Shipwrecks underwater photography brad sheard

This site is intended to share some of my photography with the public. My underwater photography began shortly after I learned to scuba dive in 1977, and quickly focused on the myriad of shipwrecks sunk off the US East Coast; later these efforts expanded to cover shipwrecks around the world, with a special interest in World War II era wrecks. After moving to the Seattle area in 1997, I began diving in Puget Sound and British Columbia, expanding my interests to photographing marine life as well as shipwrecks. After spending six years in the Pacific Northwest I returned to the US East Coast and resumed my shipwreck photography, but I now spend a significant amount of time photographing "terrestrial" subjects, as well as those beneath the sea, and my new interest in astrophotography of deep sky objects.

Photographic Image Galleries and Articles

Marine Life	Shipwrecks	Landscapes and Wildlife	Astrophotography	Magazine Articles

The Discovery of U-550
	Randall Peffer and Berkley Publishing
	Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-boat
	Due out in April 2016, this fantastic book chronicles the hunt for and discovery of the U-550. "In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle in which it was sunk. On April 16, 1944, the SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-550 off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. In return the sub was driven to the surface with depth charges, and then sent to the bottom of the ocean by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the naval convoy. For more than sixty years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012, a team found it�the last undiscovered U-boat in dive-able waters off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, more than three hundred feet below the surface. This is the story of their twenty-year quest to find this "Holy Grail" of deep-sea diving and their tenacious efforts to dive on this treacherous wreck�and of the stunning clash at sea that sealed its doom and brought the Battle of the Atlantic to America's doorstep."
	U-550 Webpage

Recently Posted Articles and Galleries
Chuuk (Truk) 2023	Truk Lagoon visit in March 2023, surely one of the top wreck diving destinations in the world
Newfoundland	A cold-water wreck paradise: Bell Island, Newfoundland
EC Shipwrecks 2022	Shipwreck images from the 2022 dive season
Socorro 2021	Underwater marine life images from a recent trip to the fabulous Socorro Islands, including sharks, manta rays, dolphins and whale sharks
Propellers	A fun collection of propeller pictures on shipwrecks along the US East Coast
A Descent into the Mudhole	A "tongue-in-cheek" look at diving in the frightening depths of the "Mudhole" off the coast of New Jersey, south of New York Harbor. Based on Edgar Allen Poe's infamous "A Descent into the Maelstrom"
In the Wake of Dreadnoughts...	The complete article that was intended for Wreck Diver Magazine, which unfortunately ceased publication during the viral pandemic
	In the Wake of Dreadnoughts...Part II
	In the Wake of Dreadnoughts...Part III

In March 2023 a group of us returned (yet again!) to the fabulous wreck diving location of Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon. As always (this was my fifth trip to Chuuk!) the diving was fantastic.......follow the link below for some of my favorite images from the trip.

Truk Lagoon 2023

Presque Isle, MI, Lake Huron
Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo has an on-line interview about diving and photographing these fabulous wrecks featuring some of my images:
Backscatter Interview


Lake Huron Shipwrecks	My webpage with images of the shipwrecks of Presque Isle:

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