Ever wonder why your underwater photos come out blurry, silty, or completely miss the subject? The answer almost always comes down to one skill: buoyancy control. In this episode, veteran underwater photographer Marcus Okafor breaks down the exact techniques he's developed over thousands of dives to achieve rock-solid stability while shooting everything from tiny nudibranchs to massive whale sharks. If you have at least 20 dives under your belt and want to stop fighting your body position so you can focus on composition, this guide will transform how you move—or don't move—underwater.

• Your camera rig completely changes your buoyancy profile, and counterintuitively, you should remove 1–2 pounds of lead when adding a heavy housing rather than keeping your usual weight—this gives you better control range for micro-adjustments.
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