The Los Angeles Underwater Photography Society has been holding an annual competition for over 40 years, and the latest awards were posted yesterday.   I entered 4 images from my recent Solomon Islands trip in the Photo Essay category, and I’m pleased to say they earned an Honorable Mention award.   Check out all of [...]

I’ve had this image in my files for a few years, but I’ve never known exactly what to do with it.  Straight black-and-white conversion didn’t seem to get it, and I wasn’t close enough to capture terrific color.  It has remained on my hard drive, untouched- until now.   My recent purchase of Photoshop CS5 [...]

Recently, I decided to take another look at my Solomon Islands images.  I like to revisit old folders from time to time, because I usually find a decent shot that I’d missed at first.  This was no exception.   After examining this reefscape, I knew I had a problem.  The water was very overexposed compared [...]

One of my favorite shots from my recent trip to Curacao.  This spotted moray was hiding in his home, as eels are wont to do, occasionally venturing out a bit for a quick look around.  His hideout was a sandy hole underneath a coral head- not photogenic in the least.  I tried an unusual strobe [...]

I just got back from a cool trip- I was invited to be one of four competitors in Picture Perfect Curacao by DivePhotoGuide.com.   DPG invited three monthly contest winners from North America (Alison Vitsky, Rand McMeins and myself) to compete against a pro, Keri Wilk.  We were asked to spend 5 days shooting images [...]

Freezing rays of light is a fun way to add some drama to an image.  Sun beams show up best at a shallow depth with a bit of particulates in the water.  The deeper you go, the more difficult it is to capture the beams.   The main rule of freezing light is to use [...]