Featured Photographers

Featured Underwater Photographer – Mike Veitch

One of the best ways to learn photography is to see other photographers’ work. We try to find some of the best underwater photographers in the world, and showcase their work, along with the gear they use, to help other aspiring photographers improve, learn new skills and get inspired.

This time we will feature the talented Mike Veitch!

© Mike Veitch | Pregnant pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Pregnant pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

About Mike

Mike Veitch is a Canadian national who has been living in the Indo-Pacific since the late 90s and no longer believes in snow or shoes and certainly not snowshoes. Starting his diving life in the Republic of Palau in 1999, Mike has since worked in Fiji, Tahiti (Tuamotu), Yap, and Indonesia with many travels in between. Mike is a well known underwater photographer who contributes to many international magazines with his photography and writing and won first place in the “World in Our Hands” category of the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards in 2013. With a passion for teaching others the art of underwater photography, Mike leads all of the Underwater Tribes photographic trips and seminars and you will quite often find him underwater with a slate in hand adjusting someone else’s strobes!

Mike’s Gear

Mike is currently using a Nikon D7000, Aquatica housing, Sea and Sea Strobes and Fix Light video lights.

© Mike Veitch | An octopus makes its home inside a discarded coconut shell, Puri Jati, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | An octopus makes its home inside a discarded coconut shell, Puri Jati, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Bali
© Mike Veitch | Bali

© Mike Veitch | Mola Mola being cleaned by Longfin Bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Mola Mola being cleaned by Longfin Bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Chinese seasnake, Laticauda semifasciata, Gunung Api or Snake Island, Banda Sea, Nusa Tengarra, Eastern Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Chinese seasnake, Laticauda semifasciata, Gunung Api or Snake Island, Banda Sea, Nusa Tengarra, Eastern Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Local children swimming from small outrigger canoes using home made goggles, Alor Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Local children swimming from small outrigger canoes using home made goggles, Alor Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | A sea krait or banded sea snake, Laticauda colubrina, surfacing for air, Bunaken National Park, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | A sea krait or banded sea snake, Laticauda colubrina, surfacing for air, Bunaken National Park, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Bigeye conger blending in with sponge field, Ariosoma anagoides, Lembeh Strait, Bitung, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Bigeye conger blending in with sponge field, Ariosoma anagoides, Lembeh Strait, Bitung, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Blue ring octopus displaying rings, Hapalochlaena sp., Lembeh Strait, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Blue ring octopus displaying rings, Hapalochlaena sp., Lembeh Strait, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Sunrays illuminate a jellyfish, Mastigias sp., Jellyfish Lake, Kakaban Island, Berau, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Sunrays illuminate a jellyfish, Mastigias sp., Jellyfish Lake, Kakaban Island, Berau, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

© Mike Veitch | Halmahera
© Mike Veitch | Halmahera

© Mike Veitch | Halmahera
© Mike Veitch | Halmahera

© Mike Veitch | Cendrawasih
© Mike Veitch | Cendrawasih

© Mike Veitch | Moluccan seahorse portrait, Hippocampus moluccensis, Beangabang Bay, Pantar Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
© Mike Veitch | Moluccan seahorse portrait, Hippocampus moluccensis, Beangabang Bay, Pantar Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

If you want to see more from Mike, visit his portfolio Here.

To sign up for Mike’s Underwater Photography Courses, contact him Here.

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