Wilson Wathome Appeal – Please Donate!
Edit 26/8/10 – We’re there! I just received a donation today that has raised the total to £500 – with Gift Aid, that makes £625! A huge thanks to everyone that donated and helped me to reach this target. Using a time-honoured method of picking winners – namely putting everyone’s name in a hat – [...]
Hadzabe, Africa’s Last Hunter-Gatherers
The Hadzabe of Lake Eyasi are some of the last functional hunter-gatherers in Africa, and perhaps the world. They have lived and hunted in Tanzania for thousands of years, and witnessed the introduction of metal, agriculture, pastoralists, guns and religion. Yet today they number less than 2,000 and their existence is threatened by a lack [...]
Off-camera flash, off the beaten track… Pt 2
I am back in the UK once again after a 3.5 week trip to Sudan, Tanzania and Kenya, shooting for both a client and myself. Prior to heading off, I invested in an SU800 and SB900 to complement my SB600 with the intentions of shooting plenty more portraits with decent lighting. However, like all of [...]
Off-camera flash, off the beaten track…
It may surprise you to learn that underwater photographers have been doing the ‘Strobist’ thing for many years now – well, almost. Using off-camera, multiple strobes is quite normal for underwater photogs, mainly in an attempt to minimise the amount of backscatter in the final image. However the vast majority of people don’t venture beyond [...]
Images Without Borders
The Images Without Borders project was created to benefit Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Fronieres and to connect passionate photographers with a responsible charity and a reputable sponsor, creating a safe way to donate images for relief in Haiti. Members of the public wishing to donate to Doctors Without Borders can now buy limited edition prints [...]
Protests at COP15, Copenhagen
I have just put up a selection of images from Copenhagen – more to come over the next few days. The protest today was relatively peaceful, apart from a chaotic 30 mins or so that resulted in the police bringing in dog handlers. Tomorrow I will be shooting at another protest and doing some band [...]
Signs of the times…
I spent Saturday shooting at The Wave protest in London organised by Stop Climate Chaos. Over 20,000 people turned up to voice their concerns regarding climate change prior to the COP15 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The event was a great success, all very peaceful and well organised. So much so that according to [...]
Not Your Average Saturday…
Today was the Great Climate Swoop at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottingham. Protestors attempted to gain access to E.ON’s coal-fired power station. Learn more from The Great Climate Swoop, E.ON and Nottinghamshire Police. View the full gallery of images.
Goodbye underwater photography?
Yesterday I had an epiphany. No blinding lights or voices from above were involved, but I had a moment of clarity that helped me reach a decision I have been struggling with for some time. I was at the airport, browsing through some photo magazines whilst waiting for a flight to arrive, and chanced upon [...]
Code breakers – Alan Turing and Bletchley Park
View the gallery of images here. This weekend was the 70th anniversary of the arrival of mathematician Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. The below is from Wikipedia: “Also known as Station X, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted there, most [...]
We are live!
liquidmocean goes live! After several weeks of coding, coffee and consternation, we are proud to unveil the new website. There is still some work to be done – mainly building galleries of images and uploading video clips – but the structure of the site is in place. The company is a collaboration between photographer Matthew [...]
Indonesia 2009
Since the middle of February, I have been traveling, shooting and collecting information for the new edition of the Periplus Action Dive Guide to Indonesia.
Man Maketh the Muck?
What is it that makes a great muck site so good? Why is it divers still rave about Lembeh or Seraya or Mabul after all these years? To most people the answer is obvious – there are plenty of muck critters to be found at these locations. But this explanation simply begs another question; why [...]
The Intha – Sons of the Lake
Hidden away in the southern part of Shan state, Myanmar, stretches a remarkable shallow-water lake.
Seraya Secrets
Everyone who has dived Bali has heard of Tulamben. The Liberty Wreck and the reefs surrounding this famous site tempt thousands of divers each year into the water, mainly to experience the fantastic fish life and atmospheric remains. However, the Tulamben area has a lot more to offer than this busy site. Only 3km away, [...]
