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Main focus of surfing photography is the unison between man and water. Usually for this type of event must have a aqua cover for the camera and usually either a pancake lense or a 800x zoom lense. There is a common misconception by those not familiar with surf photography that the photographer is on a surfboard shooting photos. They are usually swimming freely, they usually use a fisheye lense. When using a zoom lense one can either render the picture and get a nice focus but with a stable point. For example a boogey board or either a boat.b Wide angles are needed to use a selective focus since the aperture wont be within 5.4F and below, so one must apply whichever subject is needed. 1/1000 seems rto be one of the best shutter speeds with 1/320 - 1/500 being way to sharp. 
PROTIPS:

Quick Tips

• When shooting fisheye, before you get in the water, spit on the lens port, rub it all over, then let it sit for a bit.  Keep doing this once in the water and when ready to shoot, dip the camera in the water right before you fire the shutter.  The spit will ensure that no water beads on the port for a good 5 seconds, so your image won’t get distorted by stray water drops.

• When shooting with a long lens, before you get your housing wet, wipe your finger along the inside of your ear and on the sides of your nose.  You will attract a small amount of oil that when rubbed on the front of the port allows for water to easily bead up and drip off the port.  Unlike shooting fisheye, however, you don’t want to dunk the port in the water.  When swimming, do your best to keep the lens port out of the water.  The oil is just a backup in case it gets wet.

• To capture still action, stay at or faster than 1/1000 of a second.

• Typical exposure in surf photography calls for shutter priority shooting.  I shoot at 1/3 – 2/3 over-exposed shutter priority to make sure I get the highlights straight out of the camera.  Unlike film, with digital you can always bring the blacks back.  Underexposing your image will result in increased noise when adjusting exposure in post-production.

• Always double check that your housing is sealed before you get in the water.  I’ve seen excitement to get in the water result in flooded housings and ruined cameras, so be careful!

Everyone has his or her own methods. Here’s a quick checklist of the valuable tricks of the trade I’ve picked up along the way: