2015 Hudson Bay Expedition – End of the Trail
At the end of it all, I’m back where I started. Four summers ago, I loaded up the truck with 500 pounds of gear and set off for Hudson Bay, hoping to photograph the beluga whales here in Churchill, and maybe see a polar bear or two. More than two weeks of bashing myself stupid […]
Frozen Strait, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Underwater view of male Walrus swimming in Frozen Strait, near the arctic circle in Canada’s Nunavut Territory. Photographed August 6, 2013 with a Canon 7D camera and 8-15mm f/4 lens at 1/640 f/6.3, housed in an AquaTech underwater housing. One day I was driving my 22-foot C-Dory through open water near the arctic circle, wondering […]
Wilderness Travel Catalog
From the inbox, Wilderness Travel used one of my underwater Galapagos Islands images for a recent catalog cover. Photographed December 11, 2007 near Wolf Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador using a Canon EOS-1Ds I and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Stock Image
South Georgia Island, Antarctica
King Penguins swimming underwater near Right Whale Bay on South Georgia Island. Photographed March 11, 2006 with Canon EOS 1Ds and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens using a Seacam underwater housing. Exposure 1/320 at f/5.0 with ISO 200. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Svalbard, Norway
Two walrus swimming in shallows along Spitsbergen Island in arctic Norway. Photographed July 18, 2011 with Canon EOS 1D IV and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens using a SPL Waterhousings underwater housing. Exposure 1/200 at f/3.2 with ISO 800. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Katmai National Park, Alaska
There has never been a better time to be a nature photographer. In the last decade, we have witnessed a revolution in digital photo technology. Guided tours travel to wilderness areas that were once the sole province of National Geographic and BBC film crews. There has never been a worse time to make a living […]
Svalbard, Norway
Winner of the Underwater World division of 2011 BBC Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Photographed July 29, 2008 in Tiholmane Islands with a Canon EOS-1Ds II camera and 16-35mm f/2.8 Lens at 1/160 and f/6.3. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Katmai National Park, Alaska
Underwater view of Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) swimming after spawning salmon in Katmai National Park on summer day. Photographed August 23, 2010 with Canon 1Ds III and 16-35mm f/2.8 Lens using an underwater housing and remote release. Runner-up: Underwater World at 2011 BBC Veilia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. 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 […]
Disko Bay, Greenland
Underwater image of icebergs floating near face of glaciers in Jakobshavn Isfjord on summer afternoon. Photographed June 16, 2010 with a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III camera and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens. Exposure 1/250 second at f/18 Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Playa Grande, Costa Rica
I’ve never been much of a surf beach kind of guy. I grew up next to a chicken farm, a long way from any ocean. Plus I have issues with public nudity stemming from low self-esteem and a rigorous Lutheran upbringing. I’m never going to have that tan, those dreads, or figure out the cool […]
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 […]
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA
Underwater view of young woman swimming with Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in Pacific Ocean along Hawaii’s Kona Coast Photographed March 2, 2008 using a Canon EOS 1D III and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens. Exposure 1/250 at f/4. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Guinjata Bay, Mozambique
Underwater view of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming at Manta Reef in Guinjata Bay, Mozambique. Photographed with a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens in a Seacam Underwater housing. Exposure 1/250 at f/6.3. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Stock Image
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 […]
Cayman Islands
Underwater view of Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming above coral reef near Bloody Bay Wall. Photographed April 26, 2007 with a Canon EOS-1Ds camera and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens with a Seacam underwater housing. Exposure 1/125 second at f/8. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
South Georgia Island, Antarctica
Underwater view of Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swimming in freshwater stream near rookery in hills along Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island. Photographed February 26, 2006 with a Canon EOS-1Ds camera and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens in a Seacam underwater housing. Exposure 5 seconds at f/11. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Underwater view of school of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming in Indian Ocean at Matemwe Bay. Photographed November 28, 2005 with a Canon EOS-1Ds II camera and 16-35mm f/2.8 lens with a Seacam underwater housing. Exposure 1/125 second at f/7.1. Purchase Fine Art Print | License Image
