Picking the right season is crucial for many migratory species of animals. Weather also plays a part; the oceans, the currents, water visibility, precipitation and wind are all elements that will either impede of aid your hunt for sightings.
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
With any expeditions to remote places, local knowledge and support is vital. We are often working under tight time pressures, which doesn’t give you the flexibility to chew up days working-it-out on the ground. Before any trip even begins, we start by researching the best operators in a given area. Our first questions relate to timing.
“Ghosts of the Arctic was the type of passion project that my boyhood dreams were made of, I’ve always been drawn to places that are hard to get to.
The polar regions fit those criteria like nowhere else.”
ABRAHAM JOFFE
Sharks have a mirror-like layer in the back of the eye called which protects their eyes from thrashing prey. Some sharks, like the tiger shark, cover their eyes with a nictitating membrane, while others, like the great white shark, roll their eyes back into the sockets.
FINALLY COMES THE GOOD STUFF
The dynamic movement scuba gives you can be incredibly freeing. With camera in hand, you effectively become your own dolly track, jib, or drone. You can swim around subjects with the smoothness a dolly, rise above a scene and give a bird’s eye perspective, or perform slow push-ins or outs which all add drama to the capture.
