Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
Underwater view of a young Steller’s Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) opening its jaws while playing on the ocean floor on a winter morning. Photographed January 19, 2009 using a Canon EOS-1Ds and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens and a Seacam underwater housing and Inon flashes. Exposure 1/125 at f/8 and ISO 320. Purchase Fine Art Print | […]
Yasha Island, Alaska
Even before the cold water started to settle around my crotch, I knew this was a bad idea. I’d been trying to photograph Steller’s Sea Lions swimming underwater for the better part of a day, and it was slow going. The novelty of a boat bobbing on its anchor a mile from their haul out […]
Freshwater Bay, Alaska
I came for the whales. I stayed for the jellyfish. There have been days when the whales have gone wandering, the sea lions scattered and the eagles elusive. But during the short Alaska summer, life abounds below the ocean surface as well. While sheltering in a small bay from the afternoon winds that turn Chatham […]
Hornby Island, Canada
Underwater view of two playful Steller’s Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) near Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. “There’s a sea lion attached to my head, biting down just hard enough to get my undivided attention. Swarmed by a gang of adolescent pinniped delinquents, I feel like the new guy on his first day in prison. My last […]
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
There’s a sea lion attached to my head, biting down just hard enough to get my undivided attention. Swarmed by a gang of adolescent pinniped delinquents, I feel like the new guy on his first day in prison. We’re out on our first day diving with Rob and Amanda off Hornby Island, a small speck […]
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Some places on this earth offer the perfect answer to my vanishingly short attention span. I find myself sitting in front of the computer, doing something ostensibly useful when some random synapse fires and I feel the need to flee the office, the state, the country. If Africa’s too far, China’s too confusing and Europe is […]
