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Welcoming Party ' Waving Hands ' Under The Sea , If you don’t have the faintest idea what photography lingo means, don’t worry. The compact cameras all have “Auto Modes” that can work well for most situations. However, I’d suggest at least taking a few minutes to learn the basics about how shutter speed relates to ISO, and how exposure compensation and aperture work.

Typically, a slow shutter speed is your greatest enemy when it comes to taking a clear fish photo, so I usually decrease my exposure setting so that while I take a darker photograph, the fish is captured with minimal blur. Another asset is the ability of many cameras to shoot in “burst mode,” taking a rapid succession of photos if you hold down the shutter button. Especially for anyone aiming to capture high quality photos, burst mode drastically increases your chances of getting a photo with fins positioned optimally, as well as decreases your chances of having your shot ruined by a bit of sediment blurring across the face of the fish (a particular pet-peeve of mine).

Unless you desperately need to illuminate a fish to try to get an identification photo of something say, under a rock, you will want to avoid using the flash. Expensive external flash setups can properly illuminate fish, but the on board flash on most cameras will only serve to highlight every single possible bit of particulate matter in the water.