Nov 2012
2012 Is proving to be a very important year for as I have yet again had success by placing fourth in Photographers Forum Magazine’s annual contest which was co sponsored by Sigma. The winning image was the ever popular ‘The Lady Of The Deep’. Over 12 000 photographs were submitted by photographers from the United States and Canada, as well as 60 other countries worldwide. What makes this even more unique
Since posting the monochrome shot of Linda Paganelli Freediving Ras Mohammed I’ve had countless requests to post the original shot (in colour)… The shot was 100% un-cropped and even has some hidden details like a Blue Spotted Sting Ray at the bottom left of the shot (a resident of this cave), being able to clearly read the branding on Linda’s suit and fins as well as great detail in
Nov 2011
Apparently last year 16000 entries from 130 countries were received for the annual National Geographic Photo Contest… Given these numbers, seeing the quality of images of participants who have already submitted their entries and taking the 15 USD entry fee per submission into account makes even the best of photographers ask themselves: ‘Should I even bother?’ If you can see past the odds of actually winning and find pleasure in
Mar 2011
I’ve been using Flickr.com now for nearly two years and it was a great source of information as well as inspiration. The support from other members was also invaluable and I’ve learned much from studying other photographers discussions, photos and comments. Last night I launched this site (partially) and as a semi-farewell to Flickr posted a photo I took in Dahab Egypt of Linda Paganelli while we were diving at