Downunderpix is pleased to have an association with SeaHorn Snoots. Some of you are probably asking what a snoot is. Snoots have been used in portrait photography for a long time. More recently they have become popular for underwater photography. Essentially a snoot is a funnel or cylinder used to restrict the coverage of strobe light, focusing it into a narrow spotlight beam. The aperture of the spotlight may be as large as 60mm or as small as 5mm.
The snoot(s) allow photographers to light exactly what they want to in the frame and can be used for both macro and wide angle photography. With wide-angle shots, they can be used to spotlight the subject, making it pop out of the background.  For macro shots, they can be used to create directional lighting to highlight textures or lighting the subject strongly from one side. Perhaps the greatest advantage of snoots is to use them to reduce backscatter in low visibility. By controlling the direction of the light, usually with a larger aperture, the photographer can minimise the particles in the water that are illuminated.

The SeaHorn Snoots allow apertures of approx 60mm (normal), 22mm (macro), 18mm (supermacro). SeaHorn make a snoot for most strobes on the market and range from $179 to $219. For more information or to order contact downunderpix via info@downunderpix.com.