Frank Schneider
I already started with photography whilst at highschool. One of my early short exams was a fictious Formula-1 reportage. Somehow, that must have pointed out my later profession...
After my sportdiver certification in 1982 a more or less technical question to the chiefeditor of the scuba diving magazine "tauchen" surprisingly lead to the first order to write a travel report. This article, published in 1983, eventually turned out to be the starting point for my career as travel-journalist. My articles have been published in many countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Turkey and Croatia.
Today I work with the two digital Nikon-SLR-cameras "Nikon D3" and "Nikon D3X" and I use original Nikon lenses. Those range from a "16 mm fisheye" up to the telezoom "VR 70-200 mm", all which have a 2.8 f-stop.
Under water I use the "Nikon D3X" in a Seacam housing together with the fisheye lens, a "14-24 mm" wide angle zoom and the "60 mm macro" lens. One or two flashlights "Seacam Seaflash 150 TTL" take care of light and colors.
I entirely depend on my own equipment when it comes to reports which include underwater photography. I use a dry suit for cold water dives. Other than that, I dive with the Mares BCD "hybrid" and a "Carbon 42" regulator. For my safety I rely on my Mares computer "Icon HD".
Nearly all my articles feature a female model because, even though images of pure nature can be quite nice, it is always recommendable to liven up pictures with people. An experienced photo model is indispensable - and for professional underwater photography she must have the nerve to pose for the camera both in the close company of sharks as well as on a dreamlike beach.
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