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there are many people that ask me, about how i got into wedding photography, and i think that my answer surprises them.
i wasn't born with a camera in my hand, i wasn't mentored and inspired by my grandfather (even though that would have been awesome), i wasn't a photographer for the school newspaper, and i didn't get my degree in photography from a wonderful college or fine arts program.
these would have all been exciting and wonderful ways to learn the craft, but my way was much different than anyone i know.
it was fish.
yep, fish.
as a scuba diver, i was sucked into the world of underwater photography a few years ago. darryl was the one who wanted to learn to take underwater photos, and i actually didn't want anything to do with it!
i took photos of my kids, but that was it. i didn't want to learn a complicated camera (yeah, and i thought my Olympus C5060 point and shoot was complicated), and i just wanted to scuba dive.
we found out pretty quickly that Darryl HATED taking underwater photos, but i became addicted to it.
trust me when i say that, if i was younger and didn't have kids, i would have probably pursued a career with National Geographic or some other publication, so that i could take underwater photos for a living.
fish and i just get along well i guess, and i have the patience of a saint!
i can out-wait any fish that comes my way, and i could just lay on the bottom of the ocean all day and wait for something cool to swim by.
unfortunately, Windsor doesn't have many fish.
funny story......
darryl and i dove in Lake Erie a few years ago, and the visibility was so bad, that i actually swam head first right into the wreck we were diving! HAHAHA!!!
i lost darryl in the murkiness, and bumped my head right into a piece of wood.
even if there were fish in the lake, i don't think i would have seen them at all, since i couldn't see 3 inches in front of me.
there are no fish in Windsor, but there are weddings!!
i grew to love photography like crazy, and weddings are my new fish.
i just can't wait to get to the next one and see what new thing i can photograph.
i guess fish are on my mind, because Darryl and i just booked a trip to Roatan Honduras in May, and that's where i can lay on the bottom of the warm ocean, and wait for something cool to swim by.
on our trip to Roatan this past Christmas, i spent a 1/2 an hour, waiting for the perfect time to photograph this awesome, banded jaw-fish and its mouthful of eggs.
i also found a nudibranch for the first time, and a really cool blennie (a pretty rare one) too!
i figured it was fitting to post a few underwater photos again, since it's been too long.
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Ah, there's that fish with the mouthful of eggs! That's wild.
(10.08.09)Michelle, these are great photographs! Yes, it is a bummer to live in cold places like we do (St. Louis for me). Thankfully we can travel to warmer climes : ) We will have to get together for some diving someday, I am always on the lookout for new dive Buddies! Are you going to be at the DWF convention this year? I'll be there, would be cool to meet you!
(11.03.09)Seriously, those eel wormy things gave me shivers down my spine looking at the picture... how in the world did you swim in water with them, Hope it was good zooming on your camera's part... very cool pics though!
(11.12.09)I have been to Roatan and Utila several times. Where did you stay in Roatan?
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