Dive Trip and Travel Articles

Resurfacing Stories From the Deep: Some years ago, I began assembling images for a coffee-table book on diving; until the market for such books all but disappeared. Rather than shelve the idea, I’ve revisited those journeys, reworking field notes and unpublished drafts into a digital series that captures what drew me underwater in the first place: curiosity, wonder, and respect for fragile ecosystems.

West Papua Diving: A Life-Changing Journey

Aitutaki: Encounters With Giants of the Blue

Fakarava Atoll’s Tumakohua Pass

Galapagos: Currents of Life

Beqa Lagoon: Among the Apex Predators

Komodo: Between Oceans and Dragons

Isla Mujeres: Whaleshark aggregation

Dolphin Dream, Bahamas

The Fiji Siren Legacy

Palau: The Emerald Isles

Strobilicious - making a meal of underwater lighting

[updated 2026]

Immersed with a smartphone November 2021

Sealux CD300 housing

for Nikon D300 DSLR

April 2008

Sealux CD200 housing

for Nikon D200 DSLR

April 2006

Sealux CD70 housing

for Nikon D70 DSLR

Sept 2004

Entering competitions: be judicious, be ruthless in your selection

Rig

Stix buoyancy arms with

modified 'torpedo' ends

July 2007

Test

Nikon SB800

dual speedlights

in iTTL mode

with fibre optic link

February 2007

Test

Sealux wiring on Nikonos style

strobe bulkhead and

Inon Optical Converter;

5 pins active

September 2004

Test

Ikelite

DS50 sub strobe

September 2003

Rig

Olympus C5050Z,

PT015, Inon D180,

Inon UWL-100

Wide Angle

September 2003

Rig

Olympus C5050Z

PT015, Inon D180,

Inon UCL-300

Close Up

September 2003

Rig

Olympus C4040Z

PT010, Ikelite DS-50,

Inon UWL-100

Earlier point & shoot

July 2002