uwphotographers: UWP: HENRY JAGER

Friday, March 9, 2012

UWP: HENRY JAGER


























Henry Jager is a passionate underwater and wildlife photographer with an incredible sense for an unexpected view on the subjects.

Since he started taking underwater pictures in 2007, he travelled some of the most fantastic places in the world like Raja Ampat, Philippines, Maldives, Indonesia, Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. 

Due to his outstanding portfolio, Henry Jager has been awarded Grand Master of underwaterphotography by the world’s largest and one of the most prestigious contest, www.underwaterphotography.com. 

For this contest, he acts also as photo critic now. He's writing articles and performing presentations as well as exhibitions. He's offering underwater photography courses and workshops.

As a spectator you can feel Henry's passion for underwaterphotography. He describes his work as follows:

“Our earth’s biodiversity is amazing. Especially underwater, you find the most crazy creatures as well as the cutest, most colorful and most impressive ones. My passion is to picture this fantastic underwaterworld and make the amazing beauty of life available to everybody.”


Equipement:

• Camera Brand and Model: Olympus E-3 & E-5
• Lens: Zuiko 50mm Macro & 1,4x teleconverter
• Housing Brand and Model: BS Kinetics Housing & Inon MRS Olympus 50 Macro Port
• Strobes Brand and Model: Inon Z240 & Seaflash 150d (2 each)
• Dioptre: Inon UCL 165 AD
• Additional equipment add on: SolaVideo1200