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Photography Guide

Below is a very simple step-by-step guide to help you take the best quality images of your aquarium. We very much hope you find this of use to improve your chances of winning our monthly Fishkeeper Gallery competition and in doing so enter the exclusive “Hall of Fame”!

For a more in-depth and comprehensive guide to successful aquarium photography please click here.

Make sure the photo is level and not at an angle

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Make sure your camera is correctly focused

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Make sure there is low/minimal lighting in the room

Too much will cause reflection on the front glass

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Flash Photography

If photographing your aquarium ‘face-on’, it is important to turn the flash off to avoid any reflection on the front glass. [If you wish to take a photo using a flash to ‘freeze movement’, and therefore result in a sharper picture, stand at approximately 45 degrees to the front glass to avoid a flash reflection]:

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Distance

Don’t take the photo too far away and compose the photo to maximise the interior of your aquarium. That way it will really focus on the contents rather than it being distracted by the surroundings

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