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Mauricio Handler

His images and video have been used by National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Digital Media, National Geographic Online, National Geographic Books as well as Kodak, Rolex, The New York Times and many more magazines and commercial clients worldwide. Mauricio teaches his image-making philosophy through his intense one-week digital underwater photography workshops and photo expeditions held every year in unique locations around the world.

He is a Technical Field Advisor to Aquatica. His work is represented worldwide exclusively by The National Geographic Society Image Collection.

Contact details:
Mauricio Handler, Handlerphoto
12 Holbrook Street Apt #8, Freeport, ME 04032, USA
Phone: 207-504-0733 | Email: mauricio@handlerphoto.com
Web: www.handlerphoto.com | Stock: www.nationalgeographicstock.com

A versatile photographer, Cathy is well known for many styles of photography from documentary and editorial to gallery art. She shot the award winning Cayman Islands underwater poster Wonderland, and has done extensive work for such clients as Kodak, Nikon, Dolphin Cruise Lines, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. She was a photo editor for Skin Diver magazine for 15 years and her art work and articles have appeared in dozens of books and magazines, including five of her own popular books (co-authored with the late Jim Church) on photo technique and an instructional video. For fourteen years she produced black and white photography, spending long days in the darkroom to make her limited edition fine art black and white prints. Her coffee table book, My Underwater Photo Journey, was published in 2004 and features both her black and white as well as her favourite color images. 2004’s Hurricane Ivan destroyed her darkroom and, as she has developed her digital techniques, Cathy now produces all of her imagery digitally. Her new Imagination collection was released in 2009.

Cathy is married to Herb Rafael and together they operate Cathy Church's Photo Centre and Gallery at the Sunset House Hotel on Grand Cayman.

Contact details:
Cathy Church's Photo Centre | Email: cathy@cathychurch.com | Web: www.cathychurch.com

Tim Rock is a Pacific based award-winning digital photographer and writer specializing in the ocean realm. Rock has a large library of Pacific still images. Tim uses digital imaging above and below the sea.TIM ROCK attended the journalism program at the University of Nebraska - Omaha and has been a professional broadcast and print photojournalist for 30 years. The majority of those years have been spent in the Western and Indo Pacific reporting on environmental and conservation issues.

He has won the prestigious Excellence in the Use of Photography from the Society of Publisher's in Asia. His TV show was an ACE award finalsit. He also lists many other awards for documentaries, television shows, photography and writing. He works as a correspondent for numerous Pacific Rim magazines. He is the main author and photographer to a dozen Lonely Planet/Pisces series guides including The Diving and Snorkeling Guides to Thailand, Belize, Cayman Islands, South Africa & Mozambique, Bonaire, Chuuk-Pohnpei-Kosrae, Palau, Bali & Lombok, Guam & Yap, Papua New Guinea and The Philippines.

He currently owns a photographic art gallery in Guam at the Fish Eye Marine Park. Rock's photographic work is represented by his own Guam-based agency and by top photographic agents worldwide. He also has 23 e-books for sale at iTunes and his own publishing site:

Publishing Website: http://mantaraypublishing.com
Photography Websites: http://www.doubleblue.com  |  http://timrock.photoshelter.com/

Octavio Aburto is an underwater photographer associate to the International League of Conservation Photographers, and Postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has been photographing Mexican marine ecosystem since 1994, and is the leader of a regional project in the Gulf of California that deals with the conservation of coastal wetlands and fishspawning aggregations. In addition, he leads a program that uses photo identification of large marine predators inside Mexican marine protected areas.

He was born in Mexico City in 1973. When he was 17 years old he moved to Baja California Sur, to live in La Paz where hestayed for almost two decades. He obtained his Marine Biology degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur in 1995, and he became a professor at the same University from 1997 through 2003. He moved to San Diego CA in 2004 to obtain a PhD at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Now, as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the same oceanography institution, Heis coordinating several efforts to consolidate a program on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation for the Gulf of California, which includes a large communication initiative call “Mares Mexicanos” using his underwater photography to inspire the creation of marine reserves.

“I believe that by translating natural history and scientific issues into images I can directly impact and influence public perception, practices by local people, and government policy”. He uses Aquatica Housings for Nikon D200, D2X, D300s, and D700.

Email: octavioaburto@gmail.com
Web: www.octavioaburto.com
Initiative: www.gocmarineprogram.org

Husain B. Al-Qallaf is a NAUI course director, head of Senyar Dive Team, and Vice President of The Volunteer Work Center in Kuwait.
involved in numerous marine and environmental projects and missions, such as rehabilitation of Kuwait marine environment after the Iraqi invasion. He worked as the principle coordinator of The Sea Turtle Project in Kuwait and participated in The Discovery and Protection of Sharks in the Middle East Program in Sudan (2009). Also, he was involved in The Whale Shark Expedition in Djibouti (2010-2011), and provided professional photographs for the book “Whale Sharks” by David Rowat. He won many photography awards in numerous national and international contests.

www.klikkuwait.com

Nicolas Dujardin, born in 1968, takes photos as a hobby for about 20 years using a Leica. He started diving in 2008 and it became soon a new hobby that he logically wanted to combine with its previous one.

After a necessary migration from silver film to numeric, he is now mainly taking underwater photography, currently using a Nikon D3S with Aquatica housing and ports.

www.waaahoo.fr

The ocean is a fascination for me and an essential element in my life. I began my career like professional scientist diver, complete by a university degree in  marine biology and underwater ecology. I worked for various jobs, all in connection with the sea; in oceanographic centers and research laboratories.

As a diver, photography has naturally emerged as the best means of expression to capture and freeze my vision of this « nature océane ». In 2010 I decided to devote myself entirely to underwater photography by becoming professional. I am now photographer specializing in marine environment and I get  the chance to travel the world in countries that interest me.

Since I started as a professional underwater photographer, I always used AQUATICA material and is a guarantee of quality and robustness during my many traveling abroad. My goal, is to bring the viewer to be invaded by the shapes, the colors, the structures, and textures ... Let him be soak up by alchemy of these elements and feeling a sensation, an emotion regardless of which register. The important thing is the power of this emotion. That is the purpose of my photographic work.

www.nicolastolstoy.com

Louise is a freelance photojournalist specialising in travel, science and technology, and the polar regions for magazines and newspapers around the world. She has also been leading expeditions to the high Arctic since 1999, visiting Franz Josef land in Russia, Svalbard in Norway, Greenland, and Nunavut in Canada. An exhibition of her polar work runs from 15 October 2011 to 31 January 2012 at Lacock photography gallery.

Louise has been leading expeditions to the high Arctic since 1999, visiting Franz Josef land in Russia, Svalbard in Norway, Greenland, and Nunavut in Canada.  She spent 8 months in the high Arctic leading expeditions, and on assignment during 2007 and 2008.  She is an extremely experienced ice diver and Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Divemaster.  She has worked with film crews from the BBC, National Geographic, Galatee/Disneynature Films, Brazilian TV in various Arctic productions supporting them in the region and is considered an expert in the field.  She visited the Antarctic to dive and photograph in January 2009 by yacht, Pelagic Australis.

Louise also works directly for television and film companies in scouting and production manager roles on a freelance basis.  Recent jobs have included scouting for Galatee films, France; in Greenland for narwhals, and in Cornwall for a basking shark shoot to plan the shoot and set up all logistics.  She has an excellent working relationship with BBC Current Affairs and develops ideas jointly with them.

An exhibition of her polar photography opened at the Scott Polar Institute in Cambridge in March 2008, the first by a contemporary photographer at the prestigious venue.

www.louisemurray.com

Pete Nawrocky began his diving career in 1971 in Long Island, NY. As a marine biology major in college, Pete became fascinated by the ocean and wanted to see for himself what he was studying. Since his High School days, Pete has spent over thirty years exploring and diving the ocean and shipwrecks near his home in the northeastern United States.

Pete joined Dive Rite in 1998 and is best known for his willingness to share his passion for diving with others. Pete has established quite a following of divers who enjoy his affable approach to teaching and Pete can be found at least once a month in the water with a group of divers who want to learn new techniques or try new gear, such as the O2ptima FX closed circuit Rebreather. Pete makes it a point to dive with all of his clients as often as possible; believing that diving is what builds lasting relationships and after all, is what draws everyone to this unique industry in the first place.

An avid underwater photographer, Pete’s photos have graced the pages of many scuba magazines over the years and can often be found in Dive Rite’s own advertisements. Always the educator, Pete often uses his photography in his lecture presentations, which has taken him across the nation from Anchorage Alaska to the World Trade center as well as Industry Trade shows, local aquariums, high schools and retirement homes. Pete’s enthusiasm for diving has no bounds and is only occasionally interrupted by his love for golf (but that is another story).

http://www.diverite.com/about/team/petenawrocky/photogallery/

I have a passion for the ocean, for animals, for beauty and nature. Used to be a Diving Instructor, now I only dive for pleasure. I´m also a cave diver, and an artist. So now I'm combining this to create unique underwater images.

Because beyond the issue of our survival is the issue of how we experience our life and how we celebrate it. And our experience of life is intrinsically linked to how we communicate and "connect" with everything around us, especially with all life around us. In my case, it’s the ocean and their living creature that makes me want to celebrate. So my photography is intended to be a celebration of marine life and the underwater world.

www.chrisvizlphoto.carbonmade.com

Aaron Fink’s photographic zeal began at an early age when he would accompany his cousin Jerry Wachter, a famous Sports Illustrated photographer, to sporting events. Aaron worked closely with his cousin, learning basic photographic and darkroom techniques. In 1979, his passion for the ocean led him to discover the joys and wonders of scuba diving. He obtained his open water certification through NAUI in 1985, followed by his advanced open water training in 1986.  Later that same year, he purchased his first underwater camera and discovered a new arena in which to apply his photographic skills.

An ardent student of the sea, Aaron brings the gifts of a medical background -- a love of life, compassion and scientific rigor -- to his photography. Along the way, he has worked with Ella Jean Morgan, Franklin Viola, and Donald Tipton in his ongoing quest for artistic excellence. Aaron always aims to maximize light, texture, and composition in conveying the beauty of his photographic subjects.

Aaron resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Vicki, who shares his passion for the beauty of our underwater world.

Website: www.finksphotos.com

Jesse made his first scuba dive in 1969 on a visit to Bermuda, and he was hooked. Since then he’s stoked his passion by diving around the globe, from World War II wrecks off New Jersey to the coral reefs of Papua New Guinea. Jesse is a contributing Editor/Photographer for Dive Training magazine and his articles and underwater images have appeared in dozens of wildlife, diving and news publications. Credits include BBC Wildlife, National Geographic books, USA Today and Newsweek magazine.

Cancelmo has authored three books: Diving Bermuda, Diving Cayman Islands, and his latest book, Texas Coral Reefs, which is a celebration of the natural treasures off the Texas and Louisiana coastlines. Jesse was trimix certified in 1998 and in order to complete a recent magazine assignment for Texas Parks and Wildlife (“Deep, Dark and Dangerous” – December 2011), Jesse complete training for full cave certification. His logbook includes dives on the Andrea Doria, the USS Monitor and the Brine Seep near the East Flower Garden Bank reef.

Website: www.cancelmophoto.com

With his background as a former professional Soccer player, he is always willing to push beyond limits and is motivated to create and develop more skills and ideas. His way of photography allows him to give every client a unique and striking result to fulfil wishes and demands for everyone, starting from portraits above and underwater, landscape, wildlife and wedding photography. He loves nothing more than going diving. Based in Cairns in Far North Queensland Australia, he can offer everything to everyone with his different repertoire of Photography.

Website: www.steffenbinke.com

Website: www.seanhavas.com

Tomasz has dived on famous Baltic wrecks such as Gustloff, Goya, Sea Horse and Graf Zeppelin as well as taking part in discovering and identifying new wrecks. He had also the opportunity to take pictures in difficult Florida caves, like Eagle Nest or Diepolder. Working closely with several institutions, taking part in many expeditions as a documenter and manager.

Tomasz is a co-founder of BALTICTECH – a diving conference connected with the Baltic sea and also the founder of SANTI, a company which produces dry suits and undersuit's. To see Tomasz work follow this link: http://stachuraphoto.com/galleries/new/kobanya-mine-budapest-vii-2011.

Todd's work can be found at www.pbase.com/yahsemtough and www.tmintz.com

At present, Christopher Guglielmo's major focus is his new art gallery in Miami, featuring his underwater images as well as a collection of original acrylic and watercolor paintings based exclusively on his photographs, by his mother, Beth Sallee.  While his gallery consumes the lion's share of his time, he still travels frequently, as the thrill of a photographic hunt is the driving force behind his life.

Contact: www.AquaExposure.com | aquaexposure@yahoo.com

You can see the photography of Matti at http://mattiovaska.com.

He joined the local Actina dive club and later, after moving to Gent, joined the De Manta dive club. By 1990 he became an instructor (certified in both CMAS and PADI). Since then he has logged over 2000 dives in some of the most beautiful places on earth. In the early 90's Philip became interested in underwater photography because he wanted to capture some of the beautiful things he was seeing in order to share them with others.

He started out using a Nikonos V and has since graduated to digital equipment, using an Aquatica housing. When he isn't diving Philip works as a Radiologic Technologist and lives in California with his wife and son. Some of his photographs are available on his website at http://www.seysphotography.com.

www.pixnat.com

Michel switched in 2004 from his old and beloved Nikonos cameras to digital cameras used in Aquatica housing. In 2007, Michel won the prize for the best promotional website, at the Antibes “World Festival of Underwater Images”: www.braunstein.co.il.

Michel Braunstein is well known for his famous and unique pictures of the Nemo33, the deepest diving pool in Brussels - Belgium and for is photographs of the rare and elusive Amazonian pink dolphins. Work from Michel can be seen at www.braunstein.co.il  

www.jo-annwilkins.com

Born 1949 in Brooklyn, N.Y., I grew up watching the Sea Hunt series and Jacques Cousteau voyages and dreamed of being able to dive. In 1970 I became a certified SCUBA diver while attending the University of Miami. I continued to dive throughout undergraduate and medical school while at the University of Miami and became interested in treating SCUBA accidents. During my Anesthesiology residency at the University of Miami,  I received my diving medical officer certification from N.O.A.A./U.H.M.S./U.S.N. and became the co-director for the re-compression chamber located at the N.O.A.A. facility on Virginia Key, as time went on I became the center's Director. I completed my residency in Anesthesiology and fellowships in critical care and eventually moved to Baltimore where I practiced Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine. I am currently the Hyperbaric Medical Director at the Hyperbaric and wound healing center at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore.

I developed an interest in underwater photography in 2004, first starting with point and shoot cameras and then progressing to DSLRs.The first DSLR I owned was a D200 in an Aquatica housing.  My current rig is a Nikon D300s, Aquatica housing and dual Inon strobes. I also have appropriate equipment to  photograph birds, landscapes and portraits.

My photographs have won contests, been exhibited at the Smithsonian institute and published in National Geographic magazine.
My web: www.pallinsonimages.com
Flikr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42988059@N02/?deleted=5500975155

Mark Ormesher is a British professional cave and cavern film maker, a career choice after completing a photo-journalism course in London back in 2006. A certified instructor and with a dive career spanning more than thirteen years, he moved to Mexico in 2009 to complete his IANTD cave course and has been filming professionally in the area's cave and cenote systems ever since.

Filming on Canon full frame HDSLR with Aquatica housing he has been pushing the boundaries of under water video in this challenging environment. Mark currently lives in Mexico with his wife Michelle.

Website: www.markormesher.com

Chris began diving in 2000 after snorkeling in Belize while on a fly fishing trip. His 20+ years as a commercial photographer made the transition to underwater photography inevitable. Since traveling to exotic destinations isn’t always possible, he has become well known as an underwater archaeology photographer while working on projects in the Great Lakes and Greece.

A passionate amateur, Chris’ work has appeared in publications including Scuba Diving, PADI Sport Diver, DIVE, Asian Diver, the Chicago Tribune, as well as several others and is on display at the Chicago Field Museum and UNESCO’s world headquarters. He’s won top prizes in several contests such as Asian Diver’s Ocean Odyssey Photo Shootout and Antiquity Journal’s Archaeology Photograph of the Year.
Chris and his wife, Julie, live in northern Michigan where he is president of the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve. When they aren’t diving, or trying to locate new shipwrecks, they enjoy the great beauty of the outdoors with their black lab, Cooper. His work can be seen at www.chrisdoyal.com.

Marco Pennbrant is a Swedish UW-photographer based in Gothenburg, born in 1971 and introduced to SCUBA-diving in 1989.  After many years of diving he felt that he needed to bring his diving up to another level and UW-photography became his specialty.  He enjoys capturing the amazing diversity of the marine environment and creating memorable underwater portraits of the open ocean.

Working in dark, cold water with poor visibility is a challenge Marco enjoys, and every successful pictures created in the harsh environment is a huge satisfaction to him. Nowadays, he will never go under the surface without bringing along his Aquatica housing for the Canon 5D and every minutes spend under is that much more apreciated.

For more information and photo galleries showcasing Marco’s work, please visit www.pennbrantphoto.com.

Liz Rogers is an Australian cave diver, and enjoys the challenges that underwater photography on a technical dive provides. While lugging heavy kit through dry cave areas to reach the dive site may not be the highlight of the trip, Liz loves the unique photos possible in the crystal clear waters beyond the daylight zone. Liz's underwater cave images capture beautiful caves and committed underwater models with equipment that can be relied upon to get the shot. Her Aquatica housing has proved itself in the unforgiving cave environment, keeping the Canon 5DII safe and dry.

When not cave diving, Liz also enjoys the temperate ocean reef and wreck diving around her home town of Melbourne, and the odd trip to the tropics to visit turtles. You can see Liz's photographs at http://photographyunderpressure.com/

Originally from Vancouver, BC, Canada, Mike has been working as a fulltime dive professional in the tropical Pacific since the 90s.  As a photo/video pro aboard liveaboards and resorts, Mike has spent many years photographing the incredible marine life of the Indo-Pacific region on a near daily basis.  Mike is involved with many of the world’s diving magazines and is a Field Editor for Scuba Diver Australasia.  Mike regularly teaches underwater photography workshops in Indonesia aboard the Dive Damai liveaboard or at NAD Lembeh Resort in the Lembeh Strait.  For more information and photo galleries visit www.mikeveitchblog.com or www.OceanStockImages.com.

Rogerio Rupollo é um Administrador de Empresas, Empresário no Brasil e Instrutor PADI, proprietário da Escola de Mergulho Acquarius Dive Training. Desde o ano de 1994 passou a registrar seus mergulhos através da fotografia subaquatica e no ano de  2000 formou-se Instrutor PADI com a finalidade de ministrar cursos de fotosub, sempre com o objetivo de levar, através da fotografia, as belezas do fundo do mar para aqueles que não são mergulhadores ou que desejam ser. Como Instrutor PADI já certificou mais de 600 alunos. 
Suas fotografias e filmagens tem sido utilizadas em exposições, revistas do ramo de mergulho e videos institucionais e profissionais.
Já registrou fotografias subaquaticas nos seguintes locais:

. Bonaire - 5 vezes (1994/1996/1998/2009/2010);
. Cuba - 2 vezes;
. Cozumel - 2 vezes;
. Abrolhos;
. Fernando de Noronha-PE;
. Ilha do Arvoredo-SC - mais de 400 mergulhos realizados;
. Ilha de Galés - SC;
. Ilha Desertas - SC;
. Ilha de Currais-PR

Dados para contato:
Site: www.pbase.com/rrupollo

Jean-Marc Blache vit dans les Alpes françaises entre les lacs du Bourget, d’Annecy du Léman et de la mer méditerranée.

Photographe professionnel depuis 1985, il se spécialise dans l’image industrielle, le portrait et la gastronomie. Depuis 2000, il associe sa passion pour la plongée aux mélanges en recycleur avec la photographie d’épaves profondes. Les images d’un avion allemand Focke Wulf 58C qu’il découvre en 2004 par 112 mètres de fond dans le lac du Bourget en France, lui ont valu de nombreuses parutions en Europe.
Initialement équipé pour les images subaquatiques d’un Nikon F90, il utilise aujourd’hui les mêmes boitiers numériques pour son travail quotidien que pour les images sous-marines : les Canon 5D et 5D Mark II équipés de zoom et protégés par un caisson Aquatica.

Email : infos@jeanmarcblache.com
Sites web : www.jeanmarcblache.com / www.helioxplongee.fr

Nigel Motyer began diving in the early 80's and first picked up a camera shortly after that in 1987. Since then its his passion for the challange of underwater photography that has kept up his interest in diving. 

Nigel's photography has been widely published around the world including Subsea, Diver, Sport Diver, Dive as well as National Geographic Magazine. Nigel has travelled widely to great many destinations over the last twenty five years but most recently he has focused on great shark destinations. Sharks have always been his passion despite being bitten by a rather over curious silky shark in the Pacific in 1995. 
Nigel lives in Malahide, Co Dublin, Ireland with his wife Sinead and their two children Hannah & Ben.

You can see Nigel’s work at  www.nigelmotyer.com.

Cristian Dimitrius is a Brazilian biologist, wildlife filmmaker, photographer, expedition leader and dive instructor. He is one of the few Brazilians who dedicates his full time to document the natural history of our planet both topside and underwater, having more than 3000 dives in the most diverse environments. He has been filming for major national television channels like National Geographic, History Channel and Globo TV, in the 4 corners of the Globe, exploring places like Galapagos, Canada. Thailand, India, Africa, Antarctic and Bahamas. He has also several articles published in diving and nature magazines. He is now working on his first book, a long project for Nat Geo Wild and his documentary about the Natural History of Galápagos.

You can check out his web www.cristiandimitrius.com or follow his work on facebook or twitter.

Damien Siviero is a Sydney based diver and photographer, with a passion for underwater exploration and adventure. He has over 17 years diving experience and has explored some of the world’s best and most remote locations. Damien is an avid and accomplished technical wreck and cave diver, however is just as happy shooting pretty fish on a tropical reef; his photography matches his passion and is a blend of the two worlds.

Although he started working in the dive industry in the mid 90’s, Damien now works and as an information technology Enterprise Architect for one of Australia’s leading financial services companies. Damien applies his background in technology to both diving and photography in order get the most out of his time underwater. Adapting to advances in DSLR technology has seen him expand into underwater videography and has already begun shooting high definition footage of wreck and cave expeditions. Of most acclaim is his discovery footage of the MV Fairwind project, which has subsequently been broadcast on Australian and International television.
With over 15 years experience in underwater photography, Damien’s still imagery speaks for itself. Not only content with documentary style images, Damien strives to produce images that capture the beauty and awe of the subjects he shoots. Many of Damien’s award winning still images have been published in various print and digital media.

The use of closed-circuit rebreather technology allows Damien to push the traditional limits of scuba diving, whether diving deep on a wreck or for hours on shallower reefs. A bubble-less diving experience also lets him interact closely with timid wildlife and ensure careless bubbles don’t adverse effect images. You can see more of Damien Siviero works at http://damiensiviero.com/

A pioneering underwater explorer and film maker, Jill Heinerth has dived deeper into caves than any woman in history. With a collection of magnificent images, from Antarctic iceberg caves to the Floridan Aquifer and subterranean Siberia, Jill shares a glimpse of a breathtaking world few will experience.

Her accolades include induction to the Women Diver's Hall of Fame and the Explorers Club as well as scores of photography and filmmaking awards. Recognized as a leading technical diver, she is one of the worlds experts on rebreather technology. An engaging speaker, Jills multimedia presentations stir audiences with lifes lessons learned during expeditions above, below and inside the earth.

Web site: www.IntoThePlanet.com

Mick was born and based in Australia and now lives on the west coast in Perth. His life has always revolved around the water and free diving but did not take up scuba until he turned 30, after a friend convinced him in 1989 that there was more to explore with a cylinder on his back. He has been diving and taking underwater photographs in and around the area since that day and spends a lot of time in the south west of the state with its diverse marine life and dive environments.

A Nikonos V with several lenses were the tools of choice until late 2004 when Mick was dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age. His obvious path was to a digital SLR housed system. He now shoots a combination of 40D and 50D in an Aquatica housing with a selection of wide and macro lenses.

Although Mick started diving without a camera he can't imagine diving without one now and even though he has been shooting for many years, he feels a long way from mastering it -but that’s what its all about.

Web site: www.mickeidam.com

Sylvain Girardot est originaire de France mais vit depuis 1998 en Polynésie Française.

C’est lorsqu’il vivait sur l’atoll de Rangiroa qu’il fut pris de passion pour la photographie sous-marine. D’abord équipé d’un Nikon F90, il passa par différents boîtiers numériques pour actuellement utiliser un Nikon D700 dans un caisson Aquatica.

Par ses photographies, Sylvain cherche à se positionner comme un observateur des merveilles de la nature et a été récemment récompensé par une palme de bronze au festival mondial de l’image sous-marine 2010 dans la catégorie photo couleur.

Site web: lesdessousderangiroa.free.fr

Nédia et Martin sont un couple de photographes qui habitent la Nouvelle-Écosse au Canada depuis près de 3 ans. Avec leurs formations techniques en photographie et vidéographie ils allient leurs deux passions: plongée et découvertes sous-marines par l’image.

Martin a débuté avec le caisson Aquatica pour son F90x et est passé au numérique avec le caisson D90 ainsi que le D3. Nédia quant a elle reste fidèle a son D70s et utilise aussi le caisson D3 ainsi que le caisson vidéo HD Wave.

Plongeant tout aussi bien en eaux froides qu’en eaux chaudes ils ont un intérêt particulier pour les paysages sous-marins, la faune et flores ainsi que des mises en scène dans des milieux contrôlés.

Leur site et portfolio: www.uwdistribution.com

Stewart Sy was born in the Philippines and as a young adult, moved to the beautiful province of British Columbia, Canada. Even though Stewart grew up going to and snorkelling the warm tropical waters of the Philippines, it wasn’t till he moved to Canada did he get bitten by the diving bug and took his open water course in the chilly waters of the Emerald Sea. It was not long after that Stewart then thought of sharing the wonders of the underwater world to his non-diving friends and family...and an obsession was born!

Stewart has been shooting housed SLRs (beginning with film) in 1990 and made the move to digital in 2003. Since 1999, Stewart has been leading groups of divers and Underwater photographers on escorted dive trips to his native Philippines to explore “this most often ignored and under estimated Diving Paradise”. Stewart joined the Aquatica family in 2009 when he replaced his previous aluminum housing for the Canon 10D/5D for the Aquatica 7D housing.

Stewart formed SLS Photography Ltd. in 2003 and became an Aquatica Dealer in 2010. He can be contacted at: SLS Photography Ltd., www.stewartsy.com, 604-618-3421

Paul started diving in 1998 with his wife Lisa, and four years later bought his first digital camera and housing. he has since dived in several locations in the Caribbean, Red Sea, Thailand, Maldives, Indonesia, and of course the UK. Aside from being an award winning photographer, Paul is a freelance photojournalist for many popular dive magazines, both in printed and web based format.

Paul’s prime camera is a Nikon D90 with Aquatica AD90 housing with aqua view. Paul’s website is www.scubysnaps.com

Martin Heyn dove for 25 years before finally taking a camera underwater. Now he can’t imagine diving without it. As an “enthusiastic amateur” photographer Martin strives to convey the awesome beauty, power, and grace of the undersea world so others can share in his love of all things aquatic. Martin believes part of the challenge of underwater photography is to capture images without harassing the seas creatures or manipulating their environment. His passion for these to endeavors have taken him (along with his wonderful wife Julie) all over the world where they have photographed incredible vistas and made wonderful friends.

Our images, trip reports, gear, etc, can be found at: www.aquabluedreams.com

Adriana Basques was born in Brazil, where she have lived, worked and explored for most of her life. Traveling has always been in her blood and she has being traveling to many interesting places throughout the world.

Her background is on Electronic and Telecommunication engineering and after 18 years of a successful career as an Executive in IBM, in 2010 she decided to take a leave of absence to enjoy life of a different flavor, focusing her interest on photography and scuba diving.
She has settled into the San Francisco bay area. "Photography has always been a passion for me, but not until I became a scuba diver had the spark truly ignited when my interest in underwater photography began to inspire me in a new ways."

Her first dive experience was in 1996 in the Caribbean. Shortly after she found herself diving all over the world. "My first underwater images were taken in the cold waters of the Galapagos Islands. This became the turning point for me. Since then I have become enamored with underwater photography as a craft and as an art form and Aquatica is my choice for housing."

The most influential region of the world for her has been the photographic opportunities in Southeast Asia. The diversity of culture and biodiversity of marine life underwater has drawn me back countless times. To know more about Adriana's work, visit her website: www.adrianabasques.com

Ranked among the country's finest photographers with over 20 years in the photographic industry, her freelance assignments are extensive, from underwater stills and video, to corporate, editorial, fashion shoots, portraits and more. Whether she's slogging through the jungles of Papua New Guinea or flanked by models in the streets of Toronto, Laura Bombier knows what it takes to capture that critical moment.

Never ceasing to challenge herself in new ways, she divides her time between Muskoka and Toronto, creating unique work opportunities and creative spaces that allow her art to evolve and grow. Selecting her photos for publication in the likes of Canadian Geographic Magazine, Mens Journal, Canadian Living, UP! and Today's Parent Magazine, Laura can add Official Stills Photographer for survival expert and Canadian icon Les Stroud to her growing list of experience and international photographic awards.

Whether Laura is "harnessing the power of the camera to achieve social goals" with contributions to PhotoSensitive, one of the numerous charities she works with, or attending coveted social events such as dinner with the Queen of England during her 2010 Royal Tour, Laura's professionalism and passion for the human spirit is re-told with every creative project she undertakes.
For more info: www.laurabombier.com or ca.linkedin.com/pub/laura-bombier/20/279/666

Antti and Janne have dived together more than 10 years. They have documented deep caves, mines and wrecks around the world. Janne is a photographer known for his unique style. The underwater pictures and videos capture underground scenery with an exceptional technique, which allows Janne to photograph huge underwater spaces, even in completely dark environments as caves and mines. His pictures have been published in many magazines, books and exhibitions.

Antti is an author who writes articles, books and scripts for documentaries. He works together with Janne, participating in planning the expeditions and supporting Janne's photography with stories and documentation. Janne's and Antti's best know work is the book Divers of the Dark. It is a story with previously unseen pictures from underneath the city of Budapest.

Divers of the Dark is a unique journey into a world that only a handful of people have visited. The magnificent photos take the reader on an adventure into the depths of an inactive volcano. The caves are a prehistoric nature park that has been formed over millions of years. Divers of the Dark tells stories of journeys of many kilometres under the ground, of near miss situations and incredible human achievement. It will give the reader a whole new view of the life and surroundings of Budapest. The book also takes the reader to the József-hegy dry cave in Budapest and the water filled Ojamo lime mine in Finland. Antti and Janne are currently working on a documentary about the Second World War evacuation of Hanko, during which many Soviet ships met their fate in Finnish coastal artillery bombing and the minefields.

Thousands of men lose their lives in the dark waves of the Baltic Sea. Team has found many of the evacuation of Hanko shipwrecks. Dives to them have already changed the way history is written. The wrecks will tell their sad and true story in a documentary coming in 2012. Antti and Janne are also preparing documentary about the spectacular natural caves and expedition diving in southern France.

More information, pictures and videos about the on-going projects are available at www.diversofthedark.com & www.jannesuhonen.net

Nuno Sá was born in Montreal, Canada in 1977. When he was eleven years old he returned with his family to Portugal. His contact with the underwater world only begins in 1997, with his first diving certification.He ended his Law degree in one of Portugal’s top universities in 2001. One year latter he moved to the islands of the Azores to pursue his dream of living a life in contact with the Sea.

A professional photographer since 2004, Nuno Sá is specialized marine life photography. He is the author of five books and several dozens of articles published on National and International magazines. He is the co-author of the “Azores Diving Guide” – Portugal’s first published diving guide and “Madeira Diving Guide”, and a regular collaborator of several magazines, such as National Geographic Portugal.

Nuno Sá was the first Portuguese wildlife photographer nominated in some of the world’s major nature photography competitions, such as: Wildlife photographer of the year, Asferico International Nature Photography Competition, Natures Best - Oceans Views amongst others. He is today considered Portugal’s most awarded wildlife photographer. Member of the International Environment Photographers Association (IEPA), he is regularly invited to be part of the Jury in many wildlife photography competitions. His images have been widely used to promote the Islands of the Azores in magazines, expositions, billboards, tourism fairs etc.

Nuno Sá is on the Wild Wonders of Europe’s team of top European nature photographers, this is the world biggest ever nature photography project with an expected public of over 100 million people, a project supported by the National Geographic Society.

Site: www.photonunosa.com

Joseph C. Dovala started blowing bubbles in 1967, at the age of ten, when his father rented a two-hose regulator and tank from a gas station/diveshop in the small town of Yucaipa, CA. The influence of Sea Hunt's Mike Nelson and The Silent World of Jacques Cousteau were just too much to ignore. Over the years he's been involved with many types of diving, including instruction, research, and technical sport diving. Somewhere along the line the idea of taking expensive cameras and immersing them in saltwater seemed like a good idea. He's been professionally making images and writing since 1999.

www.jcdovala.com

Although his father and brother were/are artists (painters), Bruce Yates didn’t find his artistic outlet until he was in his 40s and undertook underwater photography. Unlike many photogaphers, who begin topside and then take their skills underwater, he took up diving first, and learned underwater photography before attempting any serious topside photography. He still does the vast majority of his photography underwater, currently using a Canon 5D Mark II.

Bruce has never attempted to make money with his photography. Instead, he uses photos to raise money for charity. Currently, all profits from his photography go to the International Children’s Surgical Foundation, a low-overhead organization that puts together volunteer medical missions to lesser-developed nations to correct facial deformities in children. They help children just like the ones divers often see in their travels…except that these children face life as outcasts. ICSF literally gives them a shot at normal lives. Bruce’s photography has thus far raised over US$20,000 for ICSF.

Bruce's photography: www.UnderwaterReflections.com | Bruce’s blog: www.bruceyates.blogspot.com
ICSF: www.ICSFoundation.org | 208-375-8132

Quote regarding Aquatica products:
"I consider Aquatica’s products the very definition of value. Neither the most nor least expensive available, their gear offers the underwater photographer the ergonomics and reliability he/she requires—at a price that is reasonable and fair. Their products are dependable enough for pros, but at prices within the reach of serious amateurs as well."

Andrew S. Malbin, MD is a board certified emergency medicine physician who resides in Tampa, Florida. He practiced emergency medicine full time in the Tampa area from 1980 - 1999. He now works part-time as a fixed-wing air ambulance medical director and flight physician as well as doing part-time consulting work.

Dr. Malbin began taking underwater photographs in the early 1980's. What began as a hobby has evolved into a true passion. Dr. Malbin has shot underwater photographs in a variety of locales around the globe including Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Turks and Caicos, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, and Micronesia to name a few. Currently he is shooting digital images with his trusty Nikon D300 and Aquatica AD300 housing by his side. He continues to look forward to the new underwater photo opportunities that await him around the world.

To order a print or view more pictures from Dr. Malbin's underwater adventures, visit his website at www.oceandoctorshots.com.

Jeff Toorish is an award winning journalist and documentary photographer. His work has appeared in publicants such as the Boston Herald, Advanced Diver Magazine, the NACD Journal, Northeast Diver Magazine and others. He has recently completed work on a documentary book about the Shaker Religion at Sabbath Day Lake, Maine entitled Chosen Faith, Chosen Land, which has risen to the top of its category on Amazon.com.

Photography is exploration to Toorish, who is a member of the World Exploration Team for Advanced Diver Magazine, as well as ADM's chief photojournalist. As an explorer, Toorish is also the president of the ADM Exploration Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to funding remote exploration expeditions.

Toorish is often sought out as a photo expert by various orgainzations, and he writes a column for the Club Med website, that focues on scuba diving and photography. While much of Toorish's work is on land, featuring dramatic, haunting landscapes, he is well known for his darmatic underwater photographs. Many of his photographic work has taken place in exotic locations, often in places where no human being has been before.

As a video producer, Toorish has won awards from many prestigious organizations for his work. He is corrently producing several documentary movie projects, including a diving documentary focusing on early pioneer divers. Most recently he has begun to combine underwater still photography with video work.

Jeff lives in Maine, where he is actively involved in various exploration projects.
Website | www.atomicpirate.com
Advanced Diver Magazine | www.advanceddivermagazine.com
Scuba column | www.clubmedinsider.com

Né dans le sud de la France, au pays du cassoulet et du rugby, ce n'est qu'à l'Université de Toulouse que Jean-Philippe Borges s'initie à la plongée sous-marine. Alors qu'il était jusqu'alors plus attiré par les sports aériens (parapente) et la montagne (randonnées, canyoning), il se découvre une véritable passion pour le monde sous-marin et la photographie subaquatique.

Terminant des études de biochimie, il s'intéresse tout d'abord à la biologie marine et en vient tout naturellement à mettre son appareil-photo sous l'eau afin d'illustrer ses conférences. Equipé de boîtiers reflex (Nikon D200 et Fuji S2 Pro), il utilise des caissons Aquatica depuis ses débuts en reflex. Devenu PADI Divemaster et Digital UW photo Instructor, il s'intéresse de plus en plus à l'initiation des plongeurs à la photo sous-marine et organise des séminaires/séjours dans l'archipel espagnol des Canaries.

Actuellement chercheur en biologie/santé, il ne manque jamais une occasion d'aller tremper ses palmes et ses caissons photo dans toutes les mers du Monde.Jean Philippe Borges est aussi bien connu comme rédacteur (Jean-Phi) du très populaire forum de photographie sous-marine Le p'tit forum de la photosub http://forum-photosub.fr/forum/portal.php

Son site et portfolio: www.jpborges.com. Si certaines images vous intéressent, n'hésitez pas.

Marcelo Krause

Marcelo Krause is a nature photographer working and living in Brazil. His photographs have graced more than 50 articles for Brazilian magazines and websites. He is also renowned for the quality of images of the aquatic wildlife found in the rugged waters of Brazil.
He is the author of “Fernando de Noronha: Terra e Agua”, a book portraying the natural beauty of Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. Another two books are under production and are soon scheduled for publication.

He was also featured in many exhibitions and won several photo contests, including a first place prize at the prestigious Avistar bird photo contest in Brazil. You can see more of Marcelo Krause photographs here: www.marcelokrause.com

Ryan started his diving career in Brisbane, Australia, managing and marketing within the dive industry whilst at university. Wanting to show off to friends, family and customers what could be found under the oceans, underwater photography quickly became a passion. After working in an office for a few years following graduating with a B.Bus, he soon realised that it wasn't the life for him, and once again swapped his business suit for a wetsuit.

Now based in Cairns, Australia, working as a photographer, Ryan finds himself in the water shooting several times a week, giving him ample opportunities to hone his photographic skills and put his gear to the test. Due to this, Ryan demands the best from his equipment and that it holds up against the rigour of spending hours in the ocean, day in and day out.

For more information: http://ryanpedlow.smugmug.com

Amar and Isabelle Guillen are French profesional photographers who currently live in Dallas, Texas. Their photos have been distributed to various agencies. They have also written a number of well-known articles about underwater digital photography and scuba diving, which have been published in numerous French and american magazines.

In September of 2004 they wrote their first book dedicated to underwater photography which was published by Eyrolles Editions in Europe. Their second work will be available later in 2005. They are currently diving monitors for PADI, CMAS, TDI and DAN where they also teach underwater digital photography.

For more information and photo galleries visit www.guillenphoto.com

Born in Spain, Kike is an award-winning photographer and bilingual journalist, extensively published, specializing in environmental, cultural and marine documentary. Kike's clients and collaborations include ABC News, Associated Press, American Museum of Natural History, Animal Planet, AOL, Audubon Society, Bravo, CBS, Chicago Tribune, CNN, Coca-Cola, GEF, Disney, El Mundo, ESPN, Frommers, Fox Broadcast Network, Good Morning America, In Touch, Instituto Cervantes, Leica, Monterrey Bay Aquarium, MSN, MSNBC, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, National Geographic Image Collection, National Geographic Viajes, Natural History Mag., NASA, NBC News, Newsday, New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Magazine, New York Post, Nikkei Inc., Price Waterhouse Coopers, Rolling Stone Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Sesame Street, Time, TVE, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Water, United Nations, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Virgin Media, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, WWF and Zuma Press, among others.
Author of several books with a strong connection to the world water issues, including:

Water and Future a commissioned book to commemorate the 2008 International Water Expo in Zaragoza (Spain), as the official publication for the Government.

Habitats a compilation of Kike's work around the world, offering an insight into the beauty, drama and diversity of nature, with forewords by David Doubilet and Jean Michel Cousteu.

Las Aventuras de Kikeo Kike's own children character series, a Philanthropic initiative to promote the United Nations Water messages for achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
At 38 years old, with degrees in Economics and Journalism, combined with 20 years of experience as a photographer, make him a favorite educator with the younger generations. His unique inspiring workshops and seminars, made Coca Cola to select him in 2008 as a guest speaker at Forum Istanbul, sharing his field experiences with political representatives and CEOs from major companies around the world.
Kike is the Director and co-founder of the agency VWPICS.com, and has recently joined the National Geographic Image Collection.

More about Kike:
Twitter: @KIKECALVO | Blog: kikecalvoonline.blogspot.com | Email: kikecalvo@gmail.com | Web: www.kikecalvo.com

Scott is a photojournalist who specializes in marine, wildlife, travel and environmental subjects. His work is featured in a variety of magazines, calendars, galleries and advertisements from North America to Asia.
He also serves as a Field Editor for Asian Geographic publishing, which includes Scuba Diver AustralAsia.

Currently based out of North America, Scott utilizes photography and writing to creatively share his experiences with others, to support conservation/wildlife issues and to build a very personal legacy for his children.

For more information: www.seascapesimages.com. To email Scott: ascottj@seascapesimages.com.

Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Michael has been an avid conservationist since childhood. Fishing trips to the Amazon and abroad during his formative years whetted his appetite for exploration. At 18, he moved to the US to attend Lehigh University and to begin his career in advertising, consulting and financial services. In 1991, he relocated to South Florida. With the Gulf Stream at his doorstep, he began photographing the area's rich marine life while pursuing a corporate career and obtaining his MBA from the University of Miami.

For the past 18 years, he has traveled extensively as a photographer and writer, concentrating primarily on sea life and environmental issues. His work, widely published, aims to educate and to communicate to others the beauty, diversity and fragility of the oceans - and the urgent need to protect them. Michael works with photo agents in New York and London, and his photography is licensed worldwide to many publishers in a variety of mediums.

To learn more about Micheal's books, please visit: www.batfishbooks.com. To see more of Micheal's photography, please visit www.mpostock.com