It all started with a dive.  Rather the drive home that started all this.  I set my trusty old Canon camera, along with lenses and flash, on top of my friend's truck as we loaded our gear.  A few blocks down the road, I heard a "thunk".  Deep in my heart, I knew it was my camera.

It took me 10 months to buy my current Nikon N90S.  And only a few months after to buy the Aquatica housing, Sea & Sea strobes, and Ultralight arms.  By March of 2001, I was in the pool at Adventure Sports Unlimited taking pictures of plastic flowers and miniature giraffes, elephants, and lions.  The following month, I went to Cozumel and it was there that my camera acquired the nickname "Arthropoda".