I took
up diving nearly 30 years ago in Scotland. I am an Advanced
Diver with the British Sub Aqua Club. My first dive was 24
metres under ice in February in a Scottish Loch before I had
done any pool training. I finally qualified as a second class
diver in the Scottish Sub Aqua and became Training Officer
for the Ayr Branch transferring to the Brighton British Sub
Aqua Club in 1987. Joining BSoUP in the last few years has
meant that I can now be in the company of like minded underwater
camera fanatics which I enjoy tremendously.
I started
photography with a Motormarine Sea and Sea Mark 1 camera in
1986 taking photos in Scapa Flow and moved onto a Nikonos
V from about 1990. I became fairly frustrated in the composition
of subjects with this fixed focus camera and finally in 1996
took out a mortgage to purchase a housed Nikon F90X SLR which
I adore!
Regular
trips abroad over the last few years have given me the opportunity
to take more photographs and see some wonderful countries.
I was extremely
pleased to hear over the telephone that I had won the beginners
portfolio and am still bubbling with excitement.
No.1 Diver
(Pat) swimming around Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed June 2003.
Taken with the Nikon F90X and 16mm fisheye lens with Fuji
Provia 100 film.
No. 2.
Anemone, Great Barrier Reef, June 2004. Taken with Nikon F90X
and 60 mm macro lens with Fuji Velvia 50 film
No. 3.
Shoal, Great Barrier Reef, June 2004. Taken with Nikon F90X
and 60 mm macro lens with Fuji Velvia 50 film
No. 4.
Tubastrea, Town Pier, Bonaire, November 2000. Taken with Nikon
F90X and 105 mm macro lens with Fuji Velvia 50 film
No. 5.
Anemone fish, Great Barrier Reef, June 2004. Taken with Nikon
F90X and 60 mm macro lens with Fuji Velvia 50
No. 6.
Frogfish, Town Pier, Bonaire, December 2002. Taken with Nikon
F90X and 105
