It is a great thing to be able to combine two things that you really enjoy and then
be able to share it with others. That is how I would describe underwater photography.
I started diving in my home town Nelson, New Zealand and after traveling overseas
decided I would like to become an Instructor, having always had an interest for
photography it seemed like a natural progression to start taking pictures underwater.
So after becoming an Instructor I took a course in Underwater Photography, but did
not take it up seriously until some years later when I started working for Kuredu
Prodivers. At that time we had a lot of Instructors interested in underwater photography,
their encouragement and the opportunity to take a camera on dives is what made me
decide to purchase my first underwater camera, a Nikonos V.
I have since upgraded my system twice changing the Nikonos for an Auto focus Nikon
F90 in a housing and later changing the F90 for a Nikon F100.
The camera is housed in a Sealux housing mounted with the Subtronic Mega strobe
with a selection of different ports to house the various AF Nikor lenses that I
use, the 20mm, 35mm, 60mm Micro and 105mm Micro. All the photos below were taken
in the Maldives on dive sites accessible when diving with Prodivers Maldives.