Mike is the co-founder of Bali's leading Photography based dive centre, the Underwater Tribe and the lead instructor of the Bali Academy of Underwater Photography. He regularly teaches photo workshops throughout Indonesia as well as private courses in Bali.
It’s an emotional day here in Lembeh, we finished our last 2 dives this morning and are now sitting around the table prepping images for tonight’s exciting final night slideshow. Why is it an emotional time? Because the diving has come to an end and we are all leaving tomorrow! It has been a fun…
One of the most interesting things about our annual photo workshops is the new and interesting people that we meet each year. For this years Underwater Tribe/NAD Lembeh Photo Fun Week, we have all new guests except for one guest who is now joining us for his third workshop with the Underwater Tribe! Guests this…
It’s on! The Third Annual Underwater Tribe/NAD Lembeh Photo Workshop started today with a bang! All of our guests arrived by the 18th and after a nice dinner we gathered upstairs in the NAD Lounge in order to present the schedule of the week, introduce ourselves, and enjoy a beautiful slideshow from Serge, the manager…
One of the cool things about North Sulawesi is the vast amount of wildlife that can be found both on land and underwater. Obviously diving in the Lembeh Strait is very well known, as is the Bunaken National Park, however, what many folks miss out on when they visit the area is the wonderful terrestrial…
It’s always fun to experiment with different techniques underwater. As I am in Lembeh with the Underwater Tribe with no particular deadline or assignment in mind, I have been using the time to try out a few different cameras and shooting styles. One of the styles I have been playing around with is the use…
One of the things I always enjoy about coming to NAD Lembeh Resort is the chance to play with the latest camera gadgets that Simon always seems to have in stock. Last year, I was able to spend a few days shooting the Sony A7s in a Nauticam Housing as well as the Olympus EM-1…
Sometimes the best subjects in Lembeh are ones that we often just swim right on past. When people come to Lembeh they are usually in search of some of the more hard to find critters on the reef: exotic species such as hairy frogfish, flambouyant cuttlefish, and blue ring octopus are typically the critters that…
It’s that time of year once again! Mike Veitch and Luca Vaime of the Underwater Tribe in Bali are here and will soon be conducting their annual underwater photography workshop here at NAD. For the next couple of weeks the Tribe will be taking over the NAD blog and posting photos, stories, and updates here…
Day 4 Matt and Mike switched boats today in order to start diving with the other half of the group. We all headed out to the north end of the bay and ended up having a pygmy seahorse extravaganza. Matts group saw bargibanti, denise, and pontohi pygmies all on the same dive! Mikes group had…
Day 3 Up early today to one heck of a full day of diving! The plan is to dive, dive, and dive some more: three day dives and one night dive. Matt and his group of intrepid souls head out to Makawidey Pier and Pantai Perigi for the morning with seahorses, flambouyant cuttlefish, coconut octopus,…