Glenn Norwood
Glenn Norwood
Glenn NorwoodA huge aquarium that needs to be decorated
The realization of a project can take him anywhere from days to weeks. There is a lot of preparation and problem solving behind it and he usually works in a small team. One of the biggest difficulties when photographing underwater is positioning things and especially keeping them there. Every material behaves differently and it takes a lot of time to get pieces of furniture and all kinds of props under the liquid surface and fix them in place. You have to imagine it like a huge aquarium that needs to be decorated. The difference here is that the decoration is not available in the pet shop, but is found and bought at flea markets, DIY stores or in classified ads. Always in the hope that the materials have the right properties. Borrowing the props is not an option, as the water usually destroys them after several hours. It all seems far too cumbersome in an age of digital image processing that makes everything possible, doesn't it? For him, the "old school" method is a must for special underwater portraits and part of his process. Brett tends to adjust little things in the editing process, such as color saturation, contrast and eliminating unwanted reflections caused by water movement.
