Many people say we’ve gone crazy with selfies, that taking an underwater selfie is bordering on madness, and that we seek to fill voids and gain recognition for beauty through others. I won’t delve into whether this holds true when talking about surface photographs compulsively shared on social media, but certainly, it doesn’t apply to divers.
An underwater selfie rarely portrays you well. There you are, half of your face covered by the mask, puckering your lips to hold the apparatus in your mouth, and not smiling; because smiling, I mean, really smiling, isn’t possible.
On the street, filters are applied to conceal imperfections. You have to edit your underwater selfie to not look like a “smurf”.
On the surface, you have unlimited time to seek the best light, make faces, and spend hours creating multiple versions of the same selfie.
But try taking a photograph with a marvelous fish in the background while maintaining buoyancy at the same time! When you manage it, the fish is already gone, and you’re left with an ‘oops’ expression, that, of course, everybody can see in your selfie!
Honestly, I believe underwater selfies are a form of self-love. But, of course, they have to be done right. And that’s what we’re going to learn in this article.