Imagine That!
I am a big believer in the process of envisioning a photograph, at least in rough terms, and then seeing if I can create…
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Sea Urchin Appreciation: In Praise of Mother Ocean’s Pincushions
Anyone who has experienced the business end of sea urchin spines is not likely to forget their misfortune anytime soon. For the unfamiliar, it…
Focus In On Focusing Options
One significant advantage of fisheye and other ultrawide-angle lenses is that it is often easy to get all the important elements in your frame…
Far and Wide – and Deep: A Primer on Adventure Travel for Divers
Divers are by nature an intrepid bunch. We’re the ones willing to travel far and wide to see what’s out there — what’s under…
Roaming the Sand Biome at Night: The Spanish Dancer, Anemone Hermit Crab and the Bristle Worm
Give divers the option of exploring a sandy bottom or a reef and the near unanimous choice will be a reef. In fact, both…
More Good Than Harm
In order to get this shot of a bigfin squid while on a night dive in Puerto Galera in the Philippines, my dive buddy…
Strobe Positioning to Avoid the Sandstorm
Wow! What a moment and what an opportunity. Those are the thoughts that went through my head the instant I saw this female peacock…
Dominica: Clear Blue, With a Thousand Shades of Green
If you were asked to close your eyes and imagine what color best describes a “typical” Caribbean island, chances are you’d envision blue, specifically…
Defying Gravity: The Nuances of Neutral Buoyancy
One of the thrills of scuba diving is the ability to defy gravity and remain suspended in the water column while swimming with the…
In a Styrofoam Sea: Addressing the Problem of Plastic Pollution in our Oceans
Not so long ago I had what many (including myself) might consider the perfect job. As the founder and operator of an eco-tourism company...