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January 2025 Freediving at the Poor Knights…
September 2024 Wet Tropics, Northern Queensland, Australia
January 2024 Perfect conditions at the Poor Knights…
December 2023 DPV dive at Goat Island…
November 2023 Eddie is a 15 week old Australian Cattle Dog who enjoys in-water retrievals
July 2023 Queensland, Oz
June 2023 Fiji Islands: Vatu-i-Ra seamounts and pinnacles, Namena, Wakaya & Makogai
April 2023 Drift diving, Moeraki River, South Westland, South Island, NZ
March 2023 Longfin eel, Ongarue River, North Island, NZ.
November 2021 For anyone interested in the pursuit of underwater photography: has the time come to ditch that heavy, expensive, dedicated underwater camera rig that consumes large amounts of your time and space in favour of a small rectangular convergent device on which you can post process, print, publish and capture those images while maintaining an acceptable level of quality? Click on the pic to read more...
September 2021 Laser engravings on basswood: during lockdown I've been busying myself setting up a 3D printer / CNC / laser engraver. This engraving of the humpback calf image took over 43 hours to complete! Select each image for back story media...
May 2021 Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park, NZ. Common dolphins working to round up bait balls with Australasian gannets diving in for the feast made for a stunning day out on the Hauraki Gulf.
March 2021 Poor Knights Islands, NZ.
January / Feb 2021 Poor Knights Islands, NZ.
December 2020 Auckland, NZ.
December 2020 Tutukaka, NZ.
November 2020 Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park, NZ.
July 2020 Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula, NZ.
July 2020 Blueskin Bay, Otago, NZ.
July 2020 Pahia, Bay of Islands, NZ.
March 2020 My bubble; my hood.
October 2019 Humpback fest, Moorea, French Polynesia
May 2019 Fiji: Bligh Water to Gau Island
August 2018 The Tuamotus atolls, French Polynesia
That night in Fakarava's Tumakohua pass when we were mobbed by reef sharks. Video credit with thanks: Trish O'Donnell
April 2018 Moorea's lagoon makes for awesome encounters with friendly sharks and other animals.
March 2018 The mystical Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia...
November 2017 The outer Hauraki Gulf, NZ at its best.
February 2017 The spectacular vista of Middle and North Gables, Tutukaka Coast, NZ
September 2016 Moorea, French Polynesia
March 2016 Southern Fiordland
June 2015 Dolphin Dream, Bahamas
Invasive lionfish; scourge of the Caribbean. Due to the additional baggage volume consumed by my drone, my strobes stayed at home. A compact 2000 lumen video light acts as stand-in providing balance to natural light.
August 2014 Ngunguru river & estuary, Tutukaka Coast, NZ.
May 2014 The call of Africa: Limpopo / Mapumalanga region, South Africa. Follow the link to see...
March 2014 NZ's Poor Knights Islands: summer synopsis. The starry toado (pufferfish) baitball encounters are rarely captured - these open water visitors don't last long after being blown in by easterly winds as snapper quickly decimate them. Rikoriko cave is the worlds largest sea cave - by volume. Music by: Steve Moase, 'Toots High' (on baritone ukelele). Follow the link to watch...
Starry toados are open ocean visitors who arrive at New Zealand's Poor Knights on the warm blue water current. Their stay however is short-lived as they are consumed by snapper. Follow the link to watch...
January 2014 One of the most enjoyable live-aboard trips I have been on to date! Ten days of very hot weather, glass calm seas, a perfect group dynamic and a great mix of aerial and underwater photo ops.
January 2014 Sensational summer surf at Sandy Bay, Tutukaka Coast, NZ
November 2013 This turned out to be a great trip with new gear on a previously enjoyed route. My first foray into underwater full frame with the Nikon D800 and the first time mixing aerial photography (quadcopter) and diving on a live aboard boat.
July 2013 A brief winter visit to Dunedin yielded some stunning
coastal Otago scenery. Featuring Lawyers Head, Tavora (Bobbys Head),
Graeme's Prion Fence and Tunnel Beach. February 2013 Over the past year or so I've spent time photographing the endangered Pateke, or New Zealand Brown teal in NZ's Tutukaka Coast region. This is a duck with some non-duck like qualities which include it's nocturnal terrestrial wanderings. My efforts were rewarded with some pleasing images, two of which appeared in NZ Geographic Magazine. Other results were perhaps not as visually pleasing but have some emotional attachment considering the time and effort spent. The image below gives me an opening to place it on this site as it is, turbidity notwithstanding, an underwater image of a Pateke duckling. For more lucid images click here for more.
August 2012 The annual whaleshark aggregation off Isla Mujeres, Mexico is a relatively newly discovered phenomenon amongst underwater photographers and offers the opportunity to encounter 200 - 300 whalesharks feeding on krill and bonito eggs in an area the size of a few football fields. A spectacular time was had with these magnificent and gentle giants of the ocean. Click here for more.
May 2012 Leigh Marine Laboratory at Goat Island Marine Reserve on New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. A passing visit by sailing catamaran with aerial views flying over water and freediving glimpses of friendly snapper.
April 2012 Multirotor chopper at NZ's Poor Knights Islands. Click here for more aerials.
February 2012 Pleased to see my Kingfish image used for such a noteworthy cause:
September 2011 Fiji Islands. Click here for more. July 2011 Niue Island revisited: low level aerials plus stunning underwater opportunities and friendly humpbacks made for a memorable visit. Click here for more.
June 2011 Long Bay regional park, New Zealand: a winter's day
June 2011 Palau, Western Micronesia is renowned for spectacular drop-offs, pristine reefs and unique marine lakes. Click here for more...
January 2011 Low level aerial panorama of Lake Wanaka, Central Otago, New Zealand
Low level aerial image of the Tutukaka Coast: Ngunguru looking south (Canon 550D SLR).
August 2010 While not strictly underwater, low level aerial photography offers a top down point of view on seascapes and is providing me with a new set of challenges and opportunities. You may be wondering why so quiet for the past few months? The answer has a lot to do with my total immersion in this technically fascinating approach of hanging a camera in the sky using small remote controlled multi-rotor aircraft. I am looking forward to combining underwater water imaging with aerial perspectives...
31st December 2009 Underwater Photography magazine features my Tumakohua Pass article; available online here...
15th December 2009 Bula Me magazine features my article on Fiji diving online here...
16th October 2009 Medical Assurance Society's 'HiSociety' magazine features my 'Underwater World' article including cover shot and other images in the October 2009 edition (circulation 20K).
15th October 2009 The BBC Book accompanying the life series currently running in the UK: 'Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour'; Martha Holmes & Michael Gunton features my Katuali images on pages 153 through 155.
24th September 2009 The 'Critters' section of this website has been revamped and updated. Check out the reworked galleries on Sharks, Mammals, Reptiles, Seascapes, Fish Portraits, People, Anemonefish, Rays, Scorpionfish, Eels, Nudibranchs and Jellies. 10th September 2009 Fakarava in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia is one of the few places on our planet where it is still possible to see schools of 200+ grey reef sharks gathered in the underwater pass of the atoll as tidal flows turn over water in a lagoon, 60km long by 25km wide. Click here for more images...
18th July 2009 SEAFANZ Underwater Photographic Workshop, Ha'apai, Tonga presented by Glenn Edney, Tobi Bernhard and myself: trip report available here...
28th June 2009 My strobe primer article: 'Strobilicious; making a meal of underwater lighting', published here...
Photo: courtesy Les Martin 29th March 2009 New Zealand summer typically offers great diving. Conditions have been spectacular with blue water and peak surface temperatures on the Tutukaka Coast allowing for some great photo opportunities over January, February and March. Click here for more images...
Saturday, 6th December 2008, 7:30pm Bruce Paine's Lateral Lines CD launch. A one hour concert with thematic slideshow includes section featuring my images. Large canvas underwater image prints on display. Bookings essential. Click here for flyer.
6th October 2008 Shark dives at Beqa, Fiji are an
adrenaline rush but there's more to this venture than giving punters a
thrill; and hopefully more to these images than sensationalizing the
encounter. Shark populations worldwide are in serious decline. With
sharks dying at a rate much faster than they can reproduce, the loss
of apex predators threatens the health of our oceans and our very
existence in the longer term.
5th September 2008 The Komodo region of
Indonesia in addition to being home to the Komodo dragon is renowned
for its marine biodiversity. Strong currents and upwelling from the
Indian ocean supply nutrient rich waters to marine life forms. Click
here for
images... 9th August 2008 Niue this time provided a great interaction with adolescent humpback whales. Click here for more...
26th June 2008 Classical guitarist and friend Bruce Paine has released an album of his own work titled 'Lateral Lines'. I feel fortunate in having been able to provide Bruce with underwater images as inspiration for part this project. Click here for Bruce's site...
6th June 2008 North Borneo (Layang Layang and
Kapalai / Sipadan) images now posted. Click
here for
Layang Layang and
here for Kapalai / Sipadan...
27th April 2008 Published: a review of the Sealux CD300 underwater housing for Nikon D300 DSLR camera. Click here...
26th April 2008 Niue again provided its magic with unlimited visibility and an incredible encounter with the resident pod of spinner dolphin. A good opportunity to sea test the D300 which exceeded expectations. Click here...
26th March 2008 Images from Poor Knights Islands,
New Zealand
now posted.
Conditions recently have been excellent with very good visibility. Click
here...
18th January 2008 Images from Poor Knights Islands,
New Zealand
now posted.
Click
here... 14th October 2007 Latest images from Niue Island
now posted.
Click
here... 24th September 2007 After setting a new World Record less than 48 hours earlier, on a single breath, Dave Mullins extended his record distance in a freediving event with an amazing underwater swim of 244 metres. For images of the event, click here...
17th September 2007 Latest images from Niue Island now posted. Click here...
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