Weekly Featured Photographer - Marco Gargiulo

Every week we will feature an underwater photographer who managed to leave us breathless.

This week’s featured photographer is Marco Gargiulo!

Marco is an Italian photographer using the D800 in an Isotta housing, with two Inon Z-240 strobes.

About Marco:

I was born in Naples on May 21st, 1968 and started to dive in the summer of the 1974, with my father Enrico and my mother Maria Rosaria, when I was only 6 years old. This year I celebrated my 40th anniversary from my first dive!

My father, who was also an underwater photographer, won the 1987 World CMAS Photosub Championship for Nations with the Italian Team.

I started to shoot photos underwater during 1979 with a Nikonos III and the filmstrip Ektachrome 64, then Ilfocrome 50 & 100 iso and finally Fuji Velvia.

I’m a hobbyist UW photographer, I enjoy winter night dive excursions very much, and I dive during the whole year, from spring to winter.

I have participated and won several Italian and international competitions, including 4 FIPSAS ITALIAN Fotosub & Foto Safari Championship, during 2010 – 2011 with a Nikon D7000.

Now I use a Nikon D800 in Isotta Isotecnic Housing, two Inon Z240 strobes triggered optically and also two analog Ikelite Substrobe S200’s, that I sometimes use for wide-angle shots.

For macro shots, I use Nikkor 105 mm Micro, Nikkor 60 mm Micro, sometimes combined with Subsee +5 or +10 additional lenses.

For wide-angle shots, I use Nikon 10.5 mm or Tokina 10-17 in a 4.5” dome, for the wide-angle close focus shots and for the wide-angle landscape photos I use the Sigma 15 mm with a 6” dome.

I’m a “Mediterranean” UW Photographer because I have no more time & money for trips and journey. I live in Sorrento (Naples) near the sea, just a few minutes from the saltwater ….

I dive in Sorrento, Massa Lubrense, Capri, Pozzuoli and Castellammare di Stabia.

Now i’m waiting my wife to come back from office and I’ll go diving!

Bye
Marco

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