This January we headed out of Isla Mujeres Mexico to film one of the most exciting and difficult to capture scenarios in the Ocean, the sailfish baitball. Each year during the winter months, nutrient rich currents flowing north push up …
SDUPS Film Festival – Top 10
Sailfish: House of Sailing Daggers was featured in the Top 10 in this years San Diego Underwater Photographic Society Film Festival.
Each year during the winter months, nutrient rich currents flowing north push up …
Dema 2008 – White Balance Technical Seminar
This year at DEMA I was asked to do a seminar on mastering underwater white balance, a topic near and dear to me. I have spent countless hours over the years experimenting, researching and testing various methods. The result is …
Dive Photo Guide – Whale Wisdom Feature
A new conservation short film, “Whale Wisdom – a Mother Humpback’s View” has just been released by Shawn Heinrichs, an award winning independent filmmaker. The film has been produced in English and Japanese with a Spanish version coming …
Australasia – Whale Wisdom Featured
Australasia Scuba Diver features the latest conservation film by Shawn Heinrichs. “Whale Wisdom – Mother Humpback’s View” opens with a mother humpback whale resting below while her calf ascends to the surface and explores the wonders of this …
Silver Bank – Conserving Whales Project
Over the past century most whale species have been hunted to the brink of extinction. Commercial whaling was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1986 yet over 25,000 whales have been hunted since then. With nations such as Japan, …
Bahamas – Reef Tigers
One can never get enough of Jim Abernethy and his ladies…in this case 10 to 15 foot tiger sharks. Having just wrapped up the initial shoot of Shark Angels in November with Jim on the Shear Water, I needed to …
South Africa – Sardine Run
For years I had dreamed about returning to South Africa to experience the Sardine Run. I was born in Durban, South Africa and spent the first six years of my life there before moving to the United States. I have …
Scuba Diving Magazine – Shark Finning Story
This past December Justin Ebert, Taro Smith and I were out in the Misool region of Raja Ampat diving and filming with Andy Miners in the new marine protected area (MPA). Since the MPA is very new, there is and …
Raja Ampat – Misool Eco Resort
Trip update & photos: Justin Ebert
In early December, Shawn, Taro, and I had the opportunity to visit the site of the future Eco Misool Resort and meet with Andrew Miners. Many of the infrastructural items that will make transport