Scubaverse UWP Winners Gallery: Jan Leya

Published 4 years agoon August 5, 2022

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 July winner was Jan Leya.

What do you love about diving & underwater photography?

Anyone who has ever encountered a shark in the open sea can immediately see how
impressive, endangered and at the same time how beautiful our oceans are. Diving in the
sea or lake, in warm or cold waters, allows me to switch off and forget everyday life. My
camera allows me to capture these moments, archive them and show them to the world. To
show what beauty is so close to us and yet so invisible to almost everyone. Now, I use the
time outside of my workday to travel the world, photographing and showcasing its versatility
– especially under the surface. From small to large, I seek respectful, natural interaction with
our marine life to raise awareness of this fragile, acutely endangered ecosystem through my
images.

What equipment do you use?

What started with an inexpensive action camera solidified over the years to my current setup. Currently I use a SONY Alpha 6400 in a Fantasea body equipped with two INON Z-330
flashes and two Weefine Smart 3000 video lights. At the moment I prefer to use my SONY
90mm f/2.8 macro lens or the SIGMA 16mm f/1.4. I also have the SONY 30mm f/3.5 macro
lens, the SONY 10-18mm f/4 wide-angle lens and the SONY 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 at my
disposal

Where can our readers see more of your work?

www.instagram.com/blubber_jan

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