An Underwater Portrait

To fill up my blog with some of my old favorites, I will be pulling images from the archives.  This image is from my first photoshoot underwater (4 years ago) and is still an inspiration to me.  I photographed this at a time when I had aspirations of becoming a nature and underwater photographer and signed up for the underwater course at Brooks Institute of Photography.  Before we were allowed into the ocean to photograph sealions, fish and sharks, yes sharks, we had a pool assignment so we could learn to use our new gear.  Well with my boyfriend being 3000 miles away I often used photography as a way to vent my emotions and created this series.