Important lesson learned today: Before you leave for an international trip, make sure that you have empty pages in your passport.
There were four people (two couples) at the airline counter while I was checking in this morning. One of the women was in tears, and there was a lot of animated discussion between the […]

キヨミさんがまさか本当にシンガポールまで来ると思わなかった。
明日から僕はマナドへ出発するけど、昨日から行けばよかったな〜
相変わらずよく喋り、何を言いたいのか分からない時がある。
今日から４泊５日のシンガポールの旅が始まるみたい。僕はいないけど、恵美子は犠牲者だ〜〜〜可哀相に

I’m off to North Sulawesi, to dive Manado, Bangka and Lembeh Strait. There’s been the usual chaotic mess that’s part-and-parcel of preparing for a dive trip. The most difficult thing about getting ready for this trip has been completely switching all the gear from my recent Tonga excursion.
For whale photography, having a lot of […]

Awareness throughout Asia about the overfishing of sharks has increased significantly in recent years. It’s encouraging to hear younger people talking about the issue in restaurants, and to see healthy debate in the media from time-to-time. However, many big companies still use shark fin to try to attract customers.
For instance, Starhub, one of Singapore’s […]

The 33rd World Festival of Underwater Pictures is taking place from 25 to 29 October this year in the Pré aux Pêcheurs / Antibes Vauban Port in southern France.
The Antibes Festival is arguably the world’s premier underwater imaging event, and it holds special significance for me, as it’s where my first book Silent Symphony […]

Pictured here are three (out of five) of my Thai friends who put together the Pocket Divesite guidebooks about diving in the Similans and the Andaman Sea. I’ve nicknamed them the “Terrible Trio”, a name which makes perfect sense if you meet them.
This picture makes it look like they’re working hard on […]

Here’s a Google calendar of some of my upcoming photography trips. Click on the entries for more information and hyperlinks. If you’re going to be in the same place as I am, please let me know via my contact form.

Imagine being surrounded by playful, mischievous puppies zipping acrobatically by you, sneaking up behind you to play tag, nipping at your limbs, and just generally having lots of fun. That’s what it’s like being in the water with sea lions.
I’m planning to visit Western Australia in early January 2007 to snorkel among friendly Australian […]

The first few days after getting back from an extended trip are always chaotic — answering emails, returning calls, paying bills, running errands, writing articles, attending meetings, following up, processing photos, washing gear…it’s utter chaos.
The past few days have been no different. After something around 40 hours of travel, I reached home, took a hot […]

Here’s a photo juxtaposing me at 20 metres depth with a male humpback whale on his way up for a breath of air. Talk about feeling small! Even though I spend a lot of time in the water, I don’t have many photos of myself, since I’m usually behind the lens, not in front.
Allowing […]