My good friend and fantastic photographer, Fernando Ramos, was hired by Arthur Jones of Arawak Expeditions to photograph a kayak and snorkel trip in Hurricane Hole on St. John, US Virgin Islands. Since my wife and I had rented a villa nearby to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary with our small family, Fernando invited me to join him. Fernando was the real photographer on this trip equipped with a high-end Canon DSLR, an underwater camera housing with flash, and a drone equipped with a GoPro camera. I tagged along with two Nikon cameras for over and under water.
The trip was led by Loren, a very capable young woman and a transplant from Maine. The paying guests were couples from Michigan and Vermont.
We launched in Princess Bay and kayaked to nearby Otter Creek where Fernando set up his camera-equipped drone.
While Fernando photographed, we snorkeled among the mangroves. This gave me a chance to use my new Nikon AW1 underwater camera for only the third time. It’s not a serious underwater camera, only useful for snorkeling depths, but since I’m rarely underwater, it suits me fine.
The group kayaked over to Water Creek for lunch and then back to the west side of Princess Bay for another snorkel. This time Fernando joined us underwater. He got a shot of me photographing him and I reciprocated.
Photo above by Fernando Ramos.
Below are two slideshows. The first shows some above-water photos that I took during our adventure. The second are my underwater attempts.
