One of my photos from the Yonaguni Monuments was on the BBC website a couple of days ago. Groovy baby.

No longer will The Old Man and the Sea be thought of as the quintessential story of a fisherman’s struggle. From this day forth, let it be said that Adam’s 17 day, 9 hour battle with this ferocious king crab is the pinnacle of human endeavor.

Here’s a happy outtake from a recent shoot that was done for a hair magazine. The model was Desiree, makeup by Summer Johnson and the hair styling was by Aiasha Orick-Fleurantin. Can’t post any of the finished images until they’ve been in print, but it’s always good to see someone with a big smile on their face.

Having selected the images for my Matsuri exhibition, I am now in the process of making prints. Images from the 645D camera were relatively easy, find the files in Lightroom, make the necessary adjustments including sharpening, and then print. The older images from the Pentax 67 film camera are a little more tricky. This is because although I had already scanned all the film, some of the scans were only saved as 8bit jpegs rather than 16bit tiff files. This was done to save space on the hard disk, and clients usually only wanted to receive the smaller more manageable files. For the best possible prints however, I need to use the much larger 16 bit tiff files. Several of the images therefore need to be rescanned from the original transparency. For each image I have to find the file name, then locate the transparency in it’s folder in the humidity controlled cabinet. The next job is to remove the transparency from the sleeve with tweezers and place on the scanner. For this I use …

Meet Adam the Canadian lumberjack. He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps. He likes to press wild flowers. He puts on women’s clothing And hangs around in bars.

Coral reefs are full of life, but many species are not overly keen on being seen. If you’re armed with toxins or sharp teeth you can casually float around, or cruise the reef looking for prey. For other creatures there is too high a correlation between being spotted and being eaten. The result is that many spend their life in the shadows, having chosen to slip between the cracks. For the photographer, the closer you get and the harder you look, the more complexity you will find. Almost every anemone, or coral growth has its own micro ecosystem living around it. You just have to find it.

I had a fun 101 Photography Workshop last weekend with Allison and Kimberly. Glorious weather on Sunday, so we all ended the course happy and with mild sunburn. The next 101 Photography Workshop will be in the fall. There are four places left on the Pixels to Pigment workshop with Martin Bailey August 4th & 5th. Please get in touch if you’d like to join us.

Just a quick shot of a turtle gliding through the sun’s rays at Cape Manza. First turtle I’ve seen since diving with the camera, and reasonably pleased to have got an in focus shot of a moving subject.