In my last post I talked about Sweepers, the small fish of the genus Parapriacanthus that seem to have a burning desire to get between me and my subject en masse, with little I can do to persuade them to leave me alone. In the grand scheme of things, it is not one of the worst problems I've [...]
Mostly I like fish, and I imagine most folks reading this have a fondness for them too! Sometimes though, in some circumstances, fish can just get in the way of a good photo. The image above was taken towards the end of a dive in the Maldives; we knew roughly where the nurse shark had been [...]
Every once in a while I gather together my images of this impressive fish and share them with you, for the very simplest of reasons. Just look at it! Is it not an amazing animal? Napoleon Wrasses are one of the largest bony fish, and the largest wrasse of course, and when I shot these [...]
Fusiliers are so commonplace that photographers have a tendency to either take them for granted or curse them for getting in the way. I actually quite like them and over the years I've tried top photograph them as best I can. The main lesson I've learned is that with fusiliers, you're [...]
This is my final post of this short series. If you missed the previous ones, the basic idea runs like this: yellow fish, en masse, look great against the blue. This time I'm looking at Bannerfish. I've photographed Heniochus intermedius in the Red Sea so often, yet I still never tire of [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, there's nothing quite like a powerful image of vivid yellow fish against a blue background to shout "sunlit tropical reef" to the viewer. That's why I always try to shoot a shoal of yellow fish whenever I can to add some punch to a set of images. This post [...]
When I'm hunting around for images with impact that will I hope editors will like, there's nothing better than lots of yellow with lots of blue. The two colors just look so good together and really seem to say "tropical sunlit reef." I have three "go-to" genera that I always look forward to [...]
I am constantly fascinated by coral reefs and the various processes that occur on reefs which ensure their growth, survival and, above all, keep on allowing them to support such a staggering diversity of species. Coral reefs are, as we know, constantly growing. Putting aside the damage [...]
