Finding and Photographing Fishes and Their Behaviors

No doubt about it, the amazing diversity in the world of fishes brings many people to diving. But there is a lot more to enjoying the world of fishes than just seeing them and moving on. Learning where and when to look for different species, watching fishes go about their daily lives, gaining some understanding of their nuanced behaviors, and photographing them can add a lot of fun to your diving. Certainly, photographing fishes well is an endeavor filled with challenges. But it is also very educational in terms of getting to know Mother Ocean, and it is lot of fun and extremely rewarding when you capture the images you have in mind. 
Marty plans to share insights into how to find various fish species in the reef communities and muck at the Atlantis Dive Resorts in Dumaguete and Puerto Galera in the Philippines, insights into their behaviors, and his thoughts and techniques about what he does to try to capture his fish photographs. He has been trying to get those perfect shots for almost 50 years.

About Marty

Honored with the 2018 NOGI Award in the Arts by the Underwater Academy of Arts and Sciences, an EMMY Award winning cinematographer and author, a recipient of DEMA’s Reaching Out Award in 2008, and a widely published still photographer, Marty Snyderman has worked to conserve and share the magic of the undersea world for more than four decades. 
He serves as the Marine Life Editor of Dive Training magazine, producing at least three columns in every issue including a photography column entitled Behind the Lens, and is the Senior Editor of California Diving News. Marty’s still photography has also been used by the National Geographic Society, Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, Sport Diver, Diver, Ranger Rick, Smithsonian, Ocean Realm, Discovery books, Discover Diving magazine, Scuba Times magazine, and Skin Diver magazine, where he served as the photography columnist for all three magazines, and many major publications, natural history museums, and aquaria including the Monterrey Bay, Shedd, National, Seattle, Shedd, and Miami aquaria. Marty has worked with Nikon Inc. teaching courses at destinations around the world and authored an underwater camera course for Sea&Sea USA. 

There's more about Marty and great images on his site: martysnyderman.com