This
is a showcase of Dan Burton underwater images. The site includes Freediving,Technical
diving, wreck diving & diving Expeditions from around the world.
The site now includes more than 11000 images, with regular updates.
He
has now taken to the sky's & shoots aerial images...
Enjoy
the images.
With over 20 years
experience as a professional photographer, Dan's career spans a variety
of genres and specialties. His professional photographic qualifications
and on-going experimental photography work is complemented by his additional
skills as a highly proficient and experienced deep-sea technical diver,
freediver and Paramotor pilot. This combination of skills has given
Dan access to some of the most exciting and unusual photographic shoots
ever seen.
His work includes some early pioneering
technical wreck dives, such as the recovery of US$50 million work of
silver from theEl
Cazador at a depth of 300ft, and salvaging valuable artifacts
from the thousand year old Intan
Wreck in Indonesia.
In the mid 90's he was part of the first (NOAA) tri-mix
dive expedition to the USS
Monitor. In 1997 he
was invited to join an international team to photographer and film the
HMHS
Britannic - sister ship to the Titanic - resting
at 380ft (120m) in the Aegean Sea.
Over the last decade, he has been involved in the sport of freediving,
and has worked with the top ranking athletes around the world, and has
covered many freediving world records. He has worked with Tanya
Streeter, Herbert Nitsch, Sara Campbell, Carlos Coste, Martin Stepanik,
Fred Buyle and many more.
His photographs have
been published in hundreds of books and magazines worldwide, with featured
work in National Geographic, Scientific
American, WIRED, BBC Wildlife, GQ, FHM, Mens Health, Titanic Society,
Tauchen, AQUA, Illustreret Videnskab, Pour La Science, Geographical
Magazine, Mercedes Magazine,L'Equipe Magazine,Geo, Playboy! etc.
He has also been involved in a variety of film work, and has worked
for the National Geographic Channel,BBC Coast,Save
Our Sea Foundation,Discovery Channel, Wreck Detectives
2 and Trans World Sport & many more.
His images and video footage are held in photography libraries around
the world, including Nature Pics,
Image State, Alamy, Buzz Pictures, Wildlife GmbH, Splashdown and Seapics.com
Filming Basking sharks in the UK
Filming Great white sharks outside of a Cages in Mexico December 2009
In December 2009, Dan spent 10 days working with a group of Sami reindeer herdsman in the Artic Circle.
Conditions were down to -27c, with a windchill factor of -42c!
The was the coldest conditions Dan had flown in,and it was one of his most challenging assignments so far. You can see some of the image from the trip Here.
The extreme cold made it difficult for the engine to start due to the fuel almost freezing! The air was so thin, and there was no wind it made it almost possible for him to take off. The matter didn't help when he had to wear so many layers of clothing.
Dan in in the process of working with a production company to produce a film about the flying reindeer heardsman. Watch this space for more info.
Dan on assignment shooting a 3d film in Deans Blue Hole Bahamas .
Photo By Fred Buyle
Dan in sub-zero conditions in the artic Circle on assignments flying with reindeer!
A short test film on a paramotor Trike shooting 360 degree, and in 3d anaglyph. To see the best results, you must wear red green 3d glasses.
Dan builds his own underwater housings,
and has designed housing for still cameras including the Nikon
D2x,& D3x. Hasselblad Xpan & SWC, and video housing for
the Sony Z1, T3 & A1 .His cameras
have been used on numerous assignments, and been used to depths of in
excess of 200m.
He is a pioneer in high resolution
panoramic and spherical
underwater images and digital underwater photography starting
back in 2000.
In January 2009 Dan built a 3D housing for a Modular HD CAM. The flm shoot contiues this summer, and will be out on TV or even cinema later on this year.. For more info cleck it out HERE.
Wednesday, June 09 2010 @ 09:28 BST Contributed by:
A few weeks ago I took part in the USSR or the Ultralite Single Seat Rally 2010 (USSR). A 50 hour endurance flying race.
I joined Pilot Richard Whitmarsh. Here is an account of what happened from Richard!
Richard and I won the event and took all of the prizes. This is the first flying comp I have taken part in.
Dan
Last month I was invited to join a French Production to produce a 3d film on the freediver Herbert Nitsch. We spent 2 weeks
in the Bahamas on the idilic Island of Long Island. We worked closely with Panavision France, and they supplied us the Modular HD cameras. We chose the Easylook minicamera systems, with external recorders.
I built the housing specially for the shoot, and it was built in just one week without seeing the cameras, only measurements!.
I was then given only one day top make the camer fit, and work. More info on the trip follows.
