Photographing Menjangan Island, Bali

Photographing Menjangan Island, Bali

May 25

Menjangan Island is one of the lesser-known dive spots in Bali and it also happens to be my favorite. Located in West Bali National Park, the island is protected and uninhabited aside from the park rangers onsite to keep local fishermen at bay. Menjangan means “deer” in Bahasa Indonesia, and the island is named for the resident deer population that swim back and forth from the mainland, which...

Diving with Sharks on Aliwal Shoal

Diving with Sharks on Aliwal Shoal

May 05

If anyone has heard about Aliwal Shoal, it will shortly be followed by some comments about sharks. South Africa’s East Coast is well known for its shark populations, with Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks being the most well-known and dived areas. When it comes to general diving, Aliwal Shoal is probably the most dived and offers the more accessible option, and with the better chance of seeing...

My favorite dive series – Hammerheads at Wolf Island, Galapagos

My favorite dive series – Hammerheads at Wolf Island, Galapagos

Apr 22

This article is the first of a series on “my favorite dives”. I’ve been lucky enough to dive at some of the best dive locations in the world, with some of the most fantastic aquatic animals. Picking just one is not possible – hence the need for a “my favorite dive” series. Flashback to Wolf Island, Galapagos. Wolf Island is one of, if not the best, places in...

Mid-range Mirrorless Roundup: Z50 vs EM5 III vs a6400 vs a6600

Mid-range Mirrorless Roundup: Z50 vs EM5 III vs a6400 vs a6600

Nov 07

Although full-frame mirrorless cameras like the Sony A7R IV and the Nikon Z7 have been grabbing a lot of the 2019 headlines, a number of very exciting crop-sensor mid-range mirrorless cameras have also been released in 2019, many very recently. There are 4 that we have recently looked at for underwater photography over at the Underwater Photography Guide (click the links to see the initial...

Wet vs Dry Macro Lenses

Wet vs Dry Macro Lenses

Sep 18

Macro photography, the documentation of little creatures via photographic medium, is one of the most popular realms of underwater photography. It tends to be a little more straight forward than wide angle photography, and yields more opportunity for creativity. As is the rule of thumb with photography – there is more than one way to achieve a macro photograph. Underwater, there are two...