Welcome!

After seeing the great beauty and wonder of the ocean, I fell in love. By shooting and sharing photographs I hope others will see how amazing the ocean is, and fall in love, too. I also want to inspire other underwater photographers, and pass along things I've learned. -Ken Ashman

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Essays and photo collections



Reef at Browning Pass

Diving the Monterey Peninsula


Reef at Browning Pass

Browning Pass, British Columbia, Mar 2019


Sardines in sunbeams

Paint Your Frame with Light


Reef at Bonaire

Bonaire Netherlands Antilles Dec 2018


Sea Lions at Santa Barbara Island, CA

Channel Islands, California Nov 2018


Zoanthids at San Miguel Island, CA

Macro photography Feb 2018 at the Northern Channel Islands, CA


A collection of nudibranchs

Opisthobranchia of the Eastern North Pacific


Kelp forest at Wyckoff Ledge

New Year's 2018 aboard the Vision at San Miguel Island, CA


An essay

Understanding Aperture, Shutter Speed, Depth of Field
and Shooting in Manual Mode


Stellar Sea Lions at Hornby Island BC

Stellar Sea Lions Jan 2017 at Hornby Island, BC


San Miguel Island CA

Wyckoff Ledge at San Miguel Island, CA


Exploring Underwater Wonders:

Each thumbnail below links to a collection of images from some of my favorite places in the world to dive:

Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles images taken with the Aquatica underwater housing for the D200 with dual Inon Z240 strobes and dual Sea & Sea strobes
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles		 images of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, taken with the Aquatica D200 underwater housing and dual Inon Z240 strobes with Nocturnal focus light - we also have some awesome underwater video from this trip
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
images of British Columbia, Canada, taken with the Aquatica underwater camera housing for the Nikon D200 with dual Inon Z240 strobes and a Nocturnal focus light
British Columbia, Canada		 images of the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, taken with the Light & Motion Titan underwater camera housing for the D100 with dual Sea & Sea strobes, the Aquatica underwater housing for the D200 with dual Inon Z240 strobes - note: Rita did an amazng underwater video on this trip with an Ikelite underwater video housing
Sea of Cortez, Mexico
California, USA - an underwater photo gallery with the Aquatica D200 housing with Ikelite strobes, the Light & Motion Titan D100 underwater housing with Sea & Sea strobes, and the Light & Motion Tetra underwater camera housing for the C5000 with a Sea & Sea undwerwater strobe
California, USA		 Papua New Guinea images taken with the Aquatica D200 underwater camera housing and dual Ikelite strobes with a Nocturnal focus light
Papua New Guinea

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