IMRAN AHMADUNDER WATER PHOTOGRAPHER

Project done by: Abinaya Jayapraksh

IntroductionImran Ahmad’s images arouse

a sense of curiosity or interest on the viewers towards them. His pictures looks like they are mischievously crafted giving the audience the accurate mood of that moment that he had in mind while clicking the picture. His pictures are very creative.

About his career Singapore based Nikon Professional

Photographer and Film Lecturer at SAE

Institute.

Conducting photo workshops and seminars at various dives shows around

Singapore

His photos exhibited at DEEP Indonesia (Jakarta) and MIDE Malaysia ( Kuala

Lumpur).

His works were published in Asian Diver, Scuba Diver Australasia, Berita Harian,

EZDive, Sport Diving Australia, Sport Diving & Scuba Diver

He has been a photo judge on several occasions including the recent Nikon BigShot

1 & 2 photo competition in Singapore.

Freelance Photographer at Getty Images.

Media Trainer at Singapore Media Academy.

Skills and expertiseEditorial Photography, Travel Photography,  Digital Photography, 

Lightroom, Video Editing, Camera ,

Video Production, Film, Image Editing,

Documentaries, Photojournalism , Studio Lighting,

Post Production, Magazines, Art, 

Cinematography, Underwater Photography, Sports Photography,

Portrait Photography, Event Photography, Commercial Photography,

Fine Art Photography, Fashion Photography, Architectural Photography

InterestsImran Ahmad’s interests are

Underwater photography,

wildlife & Travel Photography

and people photography but

he is most famous for his

underwater photography. His specialty is that There is no choreographing in

underwater photography.

Famous forHe is famous for “Dutch Tilt” technique. His photography speaks what he tries to convey. Even the things we see in our life looks beautiful through his eyes like we have not seen before.

This picture really made me stare at it for hours. It’s a clear Dutch angle which gives us a feeling that we are inside the water looking up for the

sky

Some of his shots

His contribution to the field In 2012, Imran was elected as

the President on the newly formed South East Asia Society of Underwater Photographers.

As a president of SEASOUP, he aspires to promote underwater photography in all aspects, both as a form of art and also as a memory by recording the underwater observations.

Social interests His work was exhibited in Ocean

Artists Society, a unique alliance

of some of the world's top artists

around the world working

together through ocean art.

His photography's were to

inspire people around the world

to develop an awareness towards

marine life and of our need to

preserve our natural world.WITHIN YOU

His styleHis style of

photography &

cinematography is a lot

about anticipating a

subject’s movement and

body language. His under

water photography are

mostly natural and not

choreographed. He just

captures the art of actions

that unfold before his eyes

at the exact fraction of

second which immediately

vanishes.

Special techniques A lot of his underwater

photography add a wonderful

beauty to it by playing with the

lightings that are available

underwater and the reflections on

the subject or water or the floor.

His specialty is Dutch angle

Technique.

The colours in his photography

are eye catching and

aesthetically attractive.

Uniqueness He let his lens speak for him.

Through his journey of photography

he captures the faction of the second

which looks artistic through his eyes.

Through his images we can feel the

physical presence of our soul with

him as he dives and capture images

of the realm to share with us and his

passion for the ocean.

Even a normal subjects looks

appealing through his artistic eyes

like we have never seen before.

Challenges in underwater photography Very expensive

Risky

The environment: moisture,

difficult to arrange props,

mobile subjects and

visibility.

Difficulty in breathing

Depth ,pressure and time.

lighting

My inspiration I personally feel that

underwater photography and

wildlife photography are really

interesting. And I find Imran

Ahmad to be really inspiring.

I would like to explore Dutch

angle and the composition of

the image.

Even though his pictures are

underwater his lighting are so

perfect and the pictures are so

colourful and inspires me a lot.

Underwater photography by

Imran Ahmad bin Rayat Ahmad

Within youThis is one of his favorite and epic

photograph. The picture is divided

into 3 parts. The fore ground,

background and the reflection in

between. The picture is

asymmetrical and the point of

interest is on the girl who is placed

approximately at the center of the

frame but in the fore ground to have

the main focus. The picture have

warm colour tone which gives the

viewers the coolness of the ocean.

Indian oceanHe used Dutch angle. Through this picture we could feel the

presence of being into the picture. We could see the fore ground and the background are cut diagonally .

AliveVery artistic cool colour tone.

The Dutch angle he used helps

the picture to have an

interesting point of focus on the

jelly fish. The picture has depth

of field where the jelly fish is in

the main focus.

FOUND NEMOMonochromatic colour tone of a close up. The picture has

contrasting colour tone and he has used shallow depth of field

Quantum PhysicsThe picture has a monochromatic colour tone with shallow depth of focus.

Model photographyThis photograph is highly

contrasting and it is deeply focused

where by the texture formed by the

ripples are very clear and the

refection of the sun making the

whole image light bright.

Thank you