PolypLab has has long been known for manufacturing the ever popular Reef Roids coral foods, Reef-Fresh aquarium additives and Reef Safe medication for fish to name a few. More recently, PolypLab released a high quality coral lens filter kit for phones and their new coral glue gel but today we are [...]
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I mentioned in the first part of the 2018 Aquatic Experience Coverage that the show was dominated by freshwater aquariums and equipment designed to support those systems. That being said, the saltwater side of the hobby was also proudly represented by a handful of coral vendors, as well as a [...]
Here it is, part III of Reef Candies: MACNA Edition- more beautiful aquariums and more mindblowing coral frags to make you drool. As I write this, knowing that we’re getting to the end of MACNA coverage, I’m already feeling nostalgic for the show, its unique atmosphere, and the people [...]
It has become a tradition for me to wake up early on the second day of MACNA and rush to the show’s floor ahead of everyone else to have an unobstructed view of all the corals and fish. This time around, I was equipped with my newest rig to combat blue light in aquarium photography and I [...]
Most of the time, with underwater photography, it’s all about color and trying to show just how vivid undersea life can be. That’s why we use powerful lights and strobes, after all. Every so often though, I find a subject that works really well in mono. Here are some examples, [...]
Some thoughts on underwater photography and videography. Music: Tracks: “Reggae Sketch” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/faq.html [...]
For many years I worked hard to keep other divers out of my photographs; I wanted to capture the underwater world as if I was the only person in it. But as a diving journalist, I’d submit a series of pictures to an editor and they’d always use the ones that I was least proud of, the ones with [...]