dot com ~ Montreal

________________________________ EUROPE _________________________________

~ Belarus ~

Mikhail Garous

~ France ~

Petit Bain ~ Deauville

~ Germany ~

Thomas K ~ Delmenhorst
Thomas Rupprecht ~ Lorsch

~ Holland ~

Weirdeau ~ Amsterdam *

~ Italy ~

Sergio Sarta ~ Milan *

~ Sweden ~

Lambis ~ Malmo *
Lazy Diver ~ Lund

~ Ukraine ~

Valery Anzilov ~ Yalta

~ United Kingdom ~

Bread and Shutter ~ London *
Candice Photography ~ Uncertain *
Zena Holloway ~ London *

~ Unknown Locations ~

Eckhard Krumpholz
Klaus Behnisch
Sergey Kondrashin ~ *

~ Spain ~

IamKiam ~ Rota, Sevilla, Málaga, Madrid, Andalusia

________________________________ MEXICO _________________________________

Rich Drinkard ~ Cancun

______________________________ NEW ZEALAND ______________________________

Keith R Smith ~ Auckland

______________________________ SOUTH AFRICA _____________________________

Dutchy ~ Johannesburg, Gauteng

_____________________________ UNITED STATES ______________________________

~ Alabama ~
~ Alaska ~

~ Arizona ~

Deee-Liteful Images ~ Surprise
The Last Drop Of Rain ~ Phoenix

~ Arkansas ~

~California~

AliciaHolderPhotography ~ East SF Bay Area
Ari Abramczyk ~ Ventura *
Alberich ~ SF Bay *
Awardagency ~ West Los Angeles
Broder Photography ~ Los Angeles
CorvyPixels Photogrpahy ~ San Francisco
Courtnay Elekt ~ Sacramento *
Courtney Miller ~ Santa Barbara
Couture Foto ~ Tarzana
Darin B ~ San Diego *
D Stevens ~ Santa Monica
David Hofmann ~ Valencia
Ed Freeman ~ Los Angeles *
H2WU ~ Los Angeles *
Karima Cheri ~ Sausalito
Karl Shreeves ~ Aliso Viejo
KC Alfred ~ San Diego
kozyndan ~ Santa Monica
Numatix ~ Placentia
M Images ~ Orange
Phillip Colla ~ Carlsbad *
Scott Sansenbach ~ Huntington Beach *
SP Photography ~ Los Angeles
Steve Shea ~ OC/LA *
Tracy Kahn/MM ~ Los Angeles/ Santa Barbara *
Two Watches ~ Los Angeles/New York
Vivint Vie ~ Orange County
Waveguider ~ Los Angeles

~ Colorado ~

CustomCreations by Chad ~ Denver *

~ Connecticut ~
~ Delaware ~

~ Florida ~

Annette Batista ~ Tampa 
bnsphoto ~ St. Augustine
Brad Miller ~ Palm City *
Doug Swinskey ~ Tampa
EdwinR Photography ~ Tampa
Jewel Imaging ~ The Keys
John Sluder Photography ~ Melbourne
KRoss Photography ~ Fort Lauderdale
MMP Studios ~ Lakeland
Rick M ~ Plantation
ShadeOfGrey Photography ~ Salem County NJ and West Palm Beach County
Stephen Frink ~ Key Largo *
Swank Photography ~ Florida Keys
Todd Essick ~ West Palm Beach *
Waterworld Images ~ Orlando *
Whitney Allen Photo ~ Tampa *
Zac Pagett Photography ~ Lake Worth

~ Georgia ~

BColePhotography ~ Atlanta
Kash Johnson ~ Carrollton *

~ Hawaii ~

Curt Chambers ~ Honolulu *
Dorys Foltin ~ Honolulu
Far Out Photos/Website ~ Kailua Kona
Redinhawaii ~ Haleiwa *
[http://www.modelmayhem.com/575312]Tony Suber Photography[/url] ~ Kailua, Hawaii

~ Idaho ~

~ Illinois ~

~ Indiana ~
~ Iowa ~
~ Kansas ~
~ Kentucky ~
~ Louisiana ~
~ Maine ~

~ Maryland ~

B R I G H T D A Y ~ Waldorf
redshiftBLUESHIFTimages ~ Towson

~ Massachusetts ~

Kenda North ~ Boston

~ Michigan ~

DonOcelotl Fotografia ~ Houston, & Royal Oak

~ Minnesota ~

Rhea Pappas ~ St.Paul

~ Mississippi ~

Christa Loustalot ~ Ocean Springs

~ Missouri ~

Stephen Melvin ~ Kansas City

~ Montana ~
~ Nebraska ~

~ Nevada ~

ALVproductions ~ Las Vegas
PhotoPhantasia ~ Las Vegas
Studio Snowden ~ Las Vegas
The Dave ~ Las Vegas
T P Photography ~ Las Vegas & Los Angeles *
Wesfoto ~ Las Vegas

~ New Hampshire ~

~ New Jersey ~

Drew Noel Photography ~ Columbus

~ New Mexico ~

~ New York ~

Brian Rawson ~ Long Island, Queens, Manhattan
Candy Lust ~ New York
Harry Fayt ~ New York / Liege *
Hbynoe ~ Cliffside Park
Dennis OClair ~ Woodstock *
Don Spiro ~ New York & LA
Jason Heller ~ New York *
Kailas ~ New York *
Mallory Gallery ~ New York *
MaxStudios ~ NY, LA, Miami
Stuart Photography ~ New York *

~ North Carolina ~

Liz Massingill ~ Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Greensboro, High Point
NRG Images ~ Cary
Timothy Nantz ~ Thomasville

~ North Dakota ~

~ Ohio ~

Adam Bowling Photograph/OMP ~ Akron/Cleveland, Ohio

~ Oklahoma ~

Bryan Crump Photography ~ Oklahoma City

~ Oregon ~

Illusive Images ~ Eugene *

~ Pennsylvania ~

C h r i s g o o d e n ~ Pittsburgh
Jim Green ~ Exton

~ Rhode Island ~

~ South Carolina ~

Guerrilla Photography ~ Greenville

~ South Dakota ~
~ Tennessee ~

~ Texas ~

Gia Wood Photography ~ Dallas
Imagebuffet ~ Richardson
James Wiseman ~ Houston *
Julian Humphries ~ Austin
kalospix ~ Austin, Bay Area, Cape Cod; TX,CA,MA
Ken Myers Underwater ~ Garland
Mausy Fashion ~ Dallas
Mykle Coyne ~ Fort Worth
Philip II Aqua ~ Dallas
Photobob ~ San Antonio
RBlake ~ Houston
Richard Tallent ~ Beaumont *
W Studios inc ~ Colleyville

~ Utah ~

Blended Clarity ~ Ogden

~ Vermont ~

~ Virginia ~

Jeff Ried Photography ~ Smith Mountain Lake, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville
LarsLarsen ~ Charlottesville
Way Beyond Productions ~ Portsmouth *

~ Washington ~

ByteStudio ~ Bainbridge Island

~ West Virginia ~

Mountain Image ~ Morgantown

~ Wisconsin ~

David Weiss ~ Oshkosh
Fred L. Timm ~ Milwaukee

~ Wyoming ~

Swank Photography wrote:

Swank Photography!

I'm shooting underwater this Thursday in fact!

Tarachin wrote:

Awesome! Thanks you Swank!

Swank Photography wrote:

You're welcome! I've been to your port (I think last night???) it is totally captivating!

Tarachin wrote:

Thank you so much Swank, there will be more images to come over the next few weeks

Photographer407_IT-GFP wrote:
Hope you do not mind this question, didn't want to start a new thread..

I have my 40D, and I want to shoot some underwater photographs...

What can a used waterproof case go for? (What do you reccomend?)

Beginner lighting (yes, I know this is important) so - what do you advise I go with here (on a budget?) What else to think of?

Richard Tallent wrote:
I'm in sunny Beaumont, Texas! (Houston area)

I'm planning to do a few underwater figure nude shoots this summer. I'm updating my list of models to contact when I have available dates, so send me a PM if you want on the list!

Ian Brooks Photography wrote:
Checking in.

Kincardine, Ontario.

Brian Rawson wrote:
Here I am.... NY

Timothy Nantz wrote:
Tim reporting for duty!
It's tuff finding water babies here (N.C.) this summer for some odd reason, I may have to join Sue (Swank) down in the Keys....still wanting me to come down?

P.S. Just found a semi-local (S.C.) model who's pregnant & wanting to do underwater...that'll be a first for me...will have to wait until August to shoot however....*sigh*

Philip II Aqua wrote:
Present and accounted for.



Model: Aria

Martin Schiff Photo wrote:
I've been doing underwater photography for over 30 years.



-- Martin

David Weiss wrote:
Just got done shooting the spawning sturgeon.

Laurie Klippel wrote:
Here from Australia

More U/W images at www.lauriek.deviantart.com

lambis wrote:
Dont Forget me;-)
www.apneaimages.com

Keith R Smith wrote:
I've had a go at underwater portrait photography and would love to do more.

Tarachin wrote:

Good to see there is someone from NZ who has started UW work.. do keep it up and have a look at other UW photographers ports to help improve your skills.. I have added you...all the best

Swank Photography wrote:
Great list here! I went ahead and placed this in my profile as well! I am proud to be included! Thanks again!

MMP Studio wrote:
Thanks for the Add. always nice to be noticed.

Keith R Smith wrote:

Thanks. I've added the banner to my profile and hope to get some more photos I can add to my portfolio next summer. The trick is finding the model who looks natural and comfortable underwater. And yes, there's a lot of inspirationall underwater pictures on this site.

Best of luck to you as well.