Jones & Shimlock

Duncan Whittaker · Issue 88, Jan/Feb 2016 · pp. 44–49

Products mentioned: Nikon D200, Nikon D7000, Subal housing, Inon D2000 strobes, Sea & Sea YS 250 strobes, Tokina 10-17 lens, Nikonos 3

Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock have been taking photographs underneath the surface for over 30 years. They are the authors of Diving Indonesia’s Raja Ampat (2009) and Diving Indonesia’s Birds’s Head Seascape (2011); 2 books that are partly responsible for developing tourism to the Papua region of Indonesia. UwP uncovers their fascinating story. Out of everywhere you have visited, where were your three favourite locations for underwater photography? MS – Raja Ampat for everything, especially wide angle. Lembeh for critters and I really like the photography in the caves in Mexico. BJ – Raja Ampat, Lembeh, and I would say Cocos in Costa Rica for big animals. So where did it all start? BJ – I got certified to scuba dive in 1968 and immediately went to Mexico and started diving. MS – I was writing a dissertation about Mexico and I quit school to run a dive shop. BJ – She gave up a PhD to run…