BDPhotographs is now live on YouTube! If you enjoy the content here, I’d encourage you to subscribe, like, and share, tell your neighbors, all that jazz… The channel will add a video dimension to the photography techniques and tips that I use in my images (without being long-winded and technical, I promise!) Often there are interesting stories behind the images — challenges, surprises, successes, and failures. Videos will also take viewers behind-the-scenes to see where, when, and how images are captured. I can’t think of a better way to kick off this new channel than to take viewers underwater with me to get up close and personal with my favorite animals — sharks! See a great hammerhead shark bite (and spit out) my camera in distaste. Come for the sharks, stay for the photos, and subscribe for the next video. Thank you!

See what it's like to be in the water cage-free with large sharks - and learn the basics about how to photograph them - behind the scenes of a photo expedition to Tiger Beach. My base settings for shark photography are f/11, 1/160 shutter, ISO 100, Strobes 1/4 power, auto white balance, and one-shot auto-focus - adjustments as needed for the scene.