Tips on How to Take Photos With the Whalesharks

I will try to share as much as I can for those who have not done the whaleshark experience yet. There are so many things I would have done had I known what to expect. So for those of you who have not yet been to Oslob, here are some of Heart2Heart’s tips 🙂

I was panicking and almost bought an underwater camera just so I could take photos of our whaleshark experience, but apparently and I am so glad, you can rent right there and then!! For P 500.00 per camera 🙂 I talked to the girl and I told her – galeng ng business na ito! 🙂

We got one camera per family to make sure we capture as many photos as we can. Though having thought about it again and since we did not know we were going to share one bought with another family, maybe one camera per boat would have been enough. But again to be sure, it is better to have one camera per family 🙂

Make sure you get a camera that can take videos and photos. Get the Go Pro camera which looks like this. Make sure you have them teach you how to use it before you leave. You can practice already even if it is not underwater

Be prepared with what type of photos you will want. Plan it like how you plan a wedding photoshoot in the church 🙂 ( This is really serious!! haha!! ) Then discuss this with your boatman. Your boatman is very expert in taking photos. They know what angles to take already so the whaleshark will be in the photo. So, discuss this with him and do it before you even board your boat. You only have 30 minutes to do the interaction so you do not have much time in the water to discuss these things 🙂 Don’t forget you can also take videos. You can get the camera from the boatman and take your own photos as well. Someone has to orchestrate between the one taking the photo and the one who will be taken – just to be sure it is orderly and that everything is cover

You don’t want to regret later on that you don’t have a family photo with the whaleshark like us! 🙂 Had to cover myself because it was a funny pose. This was our only family photo haha!

Those goggles they provide look funny 🙂 My face looks distorted 🙂

Maybe when it is picture taking time, you can try to remove it like what Bulgin did- I don’t know how it will be on the eyes with salt water. Or maybe use goggles that are smaller

Do not make bubbles or your photos will look like this! They will keep reminding you anyway also 🙂

Since this is salt water, it is quite difficult to dunk yourself in the water – you have to keep pushing up so you can submerge yourself in the water or you have to pouch on the bangka wings to push you down!

So you have a tendency to look like a CRAB in the photo 🙂

Just be conscious about this and make sure you are posing just like if you were in land – pose 🙂 Bulgin really did a great job posing!!

Good idea to take selfies with the Whale shark, but make sure the whale shark is behind you haha!!

Like this 🙂

The whale shark does not have to be very near you – you can take many shots with it and it will look close. The boatmen know how to do it. Then you can also do trick shots like what Cheska did 🙂