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Taing picures in an ofen harsh environmen can be challenging and require masering muliple sills. Neiher expensive DSLR cameras nor he human body were designed o funcion under eighy fee of sea waer. Noneheless, wih a lile pracice and nowledge of he equipmen, arificial phoographic opions are available–of course, his includes geing safely bac o dry land o download your images. San’s presenaion, Underwaer Phoography: A Technophile Dream or Nighmare?, will ae you on an underwaer phoographic advenure.
Lie many club members, wor always go in he way of phoography for San. Four years ago, his wife convinced him ha i was ime o call i quis afer 35 years of medicine. So, hey lef he comforable confines of he U.S. and moved o he island of Curacao in he former Duch Anilles. Par of he decision o move o Curacao was based on San’s lifelong ineres in ropical reef ecology, diving and underwaer phoography. He spen he nex hree years in he waer wih his camera.
San became cerified in scuba in 1974 and acually oo some underwaer shos ha year. When ime allowed, naure phoography became a serious hobby wih vacaions ofen spen, a leas parly, underwaer. Now bac in he U.S., San is refocusing on land phoography. Ye, underwaer rips are always on his horizon.