Richard Cook has been diving for about 30 years. Back then, diving suits were DIY affairs cut out and glued on the kitchen floor.

He took up photography about 20 years ago, using an old Anfibian Brev Gagy 35mm camera, but soon gave it up as a bad job. A few years later he took it up again, this time using a Calypso (the forerunner to his NikII). After some time and a lot of perseverance via a Nik III, IV and V with all the accompanying lenses things clicked, and Richard began to be pleased with his results.

Richard has had several photos and diving articles published. He was also the cameraman on several underwater videos - Dive Scapa Flow, Truck 1⁄2, Key Largo, West palm Beach, Dive palau and Scotland's Wrecks. He also contributed to Rod MacDonal's first book, Dive Scapa Flow. He has worked for Divex - a commercial manufacturing diving company - photographing the Stealth Rebreather.

Apart from the cameras already mentioned, Richard also uses an F90X and a Sea & Sea NX90Z housing, flat and dome port, YS120 flash units, 20mm & 60mm lens AF.

Richard has worked in the offshore/commercial diving industry as a diving equipment technician for the last 25 years.

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