About Me
My diving began when I retired in mid-1998, a month shy of age 63. I found I loved it, and wanted to share what I saw with family and friends. The following year I joined the
San Diego Underwater Photographic Society, started taking photos, and another passion developed.
About My Photos
I started with a Nikonos V camera, 28mm lens, extension tubes and framers for 1:3, 1:2, and 1:1 macro, and an Ikelite 100A strobe. I subsequently added a 15mm lens and a second 100A strobe. In mid-2003 I went digital with an Olympus C-5050Z, Olympus PT-15 underwater housing, and an Ikelite DS-50 strobe. I later added a second DS-50 strobe. At the end of 2007 I upgraded with the purchase of a Canon Powershot G9 and Canon WP-DC21 underwater housing.
Most of my diving has been in Southern California. However, quite a few of the photos on the web site are from several trips to Hawaii, and liveaboard trips to the Adaman Sea of Thailand and Myanmar in 2001, to the Soccorro Islands of Mexico in 2004, to Indonesia in 2005 and 2007, and to Alaska and British Colombia in 2006.
If you believe that I have misidentified any of the of the species in the photos on this website, please click here and send me an e-mail with the correct identification.
Ordering Information
All of the photos on this site may be purchased as prints, or for use as stock photos, or for publication. Please
click here to send me an e-mail
with your specific request for a price quotation. In your request please include the photograph identification number(s) from the photo caption(s).
References used for Marine Life Identification include:
"Coastal Fish Identification" by Paul Humann
"Reef Fish Identification" by Gerald Allen, et al
"Pacific Coast Nudibranchs" by David Behrens
"Sea of Cortez Marine Invertebrates" by Alex Kerstitch
"Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates" by D. Wrobel and C. Mills
"Diving the World's Best Sites", Jack Jackson, Consultant
and the following on-line resources:
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase
The Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Divebums of San Diego, Field ID Section
The Slug Site
Copyright Information
All of the images on this web site are copyrighted and are the sole property of the photographer. Any and all use and/or publication rights are reserved worldwide. None of the images on this web site may be copied, stored, manipulated, published, sold or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of the photographer.
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