Biography

Andrew was born in 1965 and currently lives in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. He has always had a passion for water. When learning to swim, he always wanted to try the diving boards. Aged 6 he joined a diving club and progressed quickly. At the age of 13, he was travelling around the world competing in many international diving competitions and diving displays with his diving club (Highgate diving club).

Andrew represented Great Britain on the springboards and highboards in the World championships in 1978. Although diving ceased through injury, his love of water continued and he took up water skiing.

He eventually started scuba diving in 1999, when he joined Enfield BSAC 1105: www.enfieldbsac1105.co.uk
He is currently a BSAC Dive Leader www.bsac.com
Initially, all his diving was in the United Kingdom. However, scuba diving has taken him to many places around the world including Bali, Bermuda, Borneo, Burma/Myanmar, Cayman Islands, Cocos Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Red Sea (north & south), Maldives, Thailand and South Africa.

On his 18th Birthday, he got his first SLR camera which went everywhere with him. Once the bug for scuba diving had taken hold, he had to take underwater pictures too. This has been his biggest passion ever since and always gets excited about his next trip...

Andrew was introduced to the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) www.bsoup.org in 2007. Talking to other members, seeing their images and going on BSoUP organised trips, has helped him to progress his photography further.

His most fun dive was in Grand Cayman - Stingray city:

Being swamped by stingrays!

His potentially most scary dive was in South Africa diving with the Great white sharks without a cage. However in reality, diving with 4 Oceanic whitetips in the Red Sea, was significantly more dangerous.

 

All that he wants to do now, is spend as much time as possible underwater, taking more photos!!!…