Brett Stanley's underwater photography art

　　Brett Stanley, a shining name in the field of underwater photography, has won wide acclaim around the world for his unique creative style and amazing works.

　　Creative process and background

　　Stanley's underwater photography journey began many years ago. He has been a "water baby" since he was a child and has a special liking for the feeling of floating underwater. 10 years ago, as a commercial photographer in New Zealand, he began to try underwater portrait photography. After many experiments, he successfully extended his film-like texture and well-lit photography style to underwater, thus opening up a new creative world and continuing to explore and cultivate it in the past 8 years. Later, he moved to Long Beach, Los Angeles, USA, where he further expanded his underwater photography career and built complete scenes and rooms in his underwater studio. His works attracted global attention and quickly became popular. They were used in commercial advertisements, album covers, and even collaborated with many celebrities. This is undoubtedly a high recognition of his work.

　　Creative style and characteristics

　　Imaginative theme landscape

　　Stanley's underwater scenes are often eye-catching, full of creativity and imagination. He can design underwater scenes like the world of Greek mythology, and cleverly simulate clouds with cotton. He has also created a girl's bedroom scene, which makes people imagine what human life looks like underwater. During the shooting, he will choose suitable props according to the characteristics of the model, such as steel pipes, hula hoops, etc., to help the model stretch his posture and determine the unique shooting theme. Every detail of the landscape is carefully designed, bringing endless reverie to the audience.

　　Exquisite use of lighting

　　Before getting involved in underwater photography, Stanley was a commercial studio photographer, which enabled him to perfectly integrate superb lighting skills into underwater shooting. He is not limited to a single fill light, but arranges multiple colors of fill light according to different shooting themes, and combines it with the body flash. In this way, it not only supplements the light of the swimming pool, but also creates a unique atmosphere, making the picture more layered and the visual effect more shocking.

　　Professional and unique makeup design

　　Stanley's photography studio is equipped with a professional underwater makeup team. The waterproof makeup they created is long-lasting and does not come off. The exaggerated and heavy eye shadow is matched with colorful wigs to make the models show their unique charm underwater. The makeup complements the underwater dream scene and adds a lot of color to the work.

　　Representative works and influence

　　Underwater pole dance series

　　In this series of works, Stanley spent several weeks instructing dancers to hold their breath underwater and complete difficult dance moves. The dancers' graceful postures and flexible lines in the water are perfectly integrated with the buoyancy of the water. Once the photos were released, they attracted widespread international attention and appeared in many magazines and newspapers. They also appeared on television, such as "Cosmopolitan" and "Brigitte" (Germany), "ABC News" (USA), "Yahoo" (Australia), "Telemundo" (Mexico), etc., fully demonstrating his innovation and breakthrough in underwater photography.

　　Album cover and commercial advertising works

　　The underwater cover art he created for the Weyes Blood band's "Titanic Rising" album was shot in a swimming pool in Long Beach, California. To ensure the stability of the shooting scene, they relied on sandbags and limited the shooting time to two hours. The final work was visually impactful and perfectly interpreted the theme of the album. In addition, he has also cooperated with many brands, such as "Wonder West by Boot Barn" shot for Boot Barn, and the underwater swimsuit advertisement for the 2023 Resort Series shot for Bromelia Swimwear. His works are widely used in the commercial field, promoting the application and development of underwater photography in commercial publicity.

　　Shooting skills and professional ability

　　As an underwater photography expert, Stanley knows how to guide the subject to show the best state in the water, even if the other party can't swim. With his patient and calm personality, he creates a peaceful atmosphere for the shooting scene, so that the shooting process is not rushed, but meticulously crafted. In terms of equipment, since most underwater photography equipment on the market is aimed at wildlife and sports photography, there is a lack of underwater studio-style supporting equipment, so he often makes it himself. From building supporting devices for Canon flashes to building underwater sets, he constantly innovates and improves shooting techniques, striving to achieve the best results every time.

　　With his passion and dedication to underwater photography, Brett Stanley constantly breaks through and innovates, using his lens to capture the fantasy and beauty of the underwater world, bringing us one visual feast after another and injecting new vitality into the development of underwater photography art.

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