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The happiest day of my life?
The happiest day of my life?

The happiest day of my life?

Me, in my much younger days at the helm of Encounter. I sold my sailboat this week, and just handed over the keys today to the new owner. However I am not sure that old adage, “The second happiest day…

Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People
Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People

Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People

It’s called “Kumbh Mela“, and it happens over the course of 2 1/2 months in one of the four different holy locations in India that periodically host this festival on a rotational basis.  During that time, more than 130 million…

Red Sea Diving Tips – Don’t Feed the Toucan, Don’t Tickle the Morays, and Don’t Laugh at the Dolphins
Red Sea Diving Tips – Don’t Feed the Toucan, Don’t Tickle the Morays, and Don’t Laugh at the Dolphins

Red Sea Diving Tips – Don’t Feed the Toucan, Don’t Tickle the Morays, and Don’t Laugh at the Dolphins

Just completed a week long scuba diving trip to the Red Sea, something that has taken me about 40 years to get around to, so I thought I would pass on some Wandering Honeybadger Tips… So my target location to…

My SCUBA Resume
My SCUBA Resume

My SCUBA Resume

The Wandering Honeybadger, Red Sea, Egypt, 2018 I was certified back in 1976 over here in Victoria, BC, Canada.  I have been diving continuously since 1976, and in addition to putting more than 5000 hours underwater in a wide variety…

Up Close and Personal With Whale Sharks
Up Close and Personal With Whale Sharks

Up Close and Personal With Whale Sharks

The possibility of seeing and photographing whale sharks, was one of the things in the Philippines that I was interested in checking out. In the past, while on diving adventures in other exotic locations around the world such as Thailand,…

Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!
Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!

Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!

I have been in the water with a variety of shark species around the world (via either scuba or snorkeling), including: harmless Whale sharks in the Philippines, Six Gill sharks in B.C. Canada, Leopard sharks in Thailand, Nurse and Caribbean…

Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia
Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia

Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia

Sunset in Karumba – the only difficult part with this shot was to concentrate on the composition, while avoiding getting any of the “Beware of Crocodile” signs that are posted all along the beach into the image, and of course…

“Thy Mother Mated With A Scorpion”
“Thy Mother Mated With A Scorpion”

“Thy Mother Mated With A Scorpion”

I was lamenting to a friend recently about how I trained as a professional photographer in my 20’s, but never made any money directly from working behind a camera… my career was managing other peoples photos.. e.g. records, archives, digitization…

Passages

Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island – 1990 San Diego to Cabo San Lucas – 1996 Dodecanese Islands, Greece – 2001 Marshall Islands – Various Atolls – 2003 Galapagos Islands – 2016 more details coming soon