Any advice for a true beginner in underwater video with an action cam? Light and Tray stabilizer.

[Blackcrusader]

Words of wisdom: No matter what you think, you aren't close enough, and you didn't stay on the subject long enough .. and, two hands on the tray, and slow down.

Yeah get closer. What could possibly go wrong lol

I got this lovelly 4.5m long Tiger Shark in Maldives last year. I saw her like a wandering shadow in low visibility conditions. Letting her come close for a photo op was exhilierating. The other divers in my group were waiting to get video of me being used as a snack. They were so dissapointed. I took this shot and then had to push her away to the side. She just wanted a nice cuddle. No video lights on of course.

 

[Blackcrusader]

Keep the camera still and let the fish or whatever do the moving. Slow down most clips by 25% when processing.

I actually don't know how I did this as it was off the camera like this. I don't edit my videos justs upload them.

 

[Blackcrusader]

@MarcoTorino68

I took this video using my Go Pro Hero 4 with some video lights that were not really powerful.
You can see the affect of the colour change when I get close enough to this octopus. Watch to the end... the octpous gets bitten by a fish and reacts to that. It was never bothered by my presense. I also should have stayed and recorded longer but my group just swam past me and didn't even see the octopus I was filming.