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I also try to be ahead of the photog, especially if they are shooting a lot. That way they can just look up and see me watching them while they are futzing with the camera. It works best if you view your role as creating a shared experience, and not two separate ones. That can be a good thing though. I often look for the next subject and signal so the shooter doesn't have to look as much. That way we are both engaged in the same dive.
Sounds like the way it should be done.I never Dive with someone i don't know . My Buddies from our Dive Club or some one I know has the expertise to handle any emergency. I shoot a lot of underwater stills. When I go to a new area I always hire a Professional GUIDE . It may be just my age 71 and Diving since 1959 or maybe I am more in tune to the danger of diving with strangers.
Am I correct in thinking that this guy was a weirdo, or is it better to stay closer to your buddy during a photo dive?
Also, we probably should have paired off as opposed to diving as a group of four. In which case, I wouldn't have been a good buddy for him anyway, as he was on a rebreather and I was using a low pressure 72.
How can an open circuit diver be a buddy for a rebreather diver (and vice versa)?