"The underwater world is of endless inspiration and source of joy for me.
It offers vast opportunities for photography, but not without specific challenges.
Most of my photos are taken while freediving, which became a great passion.
Learning to dive while holding my breath made it possible to travel freely in the water column and be the most flexible in movement that I can get underwater."
"Besides photographing the underwater landscape I experiment with people and different ways to show their interaction with the surface of the water.
The deepest photo I took while freediving was at 55 meters, photographing a freediver in front of The Arch at Dahab’s Blue Hole.
I destroyed a 5DM4 + lens on a second attempt."
- Huub Waaldijk
Favourite photographer: Muhammed Muheisen
Tip for others: Don’t focus too much on what others do, try to find your own style and be curious.
My camera: Canon 5DM4 in an Ikelite underwater housing. Lenses Canon and Sigma.
Favourite photo: Difficult question because it changes through time. At the moment it is this one (see below):
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The Joker by Huub Waaldijk
Rockclimber Amira Helmi falling backwards into the warm water of the Red Sea
Rockclimber Amira Helmi falling backwards into the warm water of the Red Sea Read less
Garden eels waiting for their food to pass by
Garden eels waiting for their food to pass by Read less
A shot of former world champion Yegor Popretinskiy, taken at very close range from the watersuface. Location Gulf of Aqaba, Sinaï desert.
A shot of former world champion Yegor Popretinskiy, taken at very close range from the watersuface. Location Gulf of Aqaba, Sinaï desert. Read less
Sunlight coming through openings in this large coral formations of St. Johns in the Red Sea.
Sunlight coming through openings in this large coral formations of St. Johns in the Red Sea. Read less
A Bedouin boy jumps from a boat in the Red Sea.
A Bedouin boy jumps from a boat in the Red Sea. Read less
A freediver stares into the depht of the Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt.
A freediver stares into the depht of the Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt. Read less
Two young bedouin brothers jump from a boat in the wonderfull town of Dahab, South Sinai Dessert
Two young bedouin brothers jump from a boat in the wonderfull town of Dahab, South Sinai Dessert Read less
Stingless Moon Jellyfish in very large numbers.
Stingless Moon Jellyfish in very large numbers. Read less
The edge a coralreef in the Red Sea, going down to 800 meters.
The edge a coralreef in the Red Sea, going down to 800 meters. Read less
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German freediver Stefan Randig descending to 70 meters in the no-fins discipline in a freediving competition in Dahab's Blue Hole.
German freediver Stefan Randig descending to 70 meters in the no-fins discipline in a freediving competition in Dahab's Blue Hole. Read less
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