Fish Tank Photography Tips!

 Here are some simple things I try to think about when taking photographs of aquarium fish:

1. Clean the glass, nothing as irritating as finally having gotten a clear shot and there’s dried water on the glass.

2. Stability, this could be a tripod, table or a pile of books. Especially important when not using the flash.

3. Lighting, turn off all other lights in the room and take the shot during the evening. Prevents annoying reflexion in the glass.

4. Flash, normally I tend not to use the flash as it is tricky to get an angle from which there is no reflection of the flash in the glass (and it might disturb the fish) but with fast moving fish it can be very useful.

5. Background, try to take shots of the fish when they are in front of something nice like plants or wood rather than the pump or heater.

6. Use crop when editing to get rid of that pump or heater

7. Practise on using the macro setting on the camera.

8. Try to focus on the eye or at least head of the target.

9. Take some time to try different settings on the camera, you don’t have to do this the manual way the pre-programmed settings will take you far. When you found one you like remember it! The photo conditions will not change as long as you don’t change for instance the lights and you can always come back to the one setting you know works well for one tank.

Good luck!

Melander

(These tips were originally posted on: http://www.irishfishkeepers.com/)