ジョン・スタンメイヤーのインスタグラム(johnstanmeyer) - 11月2日 04時41分

Another #unpublished photo fallen on editing floor in the @ナショナルジオグラフィック #SacredWater story — the #Roman ruins in the hot spring of #PamukkaleHierapolis #Turkey.

When did I become an underwater photographer? By no means am I the likes of the staggeringly amazing @paulnicklen nor @daviddoubilet.

Far from it.

However for the Sacred Water story that ran back in April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine, I was confronted with a perplexing situation — millions each year come to these hot springs in Turkey not just for their healing properties but because the spring is located within ancient Roman ruins...everything visual related to why I was there was in the water. Without an underwater housing for my cameras, I had to devise a solution and quickly — only had two days.

I went to a home appliance store and picked up a gasket sealed plastic food container, just large enough for a Canon G7 camera (a camera which is small but also photographs in RAW). Also found some rubber dishwashing gloves. Next, I went to a glass factory and bought a small sheet then a brief visit to a hardware story for waterproof silicon.

Using a razor, I cut a hole just large enough for the small lens of the G7 to see through. Next, I cut a larger hole, big enough for my hand to reach in. Finally, I placed both the cut glass and the rubber gloves into place, sealing them both in an excessive amount of waterproof silicon and waited overnight for everything to dry.

The following day, I went back to the hot springs of Hierapolis-Pamukkale with my fancy underwater camera housing, placed the camera inside the container that would likely normally hold second-day old pasta, going right to work in the spring.

At first I thought this makeshift camera housing wouldn't last more than a few seconds. To my surprise the silicon held, able to work within a one meter depth for well over an hour.

Soon after and not to my surprise, the case began to leak. Not profusely. Steadily. Offering just enough time to make the images needed before the camera got so wet, it ceased working, long enough to be an underwater photographer.

#underwaterphotography @natgeocreative

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