I began taking photography seriously in 2019, with the purchase of my first full-frame camera – the Sony A7RIII. Throughout the Covid lockdowns of 2020 I was able to dive regularly at my local sites around Great Keppel island, with a goal of documenting the species of nudibranchs in Keppel Bay (24 and counting!).

When Australia opened its borders in 2022 it was time to head back to one of my favorite places – the caves of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. As a cave-certified diver I was able to begin the long process of learning how to take photos in a totally dark environment. Still a work in progress!

My new favorite form of diving is blackwater. Basically go out into the deep ocean (must be at least 300m/1000ft deep) at night, put in a few floodlights to attract the denizens of the deep, and wait 40 minutes or so then jump in. Every night the largest migration on Earth occurs, as tiny larval and juvenile forms of a plethora of sea life make their way to the surface to feed. Blackwater diving can be a little intimidating at first, but when you jump into a soup of cool photo subjects 80 minutes goes by in a flash.