Where on Earth Has the Time Gone Too!

Hello everyone,

If you are still reading my blog, thank you so much! I am so sorry that I haven't posted for so long, I honestly don't know where the past few months has gone too, well almost half a year in fact! So much has been happening that I am going to post the key events in the next few days to give you all an idea as to what I have been up too! Book signing, giving talks for clubs, grabbing a hot new venue to teach underwater photography in Leeds and my dream came true to go to DEMA, America's largest trade show for divers, and was so proud to be on DivePhotoGuide's stand along with Wetpixel. A huge thank you to all of them for making me feel so welcome. Photos and guest news coming very, very soon.

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.

Talk for BSAC Sutton Coldfield to help the RNLI

Finally recovered from losing my voice for a whole week since the Dive Show and I was fortunate that it came back in time for me to catch the train up to Birmingham to give a talk for this wonderful club. What a fantastic time I had with Hannah's family and her niece, grabbing more Easter Eggs en route to the talk and even had a bit of Tinkerbell Time!!!

It was great meeting Jill and Tony from the RNLI who gave up their evening to help raise money there. Once again there was a huge variety of pocket rockets in the audience with some wonderful photos being shared.

I look forward to seeing yours very soon. Just two weeks to go and I'll be taking some of my own again - yeahhhh :) :) :)

New Dive Trip to Raja Ampat Announced!

I was so, so chuffed that my friend who owns Worldwide Dive and Sail asked me to lead a trip with them to Raja Ampat in January on their gorgeous new vessel, the Mandarin Siren which will look similar to the Siren pictured here. The trip will depart Sarong on 8th January and we will be exploring some of the most biodiverse underwater scenery on our planet for the next 10 days. Their new boat promises to be just as superb, if not, more superb than the rest and holds just 8 passengers. The price for 10 days is just 2,750 euros. There is even an onboard Masseuse! Visit their website at www.worldwidediveandsail.com for more details. I can't wait :) :) :)

London Dive Show - Excel 27th/28th March

I can't believe how much has gone on recently and I have only just found the time now to play catch-up.

It was fab as always to see everyone at the show and to see so many friends and new friends-to-be! Thanks to everyone who came to visit and to Lydia and Andy from Sharkstooth Scuba for helping me to set up. I'm looking forward to helping you with your underwater photography more than ever! :) :) :)