Photos in a Swimming Pool

Know this isn't quite the sort of question that usually gets posted here, but I'm about to go away for a weekend with my best friends and have agreed to try and take photos of their 5 month old baby under water in an outdoor swimming pool. Feeling a little under pressure as having taken the baby swimming before, I know that he will only be under the water for a matter of seconds, so won't have very long to try and get a shot and I 'm still a beginner at the u/w stuff.

I'll also be limited (possibly) by the fact that I only have a 60mm lens at the moment (D100), tho think he's still small enough for that to work. He won't be that deep under the water, so I'm considering taking out the variable of the strobe and using ambient light.

Will obviously be able to get in the water first and play a bit with getting the blue I want, but if anyone's got any tips on whether this is likely to work and how I can improve my chances, that would be great...

Thanks

Mel

PS: Hi from an unusually sunny London to all those I met in Fiji - trying to work out who you all are!!

There is a pool in my leisure complex and i think that unless it is a private pool, you might have problems being allowed to take a camera into the pool in the first place, especially if there are other children about. I would check with the management before going in.

From my experience you will be able to get away without the strobe, in fact you will need to unless you are taking a close up, maybe of the baby's head (I'm assuming the internal flash we're talking about). Try and go midday when the sun is at its highest.

I try and take photos of my students when they do their first pool dive and they have come out ok. I always get them with their backs to the wall and that seems to work best for me.

In the end it will be trial and error, but Good luck!

Steve

Steve

It is a private pool, which is why we've got the opportunity to try and take the photos - and we'll be able to time when we try and do it, so will try the midday tip.

Thanks!

Mel