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  1. The rockfish of Monastery Beach, CA

    June 1, 2019
    Monastery Beach, CA.  Infamously known as “mortuary beach,” Monastery features a very steep beach slope.  You can be up to your neck in water after only two steps in.  On rough days there is a lot of force behind the waves, which can thrust divers out of the water and…

  2. CSUMB Summer research 2019

    May 21, 2019
    The upcoming Summer of 2019 is shaping up to be saturated with nitrogen.  I may be diving 7 days a week for the next 10 weeks.  Two of those days will be diving to continue my research on Kelp rockfish microhabitat utilization.  Another two days of the week will be…

  3. I lost my GoPro at Monastery Beach!

    March 21, 2019
    I am saddened to report the loss of my GoPro.  In short, I changed the position of my slate (with GoPro attached) on the surface swim out, and forgot to lock the S-biner to my BC.  Locked, it’s the best S-biner I’ve used.  Unlocked, it doesn’t do much.  If any…

  4. Using a cheap camera for wildlife photography

    September 15, 2018
    I had once believed that a pro-level body was a barrier to entry for wildlife photography; features such as 12fps continuous shooting, clean high ISOs in low light, and a ton of focusing points seemed essential.  The lenses and technique have a much greater impact on your photographs, and here…

  5. My Introduction

    August 23, 2018
    Welcome Let’s get our introductions out of the way.  My name is Kameron Strickland, and I am a hobbyist wildlife photographer.  I first began taking pictures of birds in the Monterey area back in 2016.  Coming from a background of video and shooting a little bit of everything, I fell…

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