Sharklife is a non-profit organisation addressing the alarming exploitation of shark populations and ocean fisheries in South African waters. They actively engage the urgent need for research and protection of many marine species and recently published this plea video on YouTube. It’s well worth watching. You can visit sharklife’s website here. We really are a [...]
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Shark shark
Posted in African Diver, Documentary photography, Underwater images, underwater photography on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Coral bouquet
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged adventure, cormac mccreesh, digital photography, Underwater images, underwater photography, underwater photos on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I look through my underwater photograph collection I relive the dive and can remember everything about the subject matter and circumstances of the image I chose to frame in my camera….except for this one!!!! I took it diving at the indonesia island resort Wakatobi. I was still shooting film those days and I only [...]
Magic in a magical land
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged African Diver, cormac mccreesh, mozambique, Travel, underwater photography on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mostly I dive Aliwal Shoal and Landers Reef, both of which are just south of Durban. However I dive Sodwana Bay, just south of the Mozambique border, a lot too. But every now and then, when the planets line up and the world seems too busy and hectic I feel the need to cross the [...]
Death of the big fish
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged African Diver, conservation, digital photography, marlin, nature photography on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hemmingway’s novella the old man and the Sea, was published in 1952 and tells the story of an old man’s battle with a “giant” marlin. It’s a book I have read many times and I expect I’ll read it again. The story is of an old man (Santiago) who had lost his luck with fishing [...]
African Diver mag Issue 3
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
African Diver really is a labour of love. We’ve just published our third issue and we’re really pleased with it. This issue is a little more serious than previous ones and tackles some of the subjects that we find fascinating and interesting. There’s stuff on freediving, sharks, whales, diving in Benin and much more. Have [...]
Sharks, shark nets and a dead blacktip shark
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged adventure, African Diver, cormac mccreesh, digital photography, nature photography, sharks, Underwater images, underwater photography, underwater photos on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You either love sharks or hate them but you cannot deny their purpose and their beauty. They are fascinating creatures yet stir up so much controversy. The Natal Sharks Board is one of the world’s leading shark institutions and one of the most controversial. Click here to read more about my visit to the Sharks [...]
Blood Reef
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged adventure, African Diver, digital photography, sharks, Underwater images, underwater photography, underwater photos on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a name for a reef! Hardly inspiring of fair weather diving, I knew it would be an interesting day’s diving and so I readily agree to join the dive. Interesting it was, and you can read more about it by clicking here
Scuba diving at Rocky Bay
Posted in African Diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, tagged adventure, African Diver, digital photography, diver, Underwater images, underwater photography, underwater photos on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been in Durban on holiday for a week and here’s the first of a few posts on what I’ve been up to. This one covers a dive to Geelbek Reef off Rocky Bay. It was the first day of the holiday and my favourite sort of activity. Click here to read the full post.
Free-diving, day 3. Failure or success?
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on January 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Day 3 of my free diving course. Today we headed out to Miracle Waters for some deep dives. We were five students; 3 open water and 2 advanced. Miracle Waters is a great location for free diving, as visibility is quite good, generally. Today it was around 5 metres. For the open water students there [...]
Free diving; elegance and beauty
Posted in African Diver, apnea, freediving, Underwater images, underwater photography on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Day 2 of my free-diving course; more pool work, more training and more boundaries to push. My body was tired today, my lungs and chest muscles stiff and inflexible. It took me ages to kit up, to slip into the water and to find a rhythm. Today ‘s training took place in an 8 metre [...]
