Canadian photographer breaks Guinness World record for deepest underwater model photo shoot. WATCH

Achieving this feat required a year of rigorous training, including deep-sea diving practice and mastering hand signals for underwater communication. The team ventured beyond the no-decompression limit—known as “the bends”—to avoid decompression sickness.

“The race to the bottom was 130 feet, and so we wanted to go beyond that no-decompression limit. This shoot that we did is the first time in history that a photo shoot with a model has ever happened beyond that limit of diving. And it was 33 and a half feet deeper than that!” Haining said in the video.

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The photo shoot required several tanks of oxygen for the safety of the crew and the model, and special tanks containing a concoction of oxygen, helium, and nitrogen to reduce the effects of nitrogen narcosis.

Sharing a series of photos from the project, Haining wrote, “@hainingphoto and @raydives81 did the first dive to do recon and check out the wreck – and in the process spooked away the two sharks that were hanging around. Then they found a spot that was safe for me, had the least amount of plant life, and was deep enough for the record.”

The photos feature Antowski dressed in a stunning white mesh dress and a pair of black boots, with the wrecked ship in the background.

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It took only about 15 minutes to capture the record-breaking photos. However, the dive deep down the ocean floor took nearly an hour.