Editorial

Staff · Issue 127, Jul/Aug 2022 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: Sony a6100, Sony a6400, Sony a7 II

Editorial That first excitement Mikayla Shuler’s excellent article about her first time in the water with and photographing Manatees in Florida is a great reminder of our first times underwater - camera or not - and the life changing experience it can be. Mine was in Lake Ullswater in the Lake District at Easter in my brother’s two sizes too big wetsuit and his sole advice was ‘Just keep breathing and don’t hold your breath’. Wise words as it turned out and I returned to the shore 15 minutes later shivvering but excited at having seen and experienced the underwater world first hand. True, there was not much to see in this cold freshwater lake but the seeds had been sown. The lovely shot of Mikayla and her friend Livi warming up with a cup of hot chocolate on the boat made me wonder how the “What did you do on your holidays’ question at school has changed from ‘We went on a farm trip’ to …