Prime 10 tricks to elevate your underwater pictures

Award-winning underwater photographer Jake Wilton can be presenting his prime 10 tricks to increase your underwater pictures to the following stage when he takes to the Photo Stage on the GO Diving Show in Sydney in September.

Jake is an underwater and wildlife photographer based mostly on the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. His ardour for the ocean started within the coastal city of South West Rocks on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, residence to the world-renowned dive web site, Fish Rock Cave.

After finishing his Open Water certification at simply 16 years outdated in 2007, Jake spent a few years working domestically at Fish Rock Cave as a Divemaster and Instructor earlier than finally relocating to Coral Bay on the Ningaloo Reef. In 2018, inspired by fellow photographers, he bought his first underwater digicam setup and started pursuing underwater pictures professionally.

Since then, Jake’s work has been featured in quite a few publications, together with Australian Geographic, Dive Mag UK, Ocean Geographic, EZ Dive Magazine, and Oceanographic Magazine, in addition to throughout varied information and on-line media retailers.

Jake’s pictures has earned him a number of awards and a place as a Nikon Australia Creator. Through his imagery, he goals to encourage a deeper reference to the ocean, wildlife, and the pure world, whereas encouraging larger consciousness and conservation for future generations.

Jake’s pictures has earned him a number of awards in a number of the world’s most revered nature and underwater pictures competitions, together with the Ocean Photography Awards, Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, Oceanographic Pictures of the Year, Underwater Awards Australasia, and the Crikey Australia Nature Photography Awards.

In recognition of his rising affect inside the business, Jake joined Nikon Australia as a Creator in 2021. Since then, he has continued to ascertain himself inside the photographic group, not too long ago being invited to take part on judging panels for pictures competitions and business occasions.

Through his imagery, Jake goals to encourage a deeper reference to the ocean, wildlife, and the pure world. His work not solely showcases the sweetness and variety of marine ecosystems, but additionally highlights the significance of conservation and defending these fragile environments for future generations.

The GO Diving Show is happening on the Sydney Showground on 5-6 September

GO Diving Show ANZ 2026

The GO Diving Show ANZ, now in its third yr, returns to the Sydney Showground on 5-6 September and guarantees a wealthy smorgasbord of world-class audio system, inspirational exhibitors and entertaining actions – whether or not you’re a novice diver, an skilled leisure diver or a hardcore techie, there’s something for everybody. And with youngsters beneath 16 going free, it’s the excellent weekend of water-related enjoyable for the entire household.

Central to proceedings is the Main Stage, full with large video wall. Headlining the Main Stage is business diver – and the inspiration for Hollywood film Last Breath – Chris Lemons, whose wonderful story of survival after being stranded on the underside of the North Sea in 100m has nonetheless left the specialists baffled. You might need seen the film and the documentary of the identical identify, however listening to from the person himself is solely unmissable.

Chris is joined on the Main Stage by acclaimed technical diver, underwater photographer and wreck hunter Pete Mesley, marine biologist, award-winning writer and documentary film-maker Sheree Marris, underwater photographer and conservationist Ross Long, and the intrepid workforce from Shipwreck Hunters Australia, who can be taking us behind the scenes of the favored TV collection.

As effectively because the star-studded Main Stage, there are additionally three devoted secondary levels – Photo Stage, Tech Stage, and Inspiration Stage – boasting a cracking roster of presenters, together with underwater photographers Vanessa Mignon, Michael Aw and Brett Lobwein, technical divers Mark Tozer, Yana Stashkevich and John Kendall, and lots of extra. Be educated, entertained and impressed by this legendary line-up.

The GO Diving Show isn’t just a collection of levels internet hosting fabulous talks, there are additionally a host of interactive options to go well with younger and outdated, and with a few of them, you don’t even have to be a diver to get pleasure from them!

There are two implausible VR diving experiences – discover inside Mount Gambier’s iconic Tank Cave, in a stunningly life like three- to five-minute ‘fly-through’ of a reconstructed part of the cave, and enterprise into 70m-plus off Sweden to go to the historic Mars shipwreck, which is astonishingly well-preserved after a number of hundred years underwater.

The Royal Australian Navy are becoming a member of the present this yr, providing an immersive look into the elite world of maritime defence. They can be bringing alongside a set of cutting-edge gear for a really interactive show. From superior tactical diving rigs and high-tech rebreathers to the newest in underwater surveillance and clearance diving gear, it is a uncommon alternative to get hand’s-on with the tech that powers the nation’s naval operations. Whether you’re a gear fanatic or inquisitive about a profession beneath the waves, come meet the specialists and discover the equipment that defines naval excellence.

After an important reception final yr, the Historical Diving Society are returning, showcasing the fascinating historical past of diving by way of a devoted show celebrating how underwater exploration has advanced. Visitors can count on to see examples of traditional diving gear, together with conventional hard-hat gear, alongside professional insights into the methods, expertise and tales that formed the early days of the game. Run by passionate volunteers, the show provides an in-depth take a look at diving heritage and is a must-see for anybody thinking about how fashionable scuba diving got here to be.

If you wish to truly ‘get wet’ for actual, there are two swimming pools proper within the corridor – one is devoted to newbies taking their first tentative fin-steps into the world of diving with an entry-level trydive, whereas the opposite is dedicated to certified divers to who to attempt one thing new – particularly closed-circuit rebreathers, and sidemount configuration.

And in fact, on the coronary heart of the present, surrounding the levels and options can be a broad vary of exhibitors, from vacationer boards and tour operators to resorts, liveaboards, coaching businesses, retailers, producers, and conservation organisations. This sensational array of all-things-diving supplies the right excuse to scout your subsequent vacation vacation spot, plan your subsequent certification course, bask in just a little retail remedy on some shiny new equipment, and discover out the newest efforts to guard our watery planet.

Get your tickets now!

Tickets for the GO Diving Show ANZ are on sale now – advance day tickets are $12 as a substitute of the on-the-door value of $15, however the first 1,000 tickets are 2-for-1 with code TWO4ONE, making it unbelievable worth for cash, so get your skates on and guide now. Kids 16 and beneath get in totally free, making it the right household time out. There is loads of parking on-site and the venue is straightforward to get to with loads of transport choices, so get the dates in your diary now and put together for an epic weekend celebrating all types of diving.