Solomon Islands Vertical Wreck My photo of the day today is a picture of the Taiyo wreck in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. A Taiwanese fishing vessel on its maiden voyage ran aground on the adjacent reef. The sheer wall of the reef drops down to several thousand metres! During the salvage, the vessel slipped
photo mindset The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge (4th Edition) Somehow I missed the fact that the fourth edition of my favourite book on UW photography has been released. The Underwater Photographer, Fourth Edition by Martin Edge is an amazing update of what was already an incredibly good book. Completely revised to completely focus on the digital age, this book
UW Photography Gorgonians at Uepi Point This image was made at a magical dive site called Uepi Point. Literally 2 minutes from the pier at Uepi Island, this site is at a point where a channel between Uepi and the adjacent island meets “The Slot” – a 3000m drop off into the open ocean. At this site
Travel Uepi Island Palms Starting today, my goal is to publish 1 new photo per day to my Flickr photostream and to this blog. This image was made at Uepi Island Resort in September 2009 during a wonderful week of diving and relaxing we had there. Its the first HDR image I’ve published,
Photography Review: The Underwater Photographer The following review was originally published on my website BlueBeyond.com.au. I’ve decided to move it over here for reference. There is one underwater photography book that has journeyed with me on every dive trip I’ve made over the past 8 years. Although I’ve read Martin
photo mindset Book Review Inner Game Outdoor Photography The following review was originally published on my website BlueBeyond.com.au. I’ve decided to move it over here for reference. Galen Rowell’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography is a book that I have been meaning to review for some time, but with the recent, tragic death of
photo mindset Make or Take Recently I read a great book called The Inner Game of Outdoor Photography by Galen Rowell1 , a renowned outdoor photographer from the US. This book is one of the best photography books I have read, even though it hardly even touches on technical aspects – there are no explanations of apertures