The smiling dolphin
We’ve just finished a dive on the Carnatic, one of the popular wrecks of Sha’ab Abu Nuhas in the Northern Red Sea, when suddenly a big dolphin breached next to our RIB. Our driver speeded up and started circling around. That did the trick and soon we had about 7 dolphins swimming around us. Masks […]
Amazing manta
Last year, during a dive on Daedalus Reef I had one of my greatest encounters with mantas. The Red Sea is not known for reliable manta encounters however during the month of May these magnificent creatures come close to the offshore reefs to feed on the nutrient-rich waters that surround these isolated seamounts. There is […]
Camera package by Mike’s Dive Cameras
Scuba Travel already offers fantastic underwater photography tuition in the form of their escorted trips. Now you can also get Camera package recommendations straight from a specialist shop as they have been joined by Mike’s Dive Cameras. This article is the first instalment of a series of MDC recommended-packages for scuba divers who want to […]
Going black & white?
There’s real beauty in seemingly simple tones. For this blog, I’m going to talk about a technique that has been close to my heart since I first got a camera in my hands – black, white and monotone treatments. With the good old analogue cameras, we had to make the decision of shooting black and white or […]
Macro Basics by Martyn Guess
How to get better macro images by getting the basics right. MARTYN GUESS provides some ideas on how we can all get better underwater macro images. I see so many macro photographs that with a bit of thought could be so much better. Normally these are subjects against a very distracting background caused by shooting […]
Photo FINish: Best of 2017
Photo Finish was born as a platform to offer divers interested in underwater photographers a range of tips and techniques on how to shoot different subjects, based on my experience as a photographer and dive guide. 2017 gave me the opportunity to start working directly with Scuba Travel, teaming up with some of the best […]
The Giannis D. An iconic wreck
When talking about the Red Sea wrecks, there is an image that comes to mind, the iconic stern section of the Giannis D. After hitting the reef in 1983 the ship broke in two and sank becoming one of the most distinctive wrecks in the Red Sea. Visited by thousands of divers over the years […]
The Barge. a photographer’s heaven
As a dive guide and avid diver, I had the opportunity to dive hundreds of dive sites in different countries. Some considered to be among the best in the world, others not so much. As an underwater photographer, there are a handful of these places that stand out. In the following instalments, I will talk […]
Stonefish. Ugly beauties
Stonefish are probably one of the ugliest fish in the sea but they can be incredible subjects. They live in shallow water usually hiding in a rubbly bottom or buried under the sand. Many times they get confused with other members of the same family, the scorpionfish. However, the stonefish has a much bigger head […]
The diver in your shot
On this blog I try to give tips and advice on how to shoot different creatures, some can be elusive and shy others bold and easy to approach but one thing is unavoidable, to photograph them you need to travel where they live. On today’s blog, I’ll talk about one of the most common subject, […]
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