COVER FEATURE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Continuing in the spirit of cool and colorful British Columbia, we're happy to share the good news about a new feature of ours showcasing BC's Vancouver Island, and it's hot off the press. Thanks to our fellow scuba divers, Stephen Frink (publisher of Divers Alert Network's Alert Diver Magazine), and of course the amazing marine life large and small living below (and jumping above) the waves in our backyard.

 

FOUR RECENT MAGAZING COVER CREDITS

Four recent magazine covers nicely showing the scope of our marine photography collection. Worldwide coverage of marine life large and small, serving editorial and commercial markets for more than 25 years.

CAYMAN ISLANDS

As some of you probably know from following my better half Melissa Singh Cole (she who is infinitely better at regularly communicating with the social media world), our last photo shoot slash scuba diving trip was in the Cayman Islands. Thanks to the company of good friends, and cool critters like stingrays and friendly Nassau groupers, we had lots of fun, even with weather and diving conditions that at times were far from perfect. 

 

I am just now beginning the edit, so it may be a while before I can point you to all of the new images. Please let us know if you have any immediate photo needs from Grand Cayman or Little Cayman and I will work on those pictures first in order to help with your project.

It's going to be a busy fall and winter, with upcoming travel including local diving in Washington and British Columbia and travel further afield to Baja Mexico, Sri Lanka, Norway, etc. I have no intention of allowing my gills to dry out.

CUBA ABOVE AND BELOW

Earlier this year we explored Cuba's Gardens of the Queen National Park. We enjoyed great diving with sharks, healthy coral reefs, and close-up encounters with crocodiles in the mangroves. Havana's people, culture, architecture and scenery proved to be a big bonus. Here is a slideshow of photos from the trip:

http://www.brandoncole.com/WEBGALLERIES/Cuba_171_800pixels/

These images are also on our web site ( http://tinyurl.com/zt44gaz ) and now ready for licensing. Please contact us and let us know how we can be of assistance.

ARTICLE ABOUT SCUBA DIVING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA

Here's one of our recent published articles, "Lords of the Fjords", featuring cold, deep diving in British Columbia from a shoot in February. This winter we will be busy in warmer climes!

http://www.scubadiving.com/advanced-adventure-fjord-diving-in-british-columbia?image=0

OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARKS IN EGYPT'S RED SEA

I'm currently in Istanbul, Turkey, on my way home from Egypt where I was photographing in the Red Sea, training my cameras on coral reefs, shipwrecks, and sharks. Front and center were oceanic whitetip sharks, like this beautiful creature with its attendant pilotfish bodyguards who ride in the slipstream of this open ocean wanderer.

This shoot wraps up a travel marathon stretching over three months, during which time I created new images of humpback whales in Tonga, great white sharks in Mexico, giant octopus in British Columbia, among many other critters large and small. I'm looking forward to taking a little breather til the end of the year, when we will once again take to the seas.

Safe and Happy Holidays to everyone,

Brandon and Melissa

PROTESTING THE TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT

Just wanted to say thank you to Donna Cox and her daughter for demonstrating in front of the Los Angeles Japanese Consulate yesterday. Donna made a poster using one of our dolphin pictures and stood up for the dolphins of Taiji, Japan by demonstrating against the yearly slaughter of thousands of dolphins. Have you seen the excellent movie The Cove yet? You should. It's all about this atrocity. Visit here:

http://www.takepart.com/cove