A Collection of Underwater Creatures

In this week’s blog post I’m going somewhat back in time to one of my first outings with a mirrorless camera, before I switched over all my Canon equipment. I wanted to test the capabilities of this newer equipment in one of the most challenging environments I typically photograph: aquariums. They are dimly lit, the subjects are constantly in motion, and focusing through thick and concave glass can prove extremely challenging. The images I am sharing here were taken at San Diego’s Birch Aquarium at Scripps, which offers a diverse collection of fish, molluscs, jellyfish, and more!

A Nostalgic Feeling

I was lucky enough to spend three years studying for my undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford in the UK, and I still miss it at times. The city is a charming mixture of many architectural styles, dating as far back as the 1000s, when it was founded. My college was more modern than most, built exclusively with the purpose of accepting women as students and academic staff at the University in Victorian times, but I still got to explore almost every other college in my time there. The collection of images below is a little longer than my usual blog post length, but I hope it will be a fun one to scroll through.