My dive guide finned quickly down the sandy slope and I kicked hard to keep up with him, my heavy camera and strobes creating quite a drag, slowing me down. By the time I reached the sea fan he’d stopped … Read More

Join me in Sodwana Bay for a fun filled week of great diving and underwater photography workshops. Whether you are brand new to underwater photography or an advanced shooter, my photo workshops are an excellent way to learn and improve … Read More

Cape Town, known as South Africa’s Mother City, is a colourful and cosmopolitan travel destination. Surrounded by incredible scenery and tourist attractions such as Table Mountain, Robben Island and Cape Point, it is often overlooked by visiting divers who come … Read More

The biggest problem I had when I started out in underwater photography was getting my camera to focus. I soon realised that in order for my camera to focus, it needed to see contrast and in the often dark and … Read More

Many years ago, whilst learning to scuba dive, I came across an article on manatees and dugongs. I was entranced. Not only were they cute, according to the article they loved hugging divers and once they held onto you they … Read More

  One of the biggest challenges to using strobes is positioning. In this short post I’m going to cover the very basics of strobe positioning for wide angle photography. The aim is to get you thinking about where you are … Read More

Packing all your camera equipment for a diving holiday can be quite daunting and rather stressful. Anyone who’s travelled before will know how roughly checked in luggage is handled. Just look at the scratches, scrapes and bumps (and heaven forbid, … Read More