Featured Customers | Jason Milligan Underwater in Australia

Jason Milligan started diving in 2006 and picked up underwater photography about 5 years later. He began his underwater photography adventure with a Nikon D7000. Now, he's upgraded to a mirrorless system - shooting the Nikon Z6 II inside an Ikelite Underwater Housing with dual DS161 Ikelite Strobes. Most weekends you can catch him freediving or scuba diving off the coast of Rockingham with the local sea dragons, sea lions, sharks, seahorses, and nudibranchs. Jason is a firm believer that the only way to improve your photography is to spend as much time in the water practicing your underwater photography.

Australian Sea Lion. Rockingham Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • ISO 450 • 14mm • f5 • 1/200s © Jason Milligan

 

Brown Jellyfish with friends. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • ISO 1250 • 17mm • f18 • 1/200s © Jason Milligan

 

Great White Shark. Neptune Island, South Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • ISO 800 • 30mm • f11 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Leafy Sea Dragon. Rockingham Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 800 • 20mm • f11 • 1/200s © Jason Milligan

 

False Cowrie. Coogee. Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor VR 105mm f2.8G FTZ adapter • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 100 • 105mm • f18 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark school. Rockingham Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • ISO 160 • 30mm • f8 • 1/125s • B&W edit in Lightroom. © Jason Milligan

 

Goniobranchus Albopunctas. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor VR 105mm f2.8G FTZ adapter • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 100 • 105mm • f18 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Western Australian Seahorse. Coogee. Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor VR 105mm f2.8G FTZ adapter • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 100 • 105mm • f18 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Spun of light Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium cf Poindimiei. Coogee Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor VR 105mm f2.8G FTZ adapter • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 100 • 105mm • f32 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Weedy Sea Dragon. Rockingham Western Australia. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4s • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 800 • 23mm • f11 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Goniobranchus Roboi. Nikon Z6ii • Nikkor VR 105mm f2.8G FTZ adapter • 2 x DS161 Strobes TTL • ISO 100 • 105mm • f18 • 1/125s © Jason Milligan

 

Jason Milligan hales from Rockingham, Western Australia. He's been diving for close to two decades and studying underwater photography for over 10 years. In that time he has developed a keen sense of composition, clarity, and it doesn't hurt that his backyard is filled with Australia's most stunning underwater creatures. Follow more of Jason's underwater photography journey on Instagram @millo_hd. 

 

 

Additional Reading

Pygmy Seahorse Underwater Camera Settings and Technique

Great White Sharks Underwater Camera Settings and Technique

Nudibranch Underwater Camera Settings and Technique

Behind the Scenes of a Short Film About Freediving

Macro Close-Up Underwater Camera Settings