12/13/2012
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Marietta Islands

Balloonfish
Diodon holocanthus

Canon G12
Internal flash

12/11/2012
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Juvenile Octopus
Octopus sp.

on a Market Squid egg case
Doryteuthis opalescens

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal flash

12/16/2012
Point Loma
90 feet

The nudibranch
Tritonia festiva

Canon T3i
Nauticam housing
Dual Inon Z-240 strobes
60mm macro w/ Inon 165 wet closeup lens
f/22, 1/160, ISO 200

12/16/2012
Palos Verdes
Wreck of the Avalon
80 feet

School of Blacksmith
Chromis punctipinnis

Nikon D200
Dual DS-125 strobes
Tamron 17-50mm lens

12/10/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
60 feet

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS-125 and DS-161 strobes
Sola 800 focus light with the red light on low power ("important because the goby wasn't scared away by the red light! ...love it!")

12/16/2012
Point Loma
90 feet

Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum

Sony DSC-RX100
Nauticam housing
Continuous lighting with a Sola 1200

12/12/2012
La Jolla Shores

An Armina
Armina californica

feeding on a Sea Pansy
Renilla koellikeri

while a shrimp catches a ride
Heptacarpus sp.

Nikon D200
60mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter