Aloha to"Big Kahuna Diver"underwater photography
And M2 Dive Adventures
Aloha,
   
My name is Mike and I started this web page to share some of my underwater photos with you. I began my diver training in southern California in 1987 with Pacific School of Scuba where i became a NAUI Divmaster. During a dive in 1991 in Truk Lagoon, where i was working as a DM, Jim Church handed me his Nikonos RS and asked me to finish the roll out. That was my first underwater photography experience. Kul! 
For me Photography is about perception and light, two things that are in Constance change, Remember "don't fear change".

     I have worked on a live-aboard dive boat in Truk Lagoon in Micronesia and in the Bahamas and have been to places as far off as  Australia's Ribbon Reefs and Coral Sea, Maui and The Big Island of Hawaii, The Turks and Caicos, The Bahamas, Belize, Cayman, Tobago, The Bay Islands, The Exumas cays, The Berry Islands, La Paz Mexico, The Northeastern Caribbean and most of  the southern California Chanel islands. I have been working as a DM on the Dive/Research vessel Dolphin Dream where We do week long trips to the Bahamas to swim with Atlantic spotted Dolphins, Scuba dive the beautiful reefs and do organized shark dives with Tiger, Lemon and reef sharks at "Tiger Beach".  We also did a  month long (2500nm) Whale research trip with the
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization(BMMRO) the end of 2007.
Come join us for a trip of a lifetime!

Live Aloha!, Mahalo, Sat Nam, Namaste
M2 (aka) The Big kahuna

In my camera bag......
Nikon D70s / Aquatica housing
Nikonos V  & III
Nikon F-100

My lense of choice are,
Nikon AF 10.5mm f2.8 DX
Nikon AF-S 12-24mm f4  DX,
Nikon AF-S 18-200 f3.5-5.6 VR-DX,
Nikon AF 80-400mm f4.5-5.5 VR
Nikon AF 60mm f2.8 D  micro
UW Nikkor 15mm f2.8
2 Nikonos SB-105s speedlights
The Dream Team: wild dolphin and shark trips
H2opictures:   A great site for underwater photos

contact
bigkahunadiver@yahoo.com
Truk Lagoon, Micronesia
New sharks 9/08
Cayman Islands
new dolphins 9/08
vayamos a Roatan !
All photos copyrighted "BigKahunaDiver.com"
Don't piss the Tiki God off by stealing his photos,
He'll put a hex on ya!
Jimmy Buffett: need we say more? Fins UP !!!
Blue pixel: another good site for photography
Ken rockwell: good site for photography
BMMRO  whale trip
Weather moods
Latitudes & Attitudes: The best sailing rag around!
Beware ye that click
Big Kahuna Links:
Nassua, Bahamas
RELAX......It's alright.......
This n That
2  Margarita Mike
Live Aloha story
Please sign my guest book and say Aloha!
Blog
T
h
e
w
o
r
l
d
A
c
c
o
r
d
i
n
g
                                                               12/01/08 update
Well,Well we have just finished the year with 3 weeks of Shark diving the Little Bahamas Bank aboard the Dolphin Dream and i grabed some really kul shots!
I can not tell you how lucky i was to meet and dive with so many great photographers and very talented divers. How totally kul it was to dive with The Animal Planet, Jonathan Bird, Marty Snyderman,Takaji Ochi, Sharkdiver Magazine with Eli and his Great group!, ABC4 Explore, The Sharkman Wolfgang leander and his son Felix, David Ulloa of Under sea Expeditionary video, Gabriel Beyrent and Two very talented photographers Amanda Cotton and Fiona Ayerst. Everybody was truly amazing and i would encourage all to Google  them, you wont be dissappointed.
Mahalo to one and all!
M2


Bahamas Diving 9/08
Windard islands
A great site to learn and improve your underwater photo technics is just a click away!
1