I have been diving for over 12 years and taking photos for 11 of them, initially playing around with a second hand compact camera as a solution to keep warm, since swimming around in circles while I waited for my buddy to get his shot would use up too much air! It was intermittent relief though, so I got a drysuit and then started playing around & having fun too. Several years and cameras later I now shoot with my trusty old Nikon D7000 with which all of these shots were captured. I've always loved macro, the challenge of finding critters, getting a good shot and then identifying it later. Blackwater is our latest passion with the myriad of cool and crazy critters to be found. But I love wide angle too - nothing like good viz, and sunlight, a scratch-free dome and a fun subject like a seal to shoot! I dive at our local Sydney sites regularly, at least weekly with my buddy/hubby and friends, and we've done a fair bit of international dive travel, lugging the camera gear to far flung destinations including Micronesia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Bali, Fiji, Iceland and France - with hopefully lots more to come!