New member from Australia

Hi all

I just wanted to introduce myself, as I just signed up to this site. I am Stephen Colquitt, currently living in Melbourne. I work as a fisheries manager and I studied aquatic science and aquaculture at the University of Tasmania. It would not be too far off the mark to say that Im pretty interested in fish.

Wetpixel has been recommended to me by a good friend as a place to learn more about underwater photography and to share some of my images with you. Looking around I can see some fairly famous faces on this site and I hope that I get to interact with and learn from those people and other members.

I do some freelance comemrcial photography and I have been diving for 15 years. It seemed like a natural progression to combine these interests and I got into UW photography about 2 years ago. I still rate myself as an accomplished beginner in UW photography but recently I have started to produce higher quality photos that I am happier to share and show off.

My Kit

Nikon D200

105mm VR

10.5 fisheye

Aquatica housing and ports

Twin Sea & Sea YS 110 strobes

Memorable dive trips I have done: (not all with my camera)

Great Barrier Reef - Australia (Taka II live aboard from Cairns)

Vanuatu - Espiritu Santo - President Coolidge (Alan Power)

Thailand - Koh Lipe, Adaman Sea

Raja Ampat - Indonesia

Busselton Jetty - Western Australia

I also have vast experience with temperate water diving around, Southern coats of NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Thanks and I hope to see you all around.

Steve

Welcome to the pond

Todd

I still rate myself as an accomplished beginner in UW photography but recently I have started to produce higher quality photos that I am happier to share and show off.

Steve

Hi Stephen, welcome to Wetpixel! I think you'll find that if you are happy with your images, around here that would pass for "accomplished". I highly recommend the pinned threads, lots of great ideas. I'd also recommend you read all the new threads as they come up even if the subject doesn't interest you at first. Things have a way of spiralling off into other areas sometimes even though the moderators do a great job of trying to keep us on track. Have fun.

 

Steve

Thanks - Will do

Hi Steve, welcome to wp

Hi Steve - welcome to WP and congrats on taking the excellent advice of that good friend of yours

Hi Steve - welcome to WP and congrats on taking the excellent advice of that good friend of yours

Yes Anth - he is a good bloke, but its a shame he wont come diving with me!