It has been cold and raining and we skipped the dive the day before. But on Sunday I thought it was a good opportunity to use my new custom made wetsuit I had made in Bali and go for a dive. I really wanted to get photos of the Costasiellas that a couple of the girls have been photographing. I got to the general area and noticed that one of my strobes wasn’t on. I had to get out of the water and change battery. I didn not check it before I got in the water. Pretty basic mistake. I was wearing several new additions to my rig. It was a good time to test it all. The reg is uncomfortable; the airsource drags on the side stiring the sand around me, not sure if I ... read more

HighTide was in the morning. We arrived just on time. The water was cold but clear it actually felt like fresh water. Steve went ahead of me to shoot the Molly Blennies and found a third one with eggs. I left him behind to go look for seahares in the grass but then I thought to look for my weight pocket and got distracted with flabellinas and other common nudis under our bridge. The Steve showed me a couple of male dragonets practicing fight behavior but they didn’t really get into it, maybe they were too young. Then I shot a sailfin blenny that was hunting. I think It got small brittle stars but not sure because that happens so fast. I wish Diane were around to catch it on video. I was cold. On ... read more

Here is the link to our Mermaid Video: http://youtu.be/hrP_4z9YOoE It is also available for viewing on my website: http://www.immersion-photography.net/p727281724/h69a884f4#h69a884f4 When my partner and I, came back from Bonaire I really needed a project to free my creativity from my macro routine. I didn't think about it at all. I grabbed my phone made a couple of phone calls to the right people, send a few texts, emails and threw all my gear (and the one that is not mine) in the back of my truck. I made sure I had extra batteries charged and headed to one of my favorite locations. Lance Borsellino, an amazing freediver and very good all friend drove from Jacksonville to meet me. Lance goes down to 154 ft on one single breath and when relaxed can hold h... read more

For first time in a long time I was actually glad that the trip was coming to an end. My ear was hurting and my head was hurting in every dive. I felt like catching a cold but didn’t skip any dive. I couldn’t concentrate underwater with a headache. The last subject that I actually pulled tru my pain and tried to photograph was a blenny that lives under the private dock north of Something Special. This guy was a very special one because it lives inside orange cup soft coral that makes a colorful background. I didn’t have an amazing photo trip but it was nice to go somewhere. We chose to dive the same location over an over so we could go back to specific subjects and watch their behaviour. It was also nice ... read more

Ebby told us about a pair of froggies one green and one yellow on a green sponge at 40ft off the dock of the dive friends location. We found the location but no froggies they must have mated and moved away. We searched the area for stuff happening. We saw butterflies mating, schools of snappers, a few cleaning stations… I photographed a white porcelain crab on a seaurchin one more time. I couldn’t see the eyes of the crab on my photos from the day before so I wanted another chance to better the shot. It was bright white on a dark yellow urchin very challenging to calibrate the proper exposure but it was fun. I watched Steve photographing the butterflies mating and then I gave it a go. He also photographed a secretary blenny inside ... read more