About Me


I am a recreational scuba scuba diving and underwater photography enthusiast based in Thailand. I took up underwater photography in late 2002. I started from a very basic  setup with just a digital point and shoot camera and housing , using internal flash, shooting in automatic mode and slowly  learning my way around the camera and underwater photography. My equipment also became more and more elaborated as the years progress but that is all part of  the fun! Luckily I don't have to rely on scuba diving or photography for my livelihood so I can just enjoy the hobby and not have to worry about anything (except how to pay for my next trip and next toy).

After accumulating lots of images and a few good one here and there, I decided to create my website so I can share some of the better pictures with everyone. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I am taking them.

Equipment wise, I started with Oly C4040 at the end of 2002 with Olympus housing. Eventually  I added  Ikelite housing with Ikelite DS-125 strobe to my setup. A year later, I switched to Olympus C5050 with Ikelite housing.  I also added Inon  wetmount  macro lens and Inon wide angle lens and eventually Inon domeport to the setup. I found it to be one of the most versatile setup for  digital point and shoot camera  at that time.

When Nikon D70 became available in March 2004,  I decided to upgrade for better macro ability and virtually no shutter lag.  Sea and Sea housing became available in June 2004 so My C5050 was retired at that time and I added a second Ikelite DS-125 strobe.  The setup is much bigger and the learning curve for switching from PnS to dSLR was not as bad as I thought but I have to confess thtat it did take awhile to adjust to the new camera. By this time my work has also prevented me from being able to go diving as much as I would have liked. Just as I started to get comfortable with Nikon D70,  Nikon D2X came out.  Not being able to resist, I am now a proud (but poor) owner of  a Nikon D2X. I housed the D2X in  Subal housing with a GS Viewfinder.

My current lens lineup for underwtaer photography are: Nikon 10.5mm, 12-24mm, 60mm macro, 70-180mm macro.

I would like to thank my many good divebuddies who do not only challenge me to take better pictures, but also somehow manage to make me buy all these new toys and keep skipping work to go diving.  My sincere thanks to my current employer who does not seem to mind very much when I disappear once in awhile.

MorBoi




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