Portraits
Fine art, fifteen feet down
Gowns, light, and held breath — portrait sessions in springs, pools, and open ocean that don’t look possible.
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Underwater Photography & Film
Made belowthe surface.
Portraits, cinema, and expeditions — photographed where gravity lets go.
Studio — 4 m
Gravity endsat the waterline.That's where we begin.
Submerge is an underwater photography and film studio out of Fullerton, California. We stage portraits, motion pictures, and whole productions below the surface — real fabric, real breath, real depth — then guide small expeditions to shoot in the clearest water on earth.
Down here light bends, hair floats, and nothing holds still. We've spent years learning to direct all of it.
The Work — 10 m
Three ways down.
Showreel — footage TBD
Cinema
Underwater, for real
Cinematography and full camera support for productions that need the real thing — not a dry-for-wet compromise.
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The clearest water on earth
Small-group expeditions and workshops — dive all morning, shoot all afternoon, and fly home with a gallery.
Next departureNew routes charting now ↓
Expeditions — 24 m
Next departures
New expeditions are charting now — get first notice.
Field credits — 32 m
As featured in
MerPeople
A Netflix original docuseries
Underwater cinema · dive & safety support · talent coaching
When a production needs the real thing below the waterline, they call us.
Surface when ready — 40 m
Ready to gounder?
A portrait session, a production that needs an underwater unit, or a seat on the next expedition — tell us what you're dreaming up.