Sri Lankan Blues – 2
2008. A whimsical Skype chat with a friend. UM: “I wish I had gills.” BN: “Why?” UM: “So that I could swim out to the middle of the ocean, dive down to […]
Photography lesson with Camille Mancion & Diya Das
Camille Mancion & Diya Das did the photography dive of their PADI Advanced Open Water Course with me. After an hour-long theory and equipment orientation session, each of them spent […]
Sri Lankan Blues – 1
At about this time last year I visited the little island nation of Sri Lanka with ambitious intent. To photograph a blue whale underwater. From the perspective of a photographer aiming […]
Diwali in Wandoor
The festival of lights comes to most places in India with a BANG! Firecrackers herald the symbolic vanquishing of evil by good, dispelling darkness for swirling, popping, crackling light. It […]
Photography Workshop – Mamtha Surendra
Over the past 5 years I have given a few people tips, instruction and help in achieving better images, both underwater and on land. My first “official” underwater photography workshop, […]
Panorama
Sometimes a scene is too expansive to be captured within the confines of a film’s (or sensor’s) aspect ratio in a manner that does full justice to it and its […]
Hawaii – Black & White
More images from the beautiful island chain. Monochrome. Along the road to Hilo. Hawai’i Lava fields at Volcanoes National Park. Hawai’i The forest path along the edge of the crater […]
Hawaii
A selection of images from a recent trip to Hawaii. The islands are a nature photographers dream, and a must visit for anybody in love with the forest and the […]
50 meters from my cottage
I am fortunate. I live on an island, in a wooden cottage-on-stilts tucked away on a forested hillside. One of many benefits of doing so is that I have some exceptionally […]
Raja Ampat
Saltwater-logged cameras don’t take very good images. In fact, they don’t take images at all. No matter how much you stare at them when they are drying on a lungi in a […]
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