Awoosh Publications

Publications

Western Mariner Magazine

Cover and Editorial Images
February 2006

EPIC Photo Contest 2005

Finalist, Shark Category

Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine

Issue #22 April - June 2005
Cuba's Maria La Gorda - The Fat Lady Sings
Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow

Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine

Issue #21 January - March 2005
The Truth Is Out There (California)
Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow

Meridiani Magazine (Italy)

November 2004 Issue
Messico/Yucatan (Mexico)
Five Images Published

Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine

Issue #20 October-December 2004
Hitting The G Spot (Galapagos) - Photo Essay & Two Multimedia Slideshows:
Beyond Words (Topside Galapagos) & Galapagos On the Edge (Diving)

Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine

Issue #19 July-September 2004
Cuba - Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow:
Imagine Cuba (Havana & Cuba Diving)

The Vancouver Aquarium

Frequent contributor to AquaNews, an on-line environmental and ocean news service

The Fort Wine Co.

Website design
Stock photography
Promotional multimedia slideshows

Aggressor Annual Photo Contest 2003

Winner, Digital Category

Rodale's Diver to Diver Calendar 2003

Cavern Diver in Blue Hole was one of twelve images chosen
Winners were decided by popular vote

Reviews
Professional Feedback

Dr. Walter Starck, the editor of Golden Dolphin CD Magazine, has said this about my work:

December 26, 2003 (Invitation to Contribute) I recently came across a reference to your website and took a look. It is truly exceptional. While there is a lot of good underwater photography around the web, good writing about the diving experience is rare. Your words and images do a great job of conveying the personal experience of diving. You also tell the whole story not just the underwater bit.

August 26, 2004 (Post Contribution) I have downloaded and viewed your two (Galapagos) slideshows and both are superb. Your photography is right up there with the very best and beyond that you are doing several things more that almost no others are doing. You are telling the whole story by getting great topside pictures to which most UW photographers either give little attention or ignore altogether. Your text stories are also outstanding. Again, something that most photographers do not do well. Finally, you are taking full control and putting it all together in a presentation in which the artist determines every element.

I believe this approach is the real future of underwater photography. It embodies the whole potential of the digital revolution. It also, of course, involves a steep learning curve at first to become proficient in all of the different skills involved and demands a greater range of talent but it is a lot more satisfying and the end results speak for themselves. The old approach of the photographer's role ending at the moment of exposure and leaving the rest to editors, writers, and graphics technicians was the recipe for a dog's breakfast. It amounts to an attempt to produce art by a committee.

Anyway, congratulations. You are leading the way in a direction every serious photographer should be seriously pursuing.

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	Publications
	Western Mariner Magazine Cover and Editorial Images February 2006
	EPIC Photo Contest 2005 Finalist, Shark Category
	Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine Issue #22 April - June 2005 Cuba's Maria La Gorda - The Fat Lady Sings Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow
	Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine Issue #21 January - March 2005 The Truth Is Out There (California) Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow
	Meridiani Magazine (Italy) November 2004 Issue Messico/Yucatan (Mexico) Five Images Published
	Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine Issue #20 October-December 2004 Hitting The G Spot (Galapagos) - Photo Essay & Two Multimedia Slideshows: Beyond Words (Topside Galapagos) & Galapagos On the Edge (Diving)
	Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine Issue #19 July-September 2004 Cuba - Photo Essay & Multimedia Slideshow: Imagine Cuba (Havana & Cuba Diving)
	The Vancouver Aquarium Frequent contributor to AquaNews, an on-line environmental and ocean news service
	The Fort Wine Co. Website design Stock photography Promotional multimedia slideshows
	Aggressor Annual Photo Contest 2003 Winner, Digital Category
	Rodale's Diver to Diver Calendar 2003 Cavern Diver in Blue Hole was one of twelve images chosen Winners were decided by popular vote
	Reviews Professional Feedback Dr. Walter Starck, the editor of Golden Dolphin CD Magazine, has said this about my work: December 26, 2003 (Invitation to Contribute) I recently came across a reference to your website and took a look. It is truly exceptional. While there is a lot of good underwater photography around the web, good writing about the diving experience is rare. Your words and images do a great job of conveying the personal experience of diving. You also tell the whole story not just the underwater bit. August 26, 2004 (Post Contribution) I have downloaded and viewed your two (Galapagos) slideshows and both are superb. Your photography is right up there with the very best and beyond that you are doing several things more that almost no others are doing. You are telling the whole story by getting great topside pictures to which most UW photographers either give little attention or ignore altogether. Your text stories are also outstanding. Again, something that most photographers do not do well. Finally, you are taking full control and putting it all together in a presentation in which the artist determines every element. I believe this approach is the real future of underwater photography. It embodies the whole potential of the digital revolution. It also, of course, involves a steep learning curve at first to become proficient in all of the different skills involved and demands a greater range of talent but it is a lot more satisfying and the end results speak for themselves. The old approach of the photographer's role ending at the moment of exposure and leaving the rest to editors, writers, and graphics technicians was the recipe for a dog's breakfast. It amounts to an attempt to produce art by a committee. Anyway, congratulations. You are leading the way in a direction every serious photographer should be seriously pursuing.
	Back to Awoosh Main Directory