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Oahu 2021

April 10, 2021 by admin | Comments Off

Greetings friends.

Well after a year of lockdowns and quarantine for me (seriously a year), we managed to get away from the house and work for a few days last month and visit Oahu. We’ve only been one other time, so being the least restrictive of all the islands in terms of travel from across the Pacific we decided to go back and chill for a bit. So negative tests in hand, masks on the face, off we went.

We met Lynette’s cousin and his wife there for a week of fun and relaxation. We got in a few a sunsets, toured the island a bit, managed a few dives, and just turned off the brain for a bit.

And of course, I drug my cameras with me and snapped some photographs., both above the water and below. Landscapes, shipwrecks, mountains, sunsets, fish, and of course Diamondhead. Couldn’t ask for a better time.

I hope that you enjoy the photographs as much as I did taking them.

Blessings,

Chris.

2020 Winning Underwater Photographs

November 14, 2020 by admin | Comments Off

Hello again friends,

I am pleased to announce that 4 of my photographs won in their respective categories in the 2020 Seahorse Dive Club Annual Photo Contest. The categories were: Warm Water Wide Angle, Cold Water Wide Angle, Above Water-Dive Related, and the 2020 Special Category: Red Octopus. In addition, my Warm Water Wide Angle photograph (the turtle) took the “Best of Show” for the year.

Thank you to all my friends for their encouragement and to my dive buddies for their patience when I drag my camera along our dives.

Blessings,

Chris.

Posted in Underwater Also tagged dive club, octopus, photo contest, photo contest winner, seahorse, seal, turtle, underwater, underwater photograph, underwater photography, winner |

Hawaii 2020 part 2

November 13, 2020 by admin | Comments Off

Hello again friends.

As promised in my last post, I am sharing some photographs I took underwater and dive related on our last trip to Hawaii.

This particular trip we had family with us so I didn’t get to spend a whole lot of time underwater, but of those moments I did I tried to make the most of it. Beside me being in a couple, the buddy I had with me was my son, Joseph.

So without further adieu, I present the underwater photographs.

Blessings,

Chris.

Posted in Travel Photography, Underwater Also tagged fish, hawaii, scuba, scuba dive, scuba diving, underwater, underwater photography |

Kona, Hawaii Part I

December 26, 2018 by admin | Comments Off

Hi Friends,

Earlier this year, we took a trip to Kona, Hawaii for a round of diving and underwater photography. The images below are just a sampling of those that I took

I was particularly taken with the Manta Rays. Those were taken during a night dive we had with a local company (Kona Honu Divers) and specializes in the Manta Ray dives. What a fantastic opportunity to get so close to these magnificent creatures.

And of course the turtles and I share a special bond. For whatever reason, I find myself drawn to these animals too. Since my first encounter with a turtle in 2016 to these latest ones, I love them.

With great humility, I am proud to say that two of these pictures are now award winners. Albeit small awards, they are winners nonetheless. They are the first photo in this gallery, the one with the two divers that I call “Divers and Hoover’s Pinnacle” and the sunset photograph with the two boats entitled “Waiting for the Mantas”. Thank you to Tacoma Scuba and the Sea Horse Diving Club for the recognition of these two.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these photos. I look forward to getting many more on my future trips to our 50th, and most beautiful state.

Blessings, Chris.

Posted in Travel Photography, Underwater Also tagged diving, eel, fish, fish photography, hawaii, honu, kona, Ocean, pacific, Pacific Ocean, scuba diving, turtle, underwater, underwater photography |

Bahamas – May 2018

July 10, 2018 by admin | Comments Off

Hello again Friends.

Here we are now half-way through the year. Wow-where has time gone?

In May, I joined a group of local divers for the trip of a lifetime in the Bahamas. We headed out on a chartered Blackbeards 65′ Sea Explorer sailboat for a week of sailing, playing pirates, and of course scuba diving. And what would a scuba trip be without me taking along my camera to see what I could get–photo wise that is.

We headed out of Nassau and sailed south into the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park and hit 16 dives in 5 days. It was a lot of diving, but certainly a lot of fun. While there were a ton of fish and coral life to gaze upon in awe and photograph, diving with the sharks was probably the highlight for me. Nothing that I can think of topped that experience.

Kudos and many happy thank you’s to my dive buddies for making this a wonderful trip and especially to those that spent time with me underwater: Michelle, Glenn, & Kyle.

I hope you enjoy these photographs.

Blessings.

Posted in Landscape and Nature Photography, Sports Photography, Travel Photography, Underwater Also tagged bahamas, blackbeards, dive, eel, scuba, scuba diving, shark, tacoma scuba, underwater, underwater photography |

Diving the Puget Sound – Thanksgiving 2017

November 27, 2017 by admin | Comments Off

Hi Friends,

So over the summer I did something that I always wanted to do–learn to scuba dive. Work and raising a family have always been obstacles, but after discovering Hawaii last year and enjoying our time in the water Lynette gave me the awesome gift of lessons for my birthday this year. And after some classroom time, time in the pool, and certification dives in the Sound, my dream of being underwater was finally realized.

Now as a photographer, I am not satisfied just doing something for the sake of just doing it. I always need my camera and to photograph something relevant. It doesn’t matter whether that is hiking, or watching an airshow, I need my camera. And why would diving be any different? So, with new skills in hand and a camera capable of diving with me, off I go.

The following photographs are pictures that I took while diving this last weekend with my daughter. I still have a long way to go to master this new genre, but I think they are interesting enough to share.

For now, blessings and enjoy!

Chris.