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September 17, 2011 by matt

New Sponsor: AquaTech

AquaTech

I’m super excited to announce my first sponsorship! I have partnered up with AquaTech, a company that specializes in camera housings, sport shields and other photography accessories. These guys build their products with adventure photographers in mind and I can’t wait til I get my new housing in. What initially caught my eye is their attention to detail when it comes to housing accessories. The winner for me is the ability to fire the camera remotely by using their Pocket Wizard housing. I have been sitting on all sorts of ideas that require a housing and firing the camera within it remotely. Now that I have access to that, I can’t wait to see what creative shots I can come up with. I leave for the Seychelles in two months and when I return I’ll write an extensive review on both my new camera body (Canon 7D) and the new housing (AquaTech CO-7).

AquaTech CO-7 for Canon 7D

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April 20, 2011 by matt

Seychelles – Pre Trip

I’ve got an opportunity in November that not many on this planet get to take advantage of. In 8 months I will be traveling to the Seychelles — a group of atolls and islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This place is perhaps the most epic, remote saltwater fishery in the world. At 27 years old, I honestly didn’t expect to make it to the Seychelles before 30. I’m very fortunate that my employer, Tailwaters Fly Fishing allows for me to travel to such destinations to photograph these adventures.

Photo: David Leake

For this trip I am expected to do exactly what I did in Los Roques last March — document the trip with my camera. Yes, it was tough watching everyone catch fish, but my love for photography helps me cope with that. While I anticipate visiting the Seychelles more than once, I want to do everything in my power to prepare for this trip, making sure I come home with a job well done. I only have a week to tell a great story, so properly preparing will make this trip much less stressful and ultimately most successful. Over the next 8 months I will write a series of posts covering the following topics:

- Choosing equipment
- How I will use my equipment
- DSLR Video
- Packing for the long trip
- Putting together a shot list
- Creating a video timeline
- Visualizing the shoot

If any of you feel like you have something that might be worth contributing on the topics above, feel free to email me. A guest post is always welcome here.

Stay tuned for posts to come!