Scuba Show - Long Beach, California

So it was time for me to finally be a complete tourist at a Dive Show and head off to see my very much missed Sunny Friends in the Sunshine State of California in Long Beach to coincide with the Dive Show there at the same time. What an event! It was great to see so many people there despite the clouds. I felt really honoured to finally meet two huge inspirations of mine at the event, Stan Waterman and Annie Crawley. Stan looked absolutely amazing and felt very humbled to see and hear of his experiences filming the oceans. Annie too has achieved an incredible amount and has so much drive and enthusiasm which is completely infectious. She has launched a range of DVDs in conjunction with Save Our Seas Foundation to help children understand and appreciate the ocean. Vist her website at www.diveintoyourimagination.com to buy them yourselves and to see her incredible work. I left feeling re-energised and even more inspired than ever before ........

Amazing what a Canon Ixus can do!

So here I am finally catching up on all my news from the past couple of months. What a hugely busy month it has been. Debbie Rayne and her friend George came on a course and another great day was had by them. It was Debbie's first time taking a camera underwater and she had a Canon Ixus 100 with just the Canon housing itself. Simply using the built-in flash achieved this picture! Absolutely incredible and just goes to show what just the camera in the housing can do by itself .....

Day out at the Blue Reef Aquarium

Patrick Shier, the writer for Above 18 metres from Sport Diver magazine, kindly invited me and David and Stephen along to the Blue Reef Aquarium for a different day out of photography. David and Stephen took to the aquarium like ducks to water and struggled to get them out of the tank! The weather was really good to us as well making a fantastic day out for everyone. Patrick also teaches scuba diving when he is not writing for the magazines, so visit his website at www.exclusivelyscuba.co.uk for more information.