Good morning and welcome to March!  Well, it's actually almost 1/2 over already!

The diving has been really great, especially for this time of year.  Getting used to the new camera set-up and enjoying the time underwater with all my diving friends.  Soon, too soon, it will be "low season" and although we will not have as many people here, the waters get clearer in summer.  You have to love that!

Added a new page to my website - Above The Water -

This will feature some of the sights that we have here, that you can enjoy during those surface intervals and "apres dive".  To start it off, I added photos of some of the faces of the wonderful people here on the island.  Later it will also have photos of the countryside, the ocean, and all the other activities you can enjoy here in our little part of paradise.

Have a look, "share", leave a comment if you wish!

Have a great week, and please, Save Our Oceans

Bill
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One of the greatest things about diving is the people you meet - the friends you make.  We all have a common ground; a love of the ocean and an appreciation for the amazing undersea world.  

From the earliest of your experiences, the people who taught you how to dive (Lou, Mad Dog), your first dive buddies (Ron, Rick), your students who have gone on to greater things (Linda), friends from around the globe that you dive with (Reinhold, Robert, Tracy, Micki, Johnny B., Mickey, Jay and Susan., Alex), people you work with (Jeffrey, Christian, Kai, David, Steve, Gil, Jose, Adrian), friends who have never met (Ron, Ron, Daryl), the people who you share your photos with and have helped you along the way (Andres, Adolfo, Leo, Carol) - all of you have had a lasting impression on me, and all of you are amazing people.  I know I missed hundreds of people on here but hey, you get the idea.

The great thing is, it's not only about the diving.  It's the dinners, the drinks, the fun, the conversation!  

It's really cool to have the same people come back year after year to dive and it's like they never went away.  We just pick up where we left off.  On that note, social media is great!  Being able to stay in touch with people over the ages who live miles away is truly incredible.  

I recently had the opportunity to meet Jean-Michel Cousteau - INCREDIBLE.  Super nice and down to earth gut.  Thanks Pablo for the intro!

Thanks for reading this, and thanks for viewing my photos.  I hope in some small way, it makes your world a better place.

Save our reefs, dive safely, smile!

Bill
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You have to love living in the DR in winter.  Beautiful cool morning, +21C or so, and sunny hot afternoons!  Yeah, I don't miss scraping the windshield.

Our winter here has been incredible.  The ocean has been unusually calm and we have had some excellent visibility!  Today was easy 40 meters!  Simply stunning.  Wide angle lens tomorrow!

Spent the last couple weeks trying to figure out a new camera.  LONG - SLOW learning process, but making some progress.  The "macro" lens looks like it will be to "go to" lens.  Thanks Ron DeVries for the tip!  Trying to add a 5x diopter to it and we will see where that goes!

A big shout out to Brian (Maddog) Thomas - THE grand poobah of scuba and the person who really got me hooked on this beautiful world!  Happy Birthday Buddy.

Most of our diving here is at about the 60 foot level or slightly deeper.  Not a huge amount of light penetration so it is a bit challenging!  Lol, need to work on getting some of those 30 foot dives in to get the light in the background!  The little Christmas Tree Worm above (about a 1/2 inch tall) was shot at 35 feet!  

A huge thanks to everyone who follows my page and my photos and hey, lets all work to reduce plastic, to save our oceans and our environment, and to enjoy life on the third rock!

Stay safe, stay healthy, save our reefs.

Bill
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Welcome to 2019 - albeit a bit late!

Finally got around to updating the website; been a while.

It's been a great winter here so far with pretty calm seas and great vis.  Excellent opportunity to get out and enjoy the tranquility of Mother Ocean. Every moment in the ocean is special, and so very peaceful.

Check out the new website design and please add a comment!  It's always great to hear from you.  

Had a great exhibition at "Silently 6" in Belgrade, Serbia.  You can view my portfolio on the home page here.  Very honored to be invited to participate and a huge Thank-you to all of the organizers.

Just a quick note:  Any of the photos here are available in high quality photo paper or printed on canvas. Drop me a note for prices if you are interested!  Thank-you to everyone who is currently displaying my work!

Testing out and learning how to use some new camera equipment and it is proving to be a bit of a challenge, but a real fun one.  Looking forward to some good results.

Have a great February everyone and please save our oceans!   They are the life blood of our planet.

Bill
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Well, January has come and gone and despite a bit of rainy and stormy weather, we had some GREAT dives here on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic.  Enjoy the slideshow and see what you can experience here in our warm waters.  Loving the dual strobe set-up :)

​Was a busy month - be sure and check out the new items available in the store!  2018 calendars, tote bags and coffee mugs including the "magic mug" where the photo appears when you fill it with a warm beverage.

​Also, we have 13 x 19 photos professionally printed and mounted on foam board suitable for framing or display.  Any photo you see here can be processed!  Available only here in the DR and priced at $1200 RD or $25 US

Hope you had a fantastic start to the year and have a GREAT February

Save our Reefs

​Bill