4@
HIS
HIS WORK
HIS WORK BEGINS ALL WITH PICTURES.4@ >> 4@Reporter: IS THE NO JUST
LUCK 4@THAT HE HAS GOTTEN
COUNTLESS PICTURES.
>> I'VE BEEN DIVING FOR WELL
OVER 40 YEARS NOW. 4@
AND SINCE I STARTED WORKING
WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ABOUT
23 YEARS AGO, IT HAS RAMPED UP.
AND I TR4@AVEL TEN 4@TO TEN MON
A YEAR AND SPEND 4@MOST OF MY
TIME IN THE OWING.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU 4@
GENERALLY INCLINE TO CAPTURE?
>> THERE IS A FOREST AND ENERGY
THAT COMES 4@PERFECT WILDLIFE A
NATURE.
THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING 4@TO
CAPTURE.
>> IT 4@MAY BE THE GESTURE OF A
ANIMAL, THE EXPRESSION, THE
ESSENCE, 4@IF YOU WILL.
I THINK WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE
IT.
>> Reporter: I HAVE A FEELING 4@
MOST OF US HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THE CHALLENGES 4@ARE WHEN YOU'R
DOING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHLY.
LET'S START WITH THE LIGHTING.
>> 4@YOU NAILED IT.
LIGHTING IS EVERYTHING WITH
PHOTOGRAPHY.
UNDER WATER IS AVARIABLE.
IT GATHERS LIGHT, REFLECTS
LIGHT AND 4@ROBS COLOR FROM THE
PICK.
SO JUST A METER UNDER WATER,
EVEN IN THE CLEAREST OF WATER, @
YOU START TO LOSE THE WARM
COLORS, THE REDS, THE 4@YELLOWS
AND THE ORANGES.
SO YOU OFTEN IS TO BRING LIGHT
WITH YOU TO 4@4@GET THE COLOR I
DETAIL.
SO VARIABILITY OF THE
VISIBILITY.
ONE DAY THE WATER CAN BE CLEAR
AND ANOTHER DAY IT IS FULL OF
PARTICLES.
>> Reporter: YOU ALMOST ALWAYS
HAVE TO BE GET REALLY CLOSE TO @
THE 4@OCEAN CREATURES THAT YOU'
SHOOTING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I JOKE WITH 4@MY COUNTERPARTS,
CANNOT SIT IN A 4@CAMOUFLAGE
PLACE AND IN A REMOTE 4@LOCATIO
AND WAIT FOR AN ANIMAL TO 4@
WANDER PAST.
I HAVE TO GET WITHIN A METER OR
TWO OF MY4@ 4@SUBJECT.4@
IT IS UP TO THE ANIMAL.
I'M AMAZED HOW OFTEN 4@THEY DO
ALLOW ME INTO THEIR WORLD.
>> Reporter: 4@FOR AN UNDERWATE
PHOTOGRAPHER, TH4@ERE IS NO
SUBSTITUTE TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO
THE SUBJEC4@T.
>> THE CLOSER YOU ARE, THE LESS
WATER BETWEEN THE LENS AND TH4@
ANIMAL.
IT IS MORE IMPACTFUL.
AND I'M OFTENTIMES TRYING TO
LIGHT IT.
SO 4@4@IT IS PURELY UP TO THE S
>> Reporte4@r: THAT IS FINE IF
YOU DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF
FISH.
IT IS A GAME 4@WHEN YOU ARE
SHOOTING SHARKS?
>> YES.
I OFTEN FIND 4@MYSELF IN THIS
SITUATION AND THE SHARKS ARE
INDIFFERENCE TO YOU AND
SWIMMING AROUND YOU AND YOU'RE
PRAYING FOR THEM TO COME CLOSE
AND WHEN THEY GET A BEAT ON YOU
AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, 4@BE
CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
WITH THAT SAID, I'VE MADE
THOUSANDS 4@OF SHARK DIVES OVER
YEARS. 4@
THEY'RE MOSTLY POLITE.
>> Reporter: TO WORK FOR
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND TO WORK
FOR THAT 4@ORGANIZATION 4@IS IS
DREAM.
BUT IT THE PRESSURE 4@INTENSE.
BUT THEY SAY NO EXCUSES.
THEY BETTER DELIVER THE GOODS.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
GOT 4@IT OR YOU DIDN'T.
>> Reporter: IT GIVES YOU A
PREUNUSUAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM IN
YOUR LINE OF WORK, ISN'T IT?
YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEAS AND
THE ASSIGNMENTS 90 4@PLUS PERCE
YOUR LINE OF WORK, ISN'T IT? YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEAS AND THE ASSIGNMENTS 90 4@PLUS PERCE@
OF THE TIME?
>> THIS 4@DOES GIVE YOU THE
FREEDOM.
IN THE BEGINNING, I JUST 4@WANT
TO DO COOL STORIES OF THE
ANIMALS THAT I WAS INTERE4@STED
IN.
SO A BIG PART OF MY CAREER WAS
FOCUSED ON PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONS IN NATURE4@.
AND NOW AS A STORY TELLER, I'M
LOOKING FOR 4@NEW WAYS TO GRAB
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
I'4@M GETTING AT IT FROM
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> Reporter: WHAT HE HOPES TO
DO AT THIS STAGE 4@OF HIS CAREE
IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE
DAMAGE4@ THAT HUMANS ARE DOING
THE OCEAN.
>> THERE IS A LOT 4@OF BAD NEWS
OUT THERE.
WE TOOK 90% OF THE BIG FISH
FROM THE OCEAN AND 4@LOST OF TH
WORLD'S CORRAL REEFS 4@AND
DUMPING 18 BILLION POUNDS OF
PLASTIC.
WE HAVE TO BE 4@RESPONSIBLE.
AS A JOURNALIST I HAVE TO
PRESENT THOSE FACTS AND GIVE A
VISUAL CONTEXT TO 4@IT.
>> Reporter: HE DOESN'T WANT TO
LEAVE PEOPLE IN DESPAIR.
HE WANTS TO SHOW LIGHT ON 4@
SOLUTIONS.
>> ULTIMATELY TO FALL THE 4@4@
REASONS TO FALL LOW.
YOU 4@PROTECT WHAT YOU LOVE.
>> Reporter: EVERY 4@OTHER BREA
THAT A HUMAN BEING TAKES COMES
FROM THE OCEAN.
IT ABOUT STORY TELLING FROM
SCIENCE