Ontario photographer sinks to new depths for underwater photos with a model | 24CA News
After receiving the file for the deepest underwater picture shoot with a mannequin again in July, a Hamilton, Ont. photographer has bettered that milestone by snapping footage some 5 instances deeper.
Steven Haining says when he and a crew first ventured into Georgian Bay waters close to Tobermory, Ontario in June 2021 they weren’t there to set any file as a lot as to test off an thought on a bucket checklist throughout COVID pandemic restrictions.
“I’ve been a diver for a while and I’ve done portraits in pools just because I love the atmosphere of it,” the 34-year-old Haining mentioned.
“When there was the phrase was going around like ‘don’t breathe each other’s air’ … my studio team was like … ‘Oh well, if we all wear our scuba, then we’ll be able to still hang out.’”
The Ontario location is famous for internet hosting over 25 freshwater shipwrecks in a condensed space simply off of Bruce Peninsula Park.
Along with grasp scuba diver Mareesha Kulps and Brantford mannequin Ciara Antoski in a white robe, the 2021 shoot grabbed the file for the deepest underwater mannequin picture shoot at 6.4 metres (21 toes) on the rudder of W.L. Wetmore wreck.
Looking to push the envelope even additional, Haining, Kulps, Antoski and diver Mario Medarevic, went again out to Tobermory in September with a bigger crew to shoot on the deeper Niagara II Shipwreck which represented a depth of 30 metres (98 ft).
“It was sunk in 1999 intentionally to train scuba divers doing their advanced diving, and we were like ‘this is the perfect spot for it,’” Haining defined.
“We know the wreck, it’s at 100 feet and so significantly deeper … and it seems like it’s deeper than most people have ever done portrait photography ever.”
The unique 2021 record-setting shoot completely featured Antoski, who returned to function for photographs within the 2023 shoot.
However, with security issues over deeper and colder water, the precise record-setting photographs featured Kulps in a robe as a consequence of her huge diving expertise.
“When we figured it out, we picked a huge, huge elegant gown … it’s one of those flying dresses from Greece that they hold down and they fly in the wind,” in response to Haining.
“So it used that as the outfit, and we brought a significantly bigger safety team just in case, and then practiced for a couple of days.”
The photographs of Antoski have been shot throughout a apply day the week of Sept. 17 with a 16-minute-long photoshoot making the record-setting photographs with Kulps a day later.
Hainings photographs could be seen on Guinness World Records web site.
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