About

Hi, I’m Adrian.

I took my first breath underwater at eight, thanks to my father, who put me in the Red Sea early. My mother wasn’t a diver, but she always wanted to know what was down there. So as a teenager, I started bringing a camera along. To show her what words couldn’t capture. That desire to share the underwater world never went away. It only grew stronger with my two daughters.

Why I love to dive with Sharks

I was twelve, drifting along the northern wall at Elphinstone Reef, when thirty, maybe forty hammerhead sharks appeared out of the blue. They kept passing for the entire dive. Calm. Commanding. That was the moment. Sharks. The fascination of being eye-to-eye with them never faded. It only grew stronger, and it’s what drives me to pick up my camera every time I dive.

Where This Passion Has Taken Me

Thirty years of diving, and the list of places keeps growing. Kneeling on volcanic rock at Cocos while hammerheads blocked the light above. Floating at the surface in Moorea while a humpback calf swam to within inches of my mask. Watching marine iguanas slip into the Galapagos surf like they invented diving before we did. Some of these trips changed more than my photography. I wrote about them in My Big Five for Life.

Family Above and Below the Surface

None of this would work without my wife. She shares the same love for nature, and she’s the reason I can disappear for weeks on expedition boats in the middle of nowhere. I’m deeply thankful for her support. Our two daughters are already confident snorkelers. They’ve inherited the fascination. Watching their eyes go wide behind a mask over a reef is the closest thing I know to reliving that first dive at eight.

My Big Five for Life isn’t finished. Galapagos with my younger daughter, who loves turtles. Humpback whales with my older one, who’s already promised she’ll freedive with me one day. The best dives of my life might still be ahead.

Why I Share These Images

Sharks are the animals closest to my heart, and they are disappearing faster than most people realize. I keep raising the camera because a photograph can do what a statistic cannot. It puts you eye-to-eye with an animal most people will never meet. If one frame here changes how someone sees the ocean, the dive was worth it.

Get in Touch

Curious about a dive location, want to talk sharks, or just say hi? I’d love to hear from you.

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