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 

Wow - been a while since a blog post and there has been a lot going on, so - here we go!

First, I had the wonderful experience of having my photos displayed in Centro Leon in Santiago, a major gallery and museum in the Caribbean.  The turnout was fantastic and I want to say a HUGE thank-you to everyone especially the people from Centro Leon, Adolfo Faringthon from Casa de Arte Sosua, and Andres Pastoriza from ADSS.

In early June a suffered a torn and detached retina.  From the start of the symptoms to being completely blind in my left eye was less then 24 hours.  Pretty wild.  Fortunately, thanks to great friends and an amazing doctor, I was able to be operated on quickly and although the healing process was close to 11 weeks (no flying, no diving) my vision has been restored and all is back to normal.  A huge thank-you to all who offed support and help through the process.  Muchly appreciated.

Late August gave our group (The Sosua Bay Rejuvenation Project", the opportunity to dive and film a documentary with Jeff Corwin.  Jeff is a noted environmentalist and TV personality who has hosted shows on Animal Planet and other networks.  Jeff and his film crew joined us in Sosua Bay to document the coral regeneration project we have operating.  Watch for the TV show coming later this fall.

Early September gave me the chance to dive with my favorite cousin I had never met - Bill Kaltenbach!  Bill, his family and friends were on a cruise that stopped in Amber Cove for the day and we took the opportunity to meet and enjoy two dives in our warm waters.  GREAT to meet him, dive with him and looking forward to having him come back for more underwater fun!

September also had us doing presentations to the children of the grade two class at The International School of Sosua.  AMAZING!  They are studying corals and were VERY attentive and asked GREAT questions!  Super to see the ocean will be in great hands in the future.

Sitting in Canada right now as I type this.  A quick trip to the Great White North for a wedding and also had the chance to stop in at Northwest Scuba in Edmonton and visit with Ken Holliday.  WOW - the shop looks great and the staff are super friendly and knowledgeable.  Be sue and stop by if you are in Edmonton and Ken and his staff will take care of all your needs.

Looking forward to getting back to the warmth in the Dominican Republic and back into the water to get busy on coral domes for our sponsors.

Have a great day, appreciate each and every day, and please help save our reefs.

Bill