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Author Archives: mark

14 Mar 2023
Stepping into the wet stuff

Stepping Into The Wet Stuff

In life we cannot simply run from everything that can potentially harm us. Nobody wants to live in a greenhouse protected from having any fun, what fun could life be without the odd danger, a life without hurdles presents no challenge. That’s not the life for me.

27 Jan 2023

Polar Bears in Okinawa?

Polar Bears in Okinawa? Surely my eyes were deceiving me? How could the image be lying to me, the playback image on my DSLR couldn’t lie, could it?

03 Nov 2022

Dragging the Shutter

Dragging the shutter of a camera to create specific effects is something I use a lot in Ocean and surf photography.

12 Oct 2022
Wave Photography

Wave Photography

As with all waves they come in sets. A noticeable lull would then be followed by a “Holy Moly” session when the size of the waves would again have me questioning my choice of shooting location.

02 Aug 2022

Macro Lighting Diffusion

Macro lighting diffusion is a pathway that many a macro photographer will tell is fraught with confusion, consternation, and frustration. This can be confounded even more especially when photographing subjects with greater levels of reflective qualities, beetles, and certain flying insects.

19 Jul 2022

Let Sleeping Bee’s Lay

Blue Banded Bees are an exquisitely colored species of Bee that calls Okinawa home. By day one may see a flash of Cyan as the diminutive pollinator travel from flower to flower in their search for nectar.