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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. |
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An old shipwreck, likely uncovered by hurricane Florence, near Hatteras Inlet; overhead the Milky Way sets over the ocean (October, 2018) |
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The Discovery of U-550 |
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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 itÑthe 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 wreckÑand of the stunning clash at sea that sealed its doom and brought the Battle of the Atlantic to America's doorstep." |
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U-550 Webpage |
New Gallery: Astrophotography |
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Astrophotography |
I've posted a new gallery of astrophotography. This is something entirely new to me, and has taken quite some time to get to the point where I feel I can post a few images. |
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Chuuk (Truk) 2018 |
In January-February 2018 a group of us returned (yet again!) to the fabulous wreck diving location of Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon. As always (this was my fourth trip to Chuuk!) the diving was fantastic.......follow the link below for some of my favorite images from the trip. |
Truk Lagoon 2018 | |
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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 |
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Lake Huron Shipwrecks |
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