I am proud to announce that I have won the third edition of Zimaz Dilo. I am thus representing Mauritius in the CMAS world championship this year in Jeju island, South Korea. Estee will be following me on this new adventure and will pose for me and assist me underwater. I would like to thank the MSDA for their support and sponsorship and will do my best to represent my country. Keep posted!
I am very proud to announce my first underwater photography book ” Mauritius Underwater”. It took me about four months to write this book, but years to master underwater photography and re-unite all the pictures that are inside.
The book is a comprehensive companion to the underwater world of Mauritius with its 190 pages and 350+ underwater images. It features chapters on the different aspects of the Mauritian sea including a complete fish, crustacean, and nudibranch guide.
Unfortunately it will be only distributed in Mauritius, so feel free to email me if you would like a copy, so that we could make the necessary arrangements.
Following are are some example spreads of the book:
For the second time the MSDA organised the Zimaz Dilo underwater competition where is was proud to take the first place.
It happened on 2 dives where we had 90 minutes maximum on each of them. We all had to complete the 2 main categories : “Wide angle” and “Animal of the reef ”
My fellow apprentice Givanny Labonne took the second place and i was very proud of him.
Here are the winning shots:
First I need to apologise being quiet for such a long time. I was moving house and country and now I am back to Mauritius where I am operating my partly shared diving center on the west coast of the island. The worst is I still don’t have internet at home and this is quite hard to get things done without it!
Anyway I wanted to let you all know about this amazing trip we are doing this year and it is a must for you to come and join us! Just added it to the workshop section of my website so go check it out. Here’s a few images of the SY Siren, the luxury yacht on which this workshop will take place.
I was really surprised when I came home today after my traumatic tooth removal experience, to discover that my pictures has been selected number one on the incredible images contest by judges’ panel of the magazine. This shot was taken on a Canon Powershot A95 with a Inon fisheye lens and one Inon strobe, just to show again that compacts are great and they can achieve incredible jobs.
I came back about 2 weeks ago from the Philippines, where i was doing a feature for Diver Magazine. I have updated the “Reefs & Wrecks, Marine Life and Macro” sub-categories of the Nikon D70 portfolio. I was staying at the Ananyana resort, on the north west part of the island. 30 minutes by boat, you reach the island of Balicasag, where the diving is absolutely fantastic and the picture opportunities endless. It is principally renowned for the abundance of small critters and its diversity.The article will appear at the end of this year generally, but I will let you know when it is out if you want to know more about it.
Below some of the pictures i brought back:
In the last issue of Diver magazine, Brendan O’Brien covers the general feeling and atmosphere of the competition over 5 pages. He was following us during the competitive dive. I am sure some people might not be very happy about some comments, but have a look at it , it is very funny!!!
When I was in Mauritius for the world championship, Oceanica was following the event. They are a french web tv and unfortunately the interviews and the short movies like mine, are mostly in French, but some of them are English-speaking. Very informative, and you can have the point of view of different people on the championship, and much more….
Website: www.oceanica-tv.com
In this 37th issue of UWP, I wrote a few words about the world championship, and how I lived it as a participant. UWP is rich in information for everyone who wants to know more about underwater photography and it also covers diving destinations. So if you want to know more, check out their website.
Website: www.uwpmag.com
Maria Munn and I, have been invited by Ocean Optics for this event where we will be making four presentations throughout this open day.
Maria will begin the day’s talks with an introduction to getting started in digital compact photography. This will show you a little of what these inexpensive cameras can achieve and provide a taster of what’s to come later on in the day. I will then take over with a presentation on advanced techniques using strobes and macro, wide angle and fisheye lenses. This will show you how combining these accessories with a little imagination can create professional level images to be proud of.
Maria will then take to the stage to explain the black art of post image manipulation. She’ll show you how to process your photographs on your computer to draw out the best possible results. Its essential knowledge that can make or break an image.
Then I will provide the final talk of the day. I will discuss the thinking that goes into producing great images. You’ll learn how I chooses my subjects, how I think about lighting and how I compose each image for maximum impact.
Throughout the day, there’ll be time to talk individually with Maria and I. You are welcome to bring your laptop with no more than ten images for us to look at, if you’d like some one to one coaching on the day. This is on a first come, first served basis!
