Some moments are beyond words, beyond description. In this moment the ocean’s murky gloom fell away as mother brought her newborn calf out of the deep water towards the light and the life-giving air above. In this moment I forgot I was hanging in a vast ocean far away from my everyday life. All that […]
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One night at dinner I described how I planned to swim out into the harbour at night and capture our home away from home as a long exposure in the starlight. Later that night when all was quiet I put my camera attached to a small tripod on top a boogie board and gently slipped […]
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If I talk about coral gardens there are three ways the conversation might go. The first, that corals are in the ocean and so you must find them everywhere. The second, that corals are in the tropical oceans and so you only get to see them in exotic locations. The third comes from an understanding […]
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Twenty metres below us the pair just hung there on the bottom, motionless, a strange stillness in an ever moving ocean. A silhouette against the white sand, too far down to make out their detail, not so deep as to be hidden from our gaze. Almost as if they wanted our attention. It was their […]
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‘Play with me’, the whale suggested as he circled the girl closer and closer. How do you play with a creature 400 times your diminutive frame? ‘Play with me’, the whale intoned with a soundless expression and an oh so gentle nudge. How do you not panic, how do you trust being pushed through the […]
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