Underwater bondage

Underwater Bondage presents some very unique issues for the model, photographer and support staff.

Problems you will encounter and need to plan for:

The obvious: all cameras and equipment must be waterproofed.
Electricity (in any form) presents definite hazards to everyone involved with the shoot, whether in or out of the water.
Light reflects and refracts differently underwater than in air.
Air bubbles from the people in the water will flow in front of camera lenses.
All positions are practiced (without bondage) beforehand so that everyone knows where the belong during the shoot.
Use two or three photographers with at least five gaffers/support staff for speed and safety.
Clothing that is long or "free flowing" presents potential for covering face and/or hindering rescue attempts, so pay a lot of attention to wardrobe.
The model needs to have practiced holding and exhaling their breath for several hours before the shoot.
The model (being unable to swim because she is bound) will need to have several people standing by to provide help if ANYTHING doesn't look absolutely perfect.
Everyone on the set needs to know what safewords are, what the safeword is, and how they are used.
Everyone on the set needs to know what the emergency plan is, the back-up plan, the plan to be used in case someone panics, and the next one hundred and eighty-three back-up plans. <g>
Strangely enough, the person "in charge of the shoot" has to be the model.
Plenty of warm liquids and blankets to deal with potential hypothermia.

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