This book offers a structured series of underwater photography assignments to develop core skills, enhance creativity, and refine composition. Featuring a year’s worth of weekly challenges, it provides technical guidance, professional tips, and space for personal notes. Assignments cover silhouettes, macro backlighting, and reflections, encouraging dynamic imagery. Designed as both a learning tool and a journal, it helps photographers capture stunning underwater images. Whether followed weekly or explored as needed, it serves as a practical resource for improving photography techniques and artistic vision.

“This book is designed to make you a better underwater photographer,” says Mustard. “It is not a book of methods, but instead is a book of challenges, ideas, exercises and more, which I have specially selected to stretch and develop your photography. Each assignment should be fun and yield you exciting new images, but more importantly, the specific focus each brings will broaden your approach to photography and teach you invaluable, specific skills for your photographic journey. For new photographers, the book will expand your horizons and fill out your portfolio. For existing shooters, the book is designed to invigorate your photography and kick-start your creativity by getting you thinking and shooting differently. It’s very different from other books on underwater photography, so whatever books you already have, you need this one too!”