Michel Braunstein Underwater Photography

On Sept. 12th, a live broadcast featuring an amazing dive operation involving over 200 divers, 26 diving instructors, 32 production members and 12 professional photographers on the Satil wreck in Eilat, Red Sea, Israel. See also the (recorded) live broadcast here Nicolas Barraque’s Satil Panorama with over 200 divers sitting on the wreck #divingwomen #RedSea #wreck

Producer: David Pilosof Dive Manager: Nir Avni Assistant Producer: Sharon Rainis Director: Ram Gil Panoramic photographer: Nicolas Barraque Underwater Videographers: Christian Petron, Boaz Samorai, Shay Samorai Satellite transmission by SatLink Michel Braunstein #RedSea #SharonRainis #wreck

This documentary from the BBC was filmed in 1980-81 and relates the mystery of the Red Sea wreck, the Dunraven. It was discovered by the local dive center in Sharm El Sheikh. Some of the pioneers who dived the famous wreck for the first time, were Howard Rosenstein, the caricaturist Shlomo Cohen, both on the image above. #RedSea #wreck

I sometimes prefer to make photo-reportages showing underwater photographers at work, rather than going out to take pictures of the sea-life itself. During the last Red Sea shoot-out, I had the chance to take part in some underwater photo productions with famous photographers. The first, Viktor Lyagushkin, whom I’ve related to in this previous post and this time Johannes Felten for whom I’ve shot the following pictures during two dives with him. Set 1: Just below the surface

I had the chance to be invited by the legendary Russian underwater photographer Viktor “Vitya” Lyagushkin for a dive, during which, he produced the magical image on the left side. This happened at the Red Sea Photo Shoot-out in Eilat. Lyagushkin is a big guy who may even look rough to some people, but when you talk to him, you understand how much sensible he is and when you see him at work you understand how high is the level of professionalism. The idea was to take a night s

#SharonRainis #RedSea #divingwomen #Freediving #models #epson

This making-of photo set was shot during an underwater brides dresses photo shoot organized by Sharon Rainis. See also the wedding dresses underwater gallery #SharonRainis #RedSea #WeddingDresses #divingwomen #models #UnderwaterPhotographers

This wedding dresses underwater shooting production was organized by photographer Sharon Rainis. It was a unique and fascinating experience with a bunch of charming and super-professional ladies. See also the above the sea brides dresses production #SharonRainis #RedSea #WeddingDresses #divingwomen #models #UnderwaterPhotographers

Diver Magazine Canada has published some of my Eilat Red Sea pictures in a global article on Israel’s 3 seas: The Dead, the Red and the Med #DeadSea #DiverMagazine #RedSea

It’s fascinating to dive together with all the Red Sea Shoot-out underwater photographers during the last common dive at the Satil wreck in Eilat. It’s sometimes very crowdy but it’s always funny. #models #RedSea #UnderwaterPhotographers #wreck

On September 21-23, during the Photokina 2010 Fair, Epson Red Sea carried out live underwater broadcasts in full HD from bottom of the Red Sea in Eilat, Israel, straight to the Photokina Fair in Cologne, Germany. It was a very complicated project to establish, requiring a team of more than 30 experts, the most innovative technology and many months of preparations, but when the first live broadcast was finally presented on a huge screen at the fair, all of that didn’t seem to

Between the five finalists of Epson Red Sea Underwater Photo Competition edition 2009 “Fish of the Year” category. The winner was Pedro Carrillo Montero from Spain. Hereunder the double page featuring my pictures. competition #epson #RedSea

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#Eilat #Israel #RedSea #wreck

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