Addictive Frog Fish

Mark Webster · Issue 12, Apr/May 2003 · pp. 43–48

Products mentioned: Nikon F90X, Nikon F801, Subal housing, Inon Z-220, Inon Quad flash, YS50, YS30, YS120, Elitechrome EBX, Velvia

43 It has become very fashionable to admit your addictions these days. In fact society has become so tolerant of our self inflicted failings that you can get treatment for almost any addiction ranging from sex to soap dramas, drugs and alcohol and, what’s more, much of this curative treatment may be free on the health service. In this politically correct world it seems that it must never be the patient’s fault. So, in the hope of receiving the same level of understanding, and perhaps some much needed treatment, I thought I should be amongst the first underwater photographers to declare my own addiction, which I am sure is not unique to me alone. It is difficult to admit it, but I seem to have become addicted to frog fish! Now that it is out in the open perhaps I will be contacted by a number of frog fish support groups, but until then maybe I should try and explain what is so alluring ab…