Stephen Frink is the world's most widely published underwater photographer. Not surprisingly, he has a deep, color-rich library of underwater photos that most divers would kill for. In addition to being an "artsy" photographer, he's also quite articulate: he's written books, housing reviews, and loads of articles for Scuba Diving Magazine. He provides personal photo instruction as well as escorted photo tours. He's also an inventor. In other words, if it has to do with cameras in or near water, he's your go-to man. Pretty amazing for someone who grew up in Illinois.
For this installment of 10 Questions for..., Stephen gets comfortable, removes his sunglasses, and opens up about his work, including how barnacles helped shape his future, why HD video is so compelling, and what, exactly, "predictive previsualization" is.
Across from my desk, I have a poster of a great white leaping from the water. Bought the day after I went cage diving in South Africa, the iconic image was captured by Chris Fallows. Any time I have to deal with someone annoying, I look at the massive teeth in the photo, and I'm instantly bolstered. "Grrr..." I think. "Don't fool with me!" Consequently, it should come as no surprise that Chris Fallows is something of a hero to me.
Equal parts wildlife photographer, conservationist, researcher, and superhero, Chris Fallows is most famous for photographing South Africa's great white sharks breaching. Shooting sharks since 1998, Fallows and his wife Monique are active shark conservationists and recognized authorities on great white shark behavior. Recently, I caught up with Chris and asked him about his work with great whites and other sharks. Not surprisingly, he has some very pointed opinions about these important fish and people's ambivalent attitude toward them. Check out this installment of 10 Questions for... and see what he has to say! (As an aside, in my excitement, I forgot to ask him about his involvement with the Mountain Dew commercial. I'll have to cover that in a follow-up.)
For this installment of 10 Questions for..., we decided to interview Idaho's youngest master scuba diver, 12-year-old CodyBrown. In addition to receiving his master diver certification, being oxygen provider certified, and starting his own HD video company with his dad, Cody somehow managed to find the time to write Scuba For Kids, a book for kids about diving that discusses his certification experience. Despite these pressures, Cody is amazingly grounded. How does a 12-year-old manage to do all this and remain reasonably -- even uncommonly -- sane? Read the interview and find out. Who knows: maybe Cody is the next Jacques Cousteau. Let's meet back here in a decade and discuss.
A few weeks ago, we reviewed Below Freezing: The Antarctic Dive Guide. This colorful, excellent Guide -- really, the only Guide of its kind -- is written by Lisa Eareckson Trotter, the first person to learn to dive in the Antarctic and a long-time crew member aboard Lindblad Expeditions' Endeavour. After reading the book, it became clear to me that she has a deep respect and appreciation for diving in Antarctica's icy waters. As a confirmed warm-water diver, I had lots of questions for her. How did she get involved in Antarctic diving? What was so compelling about this bitter environment? Rather than wonder what motivated her to keep coming back, year after year, I decided to ask her.
To that end, Lisa Trotter is the first person to be profiled on Divester's new feature, "10 Questions for...". From what brought her to Antarctica in the first place, to what it's like being a female in (arguably) a male-dominated activity, Lisa provided some great insight to our questions.
Whoopee! Tomorrow, we're kicking off a new feature here on Divester, which involves asking a dive personality 10 questions and letting them respond. Ingeniously, we've decided to name the feature "10 Questions for...". (Don't ask us how we came up with that name. Divine inspiration, I guess.)
Is there a dive personality that you'd like to learn more about? Have you been itching to ask so-and-so a certain question? Now's your chance. We've got several people lined up already, but we'd like to hear from you. If you'd like to know more about a certain dive personality, contact us, and let us know who you'd like to hear from. If you have specific questions, let us know those, too. We'll do our best to flex our mighty Divester muscles to make it happen.
Stephen Frink is the world's most widely published underwater photographer. Not surprisingly, he has a deep, color-rich library of underwater photos that most divers would kill for. In addition to being an "artsy" photographer, he's also quite articulate: he's written books, housing reviews, and loads of articles for Scuba Diving Magazine. He provides personal photo instruction as well as escorted photo tours. He's also an inventor. In other words, if it has to do with cameras in or near water, he's your go-to man. Pretty amazing for someone who grew up in Illinois.
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