Photography by Maxwel Hohn / Words by Roseanne Keatley
Black rockfish explore their bull kelp neighbourhood. Photo: Maxwel Hohn
Life is thought to have evolved in the ancient seas, long before it was able to colonize land. Little is known about the first plants, but it is thought that they must have been closely related to some of the larger seaweeds, such as kelp, that have stronger stems and rootlike holdfasts for anchoring the plant against the pull of the tides…

Words and Photography by Jill Heinerth
Photo: Jill Heinerth
In 1992, Editors Valerie Grey and Joe Prosser published the NSS Cave Diving Manual, which guided my education as a cave diver. Even before my first training class began, I knew I would seek out the location on the back cover of the book. I had never seen anything as beautiful…

By Michel Gilbert & Danielle Alary
At this is shallow depth, we have plenty of time to compose individual shots as this octopus moves about. Photo: Sub Images
Seemingly ifinite memory card capacity, large buffers, impressive firing rates: all things that may turn you into a lazy photographer. Is there a curse hidden in our favourite tools, or does gear make us better photographers?
We recently watched an interview with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz…