October 2010 Archives

1. Exhibition at Tergooiziekenhuizen

   Posted October 22, 2010. Filed under: News, Photography. 5 comments.

   I’m very pleased to announce an exhibition of my work at the Tergooi Hospital in Blaricum, the Netherlands. When I took the plunge into underwater photography only a year ago I couldn’t have imagined the results would be turned into an exhibition so soon, so I’m pretty excited. From the pond in the backyard to [...]

2. Review: American Waters by Alex Kirkbride

   Posted October 18, 2010. Filed under: Photography, Underwater. Leave a comment.

   Whenever I visit an antiquarian photo bookstore I feel like a kid in a candy store. I can spend hours (no kidding!) flipping through the pages of the books, hoping to be surprised by some inspiring work of a photographer as yet unknown to me. This weekend I found another such little treasure: American Waters [...]

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   Pipefish: Battle of the Sexes Reversed

   Posted October 12, 2010. Filed under: Biology, Photography, Research, Underwater. Leave a comment.

   I will never tire of observing pipefish. The one in this underwater photo is a greater pipefish Syngnathus acus, blending into the Japweed Sargassum muticum. It seemed quite confident that I didn’t notice it—until it discovered its own reflection in my camera’s dome port, that is. Then the little fish came out of hiding and [...]