Scubaverse UWP Winners Gallery: Bill Passmore

Published 5 years agoon June 17, 2021

Each month we give the winner of the Scubaverse Underwater Photography competition the opportunity to show off a little more of their work in a gallery. The May winner was Bill Passmore and you can see his winning image at the top of this page.

What do you love about diving & underwater photography?

I love the peacefulness and the chance to see, and share, a world that so many people never get to experience. The wonder of the ocean is truly incredible.

The band “America” wrote that the “ocean is a desert with it’s life underground and the perfect disguise above.” Here, in the Dominican Republic, that is so very true. Through my photos I hope to be able to help educate people that a unique world exists under the water and we need to be the guardians of that world.

There is nothing that compares with someone seeing the beauty of nature for the first time, and I love the smiles that those bring to everyone’s faces.

What equipment do you use?

My macro setup is a Canon SL2 with a Canon 60 mm prime macro lens in an Ikelite housing and dual Ikelite DS 160 strobes. For the really close subjects I add an INON UCL 165 M67 diopter.

Wide angle I use a Canon 5D Mk2 with a Sigma 15mm rectangular fisheye lens in an Ikelite housing. For lighting I use the dual Ikelite DS 160 strobes.

Where can our readers see more of your work?

WEBSITE: www.billpassmore.com

To enter the latest Scubaverse Underwater Photography competition, with a chance to win some great prizes as well as have your own gallery published, head over to the competition page and upload up to 3 images.

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com