Before our 2013 projects get underway, we thought it would be good to look back at 2012 and see what happened at Frogfish Photography over the last 12 months. We have picked 10 images from 2012 to illustrate what it meant to us. It was a big year for us, as we moved house in the middle of the year. In the first half of the year, we were busy with overseas trips to Florida, St Eustatius and the Red Sea.
In Florida we traveled with a close friend to visit the Manatees and then head south to the Keys to photograph the Vandenburg.
In Florida we traveled with a close friend to visit the Manatees and then head south to the Keys to photograph the Vandenburg.
Nick and I were then invited by the St Eustatius tourist board to come to this magical Caribbean island and get some images of the amazing artificial reefs, one of which, the Charlie Brown, we had helped to sink 10 years ago
In June we accompanied a wonderful group of 24 divers, underwater photographers and friends to the Red Sea. We chartered Emperor Divers Elite boat to do the Simply the Best itinerary of The Brothers, Deadalus and Elphinstone. Great diving, company and weather made this a special trip.
As the summer was now upon us, we were desperately trying to complete our move, so that we could get on with some UK diving before the season was finished! Of course, the Olympics and Paralympics had begun and kept us glued to the TV too. The day we moved, we had a call from The Sun newspaper asking us for an image for their cover for the coverage of the Paralympics.
We did eventually get some UK diving done, and managed 4 trips up to the Farne Islands over the summer months, and while the visibility was never at it's best this year, Caroline managed to get this shot, which came 2nd in the BSoUP/DIVER print competition at the Dive Show.
We also were given the opportunity to do some more work in pools, with a couple of unusual photo shoots near the end of the year. The first was to take some underwater dog portraits for a company called K9Swim in Manchester. This was fantastic, with 18 dogs jumping in over the day.
We were also asked to photograph an inspirational young boy, who had lost his legs at the age of 1 and now, at the age of 7 had just been made a pair of artificial legs with fins on the end for swimming! This is for a news piece which will come out this year. He was amazing in the water, never keeping still for a minute, which made the shoot a challenge!
Late in the year, we took part in the 3 Deeps Challenge, where we completed 3 deep dives, in 3 countries, in 1 day! We went along to get images for the Sport Diver article and also helped the team raise over £2000 for The Christie and Macmillan Nurses.
We loved the first dive in Loch Long so much that we went back a couple of weeks later! We were married on the shores of this loch, in Arrochar, so it was great to return and finally dive here. It will be a destination for 2013 too! Our final dive was on Halloween evening, and so I love this spooky crab Nick shot.
Other achievements in 2012 include raising over £3500 for The Shark Trust, when a group of Frogfish friends completed a triathlon. In 2013 we will be supporting the Marine Conservation Society and will be giving the triathlon another go, as well as finding new challenges to raise money.
We were published in Sport Diver, with both travel articles and a monthly feature on Marine Behaviour. We have a new series coming out for 2013. New publications that commissioned work from us in 2012 were Wild Travel and NPhoto Magazines. We also had stories about us published in Take A Break, The Metro, The Sun and MEN newspapers.
Now it is time to look forward to 2013. We hope you will join us along the way.
