Hello,
I am with critter on this one!
I don't mind helping/sharing. I know my time will come too.
Some people on the boat want pictures ... ehhhh, so what. As critter said, give them a link to your website. They are going to love you for that and you will get the fame and glory. ... Usualy I make up by eating their cookies.
Don't keep your head down in your day trips! Make new friends, that's one of the things that's great about diving right?!
No, I don't like either to get a fin in front of my camera when I shoot photos but when I feel the conditions are great I just dive a little bit away from the croud.
... With the ladiez ... It never worked for me withe the pictures and the email addresses :-) Good luck Alex! You show them that PhD sea cucumber!!!!!
Vlad