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 Peter Bergquist from Sweden is an experienced dive instructor and underwater
photographer with lots of experience from the Red Sea. During his career he's
also been working in Indonesia, on Gran Canaria and onboard the 120 meters long
sailing ship Star Clipper.
You usually find him on the reefs around Hurghada, where he swims around in his
red wetsuit and a camera in his hands. At the moment he's taking some time
working on his "green water photography" around the Swedish island of Gotland.
When Peter got his first under water camera he was hooked and his life would
change. In 2003 he bought a small Canon Ixus400 digital camera with an
underwater housing, and from there it's just became more expensive cameras. His
current photo equipment is a Nikon D200, Nikkor 60mm macro, Sigma 105mm macro
and Tokina 12-24mm. He puts the camera inside an Ikelite underwater-housing and
is only using a single Subtronic Gamma flash.
Considering that he more or less never used a camera before 2003, he thinks that
he's doing pretty OK, but there are always things that can be improved. For
Peter it's the underwater photography that ranks the highest and as a far
distant second place comes land photography. He think that it's more challenging
to take a great underwater photo then a land photo, and that is one of the
things that motivates him. Peter prefers to take macro pictures over wide angle.
It's a challenge to hover steady while waiting for a small blenny to stay still
long enough to get a sharp picture.
His pictures have been published by Greenpeace, in the German edition of
Digital Photo as well as Wielki Błękit which is the largest East European dive
magazine.
You'll find more of his pictures at his personal webpage
www.pedda.com
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