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Winner of Palm d'Or in Best Advertising Film Category at World Festival of Underwater Imagery in Antibes 2004

Underwater Photography

How many times have you seen, on other sites, that they offer the services of 'award winning underwater photographers'? Yet they tell you nothing about their 'awards'? Well, we offer you a truly professional service, from an award winning underwater cameraman too, only we will tell you what he has won... Namely a Palm d'Or (Gold award) at the World Festival of Underwater Imagery in Antibes in October 2004. There are a few others also, but that one is as big as they come!

Even so, before choosing us as the underwater photographers to capture such unique images of your little one, please take a look at some of the other websites and adverts in magazines, supposedly offering you the 'same'. See how dark and foreboding the water around the child often appears, and how 'bright' the baby's skin is, shadows often in the background, and poses that look awkward... And then, take a look at ours! The reason, sadly, is quite simple. Underwater Photography for Babies and Children has become quite 'trendy' and so, along come the amateurs! These people often use small cameras with fixed narrow lenses, in low price waterproof housings, relying on a single, camera mounted, underwater flash to provide all of the illumination - the results are usually very poor, as can be seen if you look around. Don't be fooled by being told this is a sacrifice you have to accept for being underwater - it certainly is not!

Here at Rusalka, we only use top of the range professional camera equipment, contained in professional underwater housings that are specific to only that camera model - and are even more expensive than the camera bodies! We always work beneath the surface using scuba equipment, allowing the photographer to remain in position underwater indefinitely! Being somewhat unique in owning our own pool complex enables us far greater flexibility during our baby and children underwater photography sessions too, for example, we always light the pool with powerful TV Studio lighting, giving the effect of beautiful, clear blue water, as if lit by the natural sun. Our pool is entirely plain blue, thus removing any possibility of showing unsightly tile patterns in the background, or the need use pieces of material to cover them up. And the crew you get is always our 'Number One Team', in fact, of course, it is our only team, because that is how we operate.

Yulia is in the water with you, during every session, using her invaluable and extensive experience to assist and position each child in accordance with their individual safe ability level. Neither they, or you, will ever be put under any pressure due to fixed and limited session timings that you may otherwise get in a pool that is being rented...

After your session, your images will be individually assessed and configured to enable you to visit your own private page on our website, for viewing and selection, in your own time.

Our fees are extremely reasonable and what's more, we don't charge the earth for additional prints either! And remember, your child does not have to swim at Rusalka to be able to attend one of our Underwater Photography sessions, all are most welcome, although we will need to know details of your child's underwater ability.

So, if you live in Hampshire or the surrounding areas, why risk it, there is really only one choice for you to make!