I learned to dive in Gibraltar 1972.
As an army kid we've been stationed in some exotic places like Malaysia. I
learned to swim there age 4 and just loved the sea from then on. At the age
of 16 when we were stationed in Gibraltar it was natural for me and my twin
brother to swim and snorkel and go spearfishing all day long. Then I
learned to dive with the army in Gibraltar.Then when my father was stationed
in Germany I dived the chilly lakes of the North like the Mohne Dam and the
dykes of Holland. Since then I've been a member of North Staffs, Harlow and
now Peterborough BSAC
I was Diving officer of Peterborough Sub Aqua Club for 3 years. We dive the
wrecks of the North Sea off the East Anglian coast. I'd like to think of the
East Anglian coast as my back yard. I know it very well and love the area.
It's a place that has taken me 20 yeas to get to know. My first trips were
in a floppy inflatable diving a couple of miles off shore using transits to
find wrecks. Now I have my own RIB and we research then dive the fantastic
virgin wrecks up to 20m offshore.
I'm an Advanced Diver, Club Instructor, Advanced Nitrox Diver, Diver Cox'n,
and Yachtmaster. I'm BSAC's Travel Club Photographic Correspondent. I write on Underwater
Photography for BSAC, and devised, run and am one of the Judges for the
Photographic competition now in its 4th year.
I'm a BSOUP award winner. Winner of SUBIOS 2yrs running and national
competitions Recently I'm spoiling myself with warm water tropical diving. I hate cold
water even though I had a fantastic trip in the Arctic with Killer Whales in
2002. I suffered the cold for the experience of swimming with there
fantastic creatures. Favorite diving has got to be where there is warm water
and there is visibility for me and my camera to return home with a bag full
of really different images.
My wife Cheryl is my diving partner and beautiful model. My daughter
Sophie has had so many underwater pics taken of her she is completely
over exposed at the age of 3I live in Deeping St James near Peterborough.
My full time occupation is Graphic Designer and Photographer. I own and run
a small Graphic Design and Photographic studio called Plus Two Design.
1. Marble Stingray and Diver taken in Seychelles this year with 16mm lens
2. Spanish Dancer taken in Seychelles this year with 35-80mm lens
3. Shortfin Mako taken off Catalina Island California USA 17-35mm lens. As it
swam past me I was zooming at 20th sec and got the movement streaks. Then
the mako bit my strobe as it passed.
4. Turtle taken in Seychelles this year with 10.5mm lens
5. Hawkfish inside sponge Lembeh Straights taken with 105mm lens. This was a
night dive. I surprised the hawkfish inside this sponge it froze and gave me
time to light it through the sponge with my strobes
6. Whale shark taken in Seychelles this year with 10.5mm lens . We saw 46
whale sharks on this trip.
