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Good news is received from Jason Heller of Dive Photo Guide, the US based international underwater photography website, that one of Jeremy’s images has been selected for the top ten of the Best of 2007 competition. The chosen image may be featured in the US Sport Diver magazine in January.

A visit to the annual Visions in the Sea underwater photography gathering in London.

Assignment article from Portland submitted.

On assignment at Portland.

Jeremy attends a useful Nikon speedlight course with John Clements in Kingston, London.

Jeremy’s images chosen in “Editors Selection” of the Dive Photo Guide website’s “Best of 2007” collection and competition.

The new Dive quest brochure arrives, featuring two of Jeremy’s images in the gallery section.

A last minute visit to Chesil Beach for a couple of dives – great conditions, not bad visibility. A few nice diver images to show for it. I rode down on the R1200 GS.

 Jeremy is now a featured photographer on the Subal website. Subal is the Austrian based manufacturer of our Nikon D200 Underwater Housings.

News of Jeremy’s Sport Diver Underwater Photographer of the Year 2007 competition win is posted on the Ocean Optics website.

Pt IV of “Building a Photography Website” is published in the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) “In Focus” magazine.

Two of Jeremy’s images are selected for the Dive quest website gallery.

The October edition of Sport Diver magazine is published, featuring an article by Jeremy about our experiences diving the SS Yongala in Australia.

Selecting images from France and Italy for the website, plus work on other website upgrades and updates.

News of our latest galleries from southern Red Sea is posted on the BSOUP website.

News stories in the Wiltshire Times and Warminster Journal about Jeremy’s competition win.

A visit to the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, near Milan. We stayed in nearby Como, and found time to visit Belaggio, further up the lake. Lots of controversy all along the pit lane!

News reaches us that two images have made the final selection for the new Divequest brochure.

Pt IV of “Building a Photography Website” submitted to the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) for the “In Focus” magazine.

News of Jeremy’s Sport Diver Competition Win reaches the “This is Wiltshire” website, affiliated to the Wiltshire Times.

News of Jeremy’s Sport Diver Competition Win is posted on the BSOUP website.

Sport Diver magazine arrives announcing Jeremy’s Underwater Photographer of the Year Award 2007. The winning image graces the cover and there’s also a feature inside.

A short visit to the south of France, staying at Cassis, to the east of Marseille.

A ride to Wales on the R1200 GS to visit a friend who lives at Church Stoke near Bishops Castle. Route up via the old Severn Crossing, the Wye Valley, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow and Craven Arms. On the Saturday, we rode to the Lleyn Peninsula via Welshpool, Dolgellau and Portmadog. As most of the UK basked in… Continue reading 3rd – 5th August

It never ends! Ongoing article writing.

A ride on the R1200GS to Totnes in Devon.

More article writing to get on with, mainly about Australia and Egypt.

Selecting new images for the website, mostly from the Egypt trip.

Writing a short story about how the Sport Diver Underwater Photographer of the Year image was taken.

Great news from Sport Diver Magazine; editor Mark Evans calls with the news that Jeremy has won the overall prize for Sport Diver’s Underwater Photographer of the Year Competition 2007. The contest was to “Shoot the Cover” for the magazine. The winning image was taken at Cod Hole in Eastern Australia and features Amanda next… Continue reading 12th July

Third of a series of articles about building photographic websites is published in the BSOUP “In Focus” magazine.

A visit to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on the R1200 GS.

A visit to the Egyptian Red Sea, aboard the Sea Serpent liveaboard based out of Marsa Alam. Areas visited included St. Johns, Fury Shoals and Elphinstone. It was a great week for photos, with Amanda’s clownfish image winning the on-board photo competition. It features as our August “Image of the month”.

Continued article writing based on Australia travels.

Article describing our diving experiences aboard the Kona Aggressor in Hawaii is published in Sport Diver magazine.

A short Bank Holiday visit to Scotland, staying on the shores of Loch Ness.

Selecting images for articles and the website. A lot to choose from!

Heading home with an overnight pitstop in Singapore.

In Cairns, the end of a great trip.

Dubious weather and a tsunami warning didn’t stop the Spirit of Freedom dive live aboard from leaving Cairns. An excellent trip with improving weather, we visited the Ribbon Reefs and the “world famous” Cod Hole before flying back to Cairns from Lizard Island.

Three nights in remote Alva Beach and two days to dive the Wreck of the SS Yongala. We were lucky with the weather. Several trips had been cancelled during the week before our arrival.

Overnight in Mackay.

The flight back to “Bundi” and a short (by Australian standards) drive to the fantastically named Town of 1770.

Article describing the diving experiences of Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park appears in Sport Diver magazine. More articles to follow in 2007.

A visit to the monthly British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) meeting at the Imperial College in London.

Back to nature at the excellent Lady Elliot Island eco resort. A great place, simple living, nesting turtles, thousands of birds, fantastic diving and the smell of guano! Very “camera happy” here.

Pt II of “Building a Photography Website” submitted to the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) for the “In Focus” magazine.

A four hour drive to Bundaberg, famous for its rum, and for us, the gateway to Lady Elliot Island on the southernmost tip of the Great Barrier Reef.

A visit to the annnual Visions In The Sea underwater photography and film event in London, hosted by Ocean Optics.

Set off for Beerwah, home of Australia Zoo, passing Brisbane to the left. The zoo was a “happy sad” place following the recent death of Aussie icon, conservationist and global megastar Steve Irwin. Nearby Landsborough was nice too, with a good pub.

A visit to Antibes on the Cote D’Azur in the south of France, to the annual underwater photography and film festival.

A last minute decision to ride the R1200 Adventure to the Dive Show at NEC – gained some useful knowledge about Australia next year. The ride home was via Warwick and down through the Cotswolds taking in Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Stow, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cirencester and Tetbury.

A dive under Swanage Pier. The conditions were “total pea soup”, so very little to show from it photographically.

A long drive North to Coffs Harbour. Took an interesting “loop” away from the main road passing the Myall Lakes National Park, the Booti Booti National Park, Forster and Tuncurry. We rejoined the Pacific Highway south of Taree and pressed on, bypassing Port Macquarie, and then through Kempsey and Mackville.

Selecting images from Hawaii for the website and an upcoming magazine article.

First of a series of articles about building photographic websites is published in the BSOUP “In Focus” magazine.

Three days to enjoy Sydney. I’ve heard it called “the world’s best address”.

A visit to the “Big Island” of Hawaii to dive the Kona Coast aboard the “Kona Aggressor” liveaboard with a group of underwater photographers led by Martin Edge. Also, we had time after the liveaboard for a night in Kona and a spectacular helicopter ride around the entire island, passing the erupting volcano of Kilauea.

A stopover in Singapore. A chance for a rest, and a few photos before the flight to Sydney.

Second dome port for the D200/Subal underwater rig arrives from Ocean Optics.