Aerial art worth hanging on a wall

You’ve spent years training on the hoop, lyra, silks or pole. Underwater, that work becomes a photograph you can hang on your wall, and the moment you let go is yours to keep.

When gravity lets go, a pose that lasts a heartbeat in the air can last as long as the picture needs. Silks bloom and swirl around you, light comes down in rays across your skin, and the underside of the surface holds a second version of you in the same frame.

The first raw frames come up on a screen at the edge of the pool while you’re still in the water, and that’s usually when aerialists tell us they had no idea they could look this good.

A performer in a lilac harlequin bodysuit and holographic platform boots reaches out of a red hoop, her hair streaming upward through a burst of bubbles.

A performer in a teal two-piece and fishnets rises between two lengths of indigo silk, her red hair floating around her.

A performer in a teal two-piece stretches one leg out from a white crescent-moon lyra, her red hair streaming behind her, in violet and magenta water.

A performer in a purple leotard arches away from a hoop with one arm pointing out, her red hair streaming upward through blue water with orange light behind her.

Where we shoot

Bring the apparatus you train on, or use the pole and silks we keep at the studio.

The studio pool, Fullerton

Heated to 90°F, so you stay warm from the first frame to the last. Your own playlist plays underwater while you work, and a screen at the edge of the pool shows the frames we just shot. Watching yourself become one of these pictures is usually the moment the nerves go. A second feed runs to the living room, where whoever came with you can watch. There’s a private changing room and a bathroom. See the studio.

This is the most predictable water we work in: the same conditions every session, whatever the weather. The most stylized sessions happen here: high fashion, fine art, and any picture with a lot to get right in one frame. If you haven’t done this before, this is the water to start in.

A performer hooks one leg high around a pole and leans back into water glowing orange and violet, bubbles rising behind her.

Start to finish

A performer in a white lace costume twists beside a dark hoop in magenta and gold light, bubbles streaming around her.

Plan it

Get in touch to book a consultation. We get to know you and your project, then plan the session with you down to the creative details, including the best time and place to shoot, anywhere in the world.

A performer in a teal outfit arcs backward over a pale crescent hoop, violet and blue light and bubbles around her.

Shoot it

Our goal is to transform you into a stunning work of art, and to make the day itself fun, collaborative and safe, so you can be at your best. You should leave having created images that make you feel great about yourself and about what you can accomplish.

A performer in a red costume curls inside a red hoop, her hair floating, in a spray of bubbles lit orange and red.

Deliver it

We share previews of every image captured during your session. You pick your favorites, and every one you choose goes through our creative editing process.

The water is warm The pool is heated to 90°F, so you’re comfortable from the first frame to the last.
Coached on the day Justin and Abbey are both in the water with you. Abbey coaches your breath-hold and your posing, and Justin talks you through every frame.
A few seconds underwater A frame takes one short breath-hold, and you rest at the surface in between.

A performer in a white leotard opens her arms wide beside a violet hoop, looking up, in magenta and orange light.

After the shoot

Your digital gallery

Your private proofing gallery goes up within a week of the session, and the finished images follow four to six weeks after you’ve made your selections.

Art for your wall

We believe every image is a piece of art, one-of-a-kind and made to hang proudly on your wall. They hold up at gallery size because the frames were shot and finished for it, on canvas, on metal, or framed behind glass. Tell us where you want to show your work, and we’ll work out which printing options fit it. We can also show you what a piece will look like in your own space before you order.

Safety

Teaching you the breath-hold and the posing is part of every session, so you arrive as you are, apparatus and all. A frame takes only a few seconds underwater.

We’ve been water people our whole lives, so safety gets planned before the pictures do.

Abbey and Justin are both certified lifeguards. Justin shoots, and he’s been photographing underwater for over a decade; he’s also a PADI Dive Instructor. Abbey coaches, in the water beside you the whole time: how to go down, how to make it look easy, when to come up. She’s a PADI Mermaid Instructor and an experienced freediver who spent years teaching children to swim.

Everything runs at your pace. You go down when you’re ready, you come up when you want to, and you rest at the surface as long as you like in between.

A performer in a blue long-sleeved top and another in teal share a hoop, one looking down and one smiling at the camera, in deep blue and violet water. A performer in a white leotard and platform heels curls inside a violet hoop with one arm raised and a flower in her hair, in magenta water.

Extras for your session

Hair and makeup
We book a professional artist for you on request, one who works in waterproof makeup and hair that holds up underwater.
Couples and groups
More than one person in the frame, coached together.
Behind the scenes video
Your session, filmed from above and below the water: raw clips, an edited reel, or both.
Fine art prints
Canvas, metal or framed. They hold up at gallery size because the frames were shot and finished for it.

Ask about an underwater aerial session

Tell us the apparatus you train on and the picture you’re imagining. If you don’t have one yet, we’ll find it together on a call.

Get in touch

Underwater Aerial Photography

Aerial art worth hanging on a wall