Born in Brittany (north-west of France), I am a journalist by profession and a self-taught underwater photographer. The ocean, marine life, coral reefs and environmental issues are my favorite subjects. I also blog (in french) about scuba-diving and travelling on Bubbles Underwater & Beyond (Petites Bulles d’Ailleurs).
My very first underwater photography experience was in 2005, while on vacations, in the warm waters of Thailand where I was scuba-diving. I had bought at a tourist shop a very simple disposable camera enclosed in a waterproof plastic box (and it came with a photographic film)… Thrilled by my first 36 poor shots, I decided to buy a compact digital camera with the proper underwater housing.
This one lasted four years and I’ve learned a lot about the basics of underwater photography with it, while travelling and diving in South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), within the Coral Triangle. When the camera eventually stop shooting in 2009, I decided it was time to upgrade to a brand new toy.
In 2010, I thus acquired a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, and its housing, and a flat port and a dome, and strobes, and lenses, and was onwards nicknamed “the girl with the big fancy camera” in every dive shops and boats I went around the world – in wonderful Indonesia, my ever favorite dive spot, as in Mexico or in French Polynesia.
Seven years later, I still have the feeling that photographing the wonders of the ocean is a never ending learning, but a rewarding challenge too, and an inexhaustible source of joy.
Now I can’t go scuba-diving without my camera and I almost feel naked if I’m not grabbing my precious toy below the waves…
Marine life is a constant source of inspiration
Under the sea, beauty is everywhere, from the humblest creature hiding in the sand or in coral reefs, to majestic predators hunting in the blue.
Protect the oceans
Underwater photography is my way to raise awareness about the fragility and beauty of the marine ecosystems.
