Below - Underwater photography in Alor, Indonesia
With some of the most pristine and untouched reefs I've ever seen, it's no wonder Alor has me going back year after year. As some of you are aware, about six months ago I finally picked up a housing for the camera after years of mental gymnastics on why I wasn’t going to do just that. Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Creating and shooting while diving has been a such a good overlap of the venn diagram. I’m here for it and I reckon eating those words has been less than bitter.
The boys at Air Dive come with the same macro nerd energy I’ve come to embrace while diving, so the hunt was on for the small, the weird, the bizarre. High fives were had and scientific names thrown about. While Alor is known for its currents and big topography, it’s macro life is world class. From Rhinopias to rare symbiotic relationships to all the alien-like nudibranches, i’m never not awe inspired at what the ocean has just beneath the surface.
With some of the most pristine and untouched reefs I've ever seen, it's no wonder Alor has me going back year after year. As some of you are aware, about six months ago I finally picked up a housing for the camera after years of mental gymnastics on why I wasn’t going to do just that. Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Creating and shooting while diving has been a such a good overlap of the venn diagram. I’m here for it and I reckon eating those words has been less than bitter.
The boys at Air Dive come with the same macro nerd energy I’ve come to embrace while diving, so the hunt was on for the small, the weird, the bizarre. High fives were had and scientific names thrown about. While Alor is known for its currents and big topography, it’s macro life is world class. From Rhinopias to rare symbiotic relationships to all the alien-like nudibranches, i’m never not awe inspired at what the ocean has just beneath the surface.
All shot with my sony kit in a Seafrogs housing with Kraken strobes
Travel Diary: Quick stopover in Amed
I headed back to Alor recently and had a couple days on the way back in Bali. So I popped up to Amed to see some friends and a couple of dives just to nerd out on the little critters. Between me being a bit new at this whole underwater photography thing and the general nature of shooting underwater, the keeper rate is usually a bit lower than what I shoot on land. That being said, back to back dives on Batuniti up in Tulamben delivered in spades. I didn’t think I’d have enough to fill a blog post, but between the Mt. Agung sunsets and all the little aliens coming out to say hello under the surface, I couldn’t help but show you.
I headed back to Alor recently and had a couple days on the way back in Bali. So I popped up to Amed to see some friends and a couple of dives just to nerd out on the little critters. Between me being a bit new at this whole underwater photography thing and the general nature of shooting underwater, the keeper rate is usually a bit lower than what I shoot on land. That being said, back to back dives on Batuniti up in Tulamben delivered in spades. I didn’t think I’d have enough to fill a blog post, but between the Mt. Agung sunsets and all the little aliens coming out to say hello under the surface, I couldn’t help but show what I found.
Keep on the look out for the Alor post as I shot quite a bit more and the cull is taking longer. It’s always the longest and trickiest part of the whole process for me. I fall in love with a series of images and realise that not all of them can make the cut. But you know, maybe I’ll post the series and you can let me know what you think in the next post which images stay and which ones get escorted back to the hard drive to keep the others company.
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Travel Diary: Amed Indonesia - My first jump into Underwater Photography
As most of you know, I’m a pretty big nerd when it comes to scuba diving and love hunting for the small and weird. I’ve been hesitant to even go down the road of underwater photography because I know how expensive that road is going to be, but I borrowed a little Olympus tg-4 from a friend of mine and played with it over the course of the last week while diving in Amed, Bali. While I’m fully aware of the limitations of this set up. Just practicing with lighting was so fun. My hesitance to drop the coin on a proper housing for my camera is starting to show cracks and I’m tempted. That said, traveling light may be a thing of the past if choose to go down this road.
As most of you know, I’m a pretty big nerd when it comes to scuba diving and love hunting for the small and weird. I’ve been hesitant to even go down the road of underwater photography because I know how expensive that road is going to be, but I borrowed a little Olympus tg-4 from a friend of mine and played with it over the course of the last week while diving in Amed, Bali. While I’m fully aware of the limitations of this set up, just practicing with lighting was so fun. My hesitance to drop the coin on a proper housing for my camera is starting to show cracks and I’m tempted. That said, traveling light may be a thing of the past if choose to go down this road.
These images aren’t perfect…. or whatever perfect means. Some of them are a bit noisy, a channel clips here and there, some of them may not be as sharp as I’d like, but I had too much fun to not share these. I’m still a complete novice when it comes to this whole thing so here we are. If anyone has a contact at Nauticam that wants to sponsor this whole foray, let me know!
