Joe is an award winning underwater photographer and author. His passion for underwater photography developed through his love for the marine world which began from a very young age. In 2007 Joe volunteered on marine conservation project in the Seychelles. He then spent over 3 years in New Zealand and Australia, a year of this was working with Manta Rays and Whale Sharks on the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia. Joe returned to the Seychelles as an intern on the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) Whale Shark Monitoring Project. After completing his Dive Instructor course in South Africa he then continued on in Seychelles as Dive Officer for Global Vision International, a marine conservation NGO.
In 2013 Joe and his now wife Emily moved to Ambon, Indonesia where they managed Maluku Divers, a photography focused dive resort.
In the clear waters of Australia and Seychelles Joe found free diving as his preferred method, shooting many of his wide angle images with little other than a mask and fins. Now after his experience in Ambon, Indonesia has brought him to focus more on photography utilising his scuba diving skills in order to spend more time with each subject. Joe continues to find inspiration in the ocean and hopes that his images can bring awareness to the fragility and diversity of the underwater environment.
Since then he has co authored a photographic coffee table book called Underwater Eden - The Marine Life of Seychelles, won numerous awards and been published in national and international publications. Now based in the south of France, Joe is able to spend his time exploring the cooler (but no less fascinating) waters of Europe in-between photography trips.
Joe currently shoots with a Canon 5D MKIII in Nauticam housing, earlier images on this site were also taken with a Canon7D/ 50D. For lighting Joe uses 2 x Retra Flash.
In 2013 Joe and his now wife Emily moved to Ambon, Indonesia where they managed Maluku Divers, a photography focused dive resort.
In the clear waters of Australia and Seychelles Joe found free diving as his preferred method, shooting many of his wide angle images with little other than a mask and fins. Now after his experience in Ambon, Indonesia has brought him to focus more on photography utilising his scuba diving skills in order to spend more time with each subject. Joe continues to find inspiration in the ocean and hopes that his images can bring awareness to the fragility and diversity of the underwater environment.
Since then he has co authored a photographic coffee table book called Underwater Eden - The Marine Life of Seychelles, won numerous awards and been published in national and international publications. Now based in the south of France, Joe is able to spend his time exploring the cooler (but no less fascinating) waters of Europe in-between photography trips.
Joe currently shoots with a Canon 5D MKIII in Nauticam housing, earlier images on this site were also taken with a Canon7D/ 50D. For lighting Joe uses 2 x Retra Flash.
