Michael
S. Nolan is an award-winning photographer who specializes in intimate
portraits of marine animals. He has traveled the oceans of the world in
search of what he believes are the world's most magnificent beings.
Since 1990 all of his underwater images have been created while
free-diving, without the aid of bulky Scuba equipment. As a result, he
believes his encounters with these magnificent ocean creatures are much
more personal and intimate. His photography has appeared in hundreds of
magazines, calendars, and books in over 45 countries worldwide. He
currently "migrates" with the whales, spending his winters in the warmer
tropical latitudes where whales mate and give birth and his summers in
the cooler higher latitudes where animals migrate to feed. He insists on
only photographing wild animals in their natural habitat, believing that
there is no place in wildlife photography for captive or trained
animals. All images on this website are of wild animals in their natural
environments. In 2004 he started to capture images with a Canon digital
camera system. Please be assured that he still insists on no digital
alterations or manipulations to substantially alter these images. The
images you see are the animals as they truly are, whether captured on
film or on a compact flash card, in all their wild and natural beauty.
Michael
S. Nolan is an award-winning photographer who specializes in intimate
portraits of marine animals. He has traveled the oceans of the world in
search of what he believes are the world's most magnificent beings.
Since 1990 all of his underwater images have been created while
free-diving, without the aid of bulky Scuba equipment. As a result, he
believes his encounters with these magnificent ocean creatures are much
more personal and intimate. His photography has appeared in hundreds of
magazines, calendars, and books in over 45 countries worldwide. He
currently "migrates" with the whales, spending his winters in the warmer
tropical latitudes where whales mate and give birth and his summers in
the cooler higher latitudes where animals migrate to feed. He insists on
only photographing wild animals in their natural habitat, believing that
there is no place in wildlife photography for captive or trained
animals. All images on this website are of wild animals in their natural
environments. In 2004 he started to capture images with a Canon digital
camera system. Please be assured that he still insists on no digital
alterations or manipulations to substantially alter these images. The
images you see are the animals as they truly are, whether captured on
film or on a compact flash card, in all their wild and natural beauty.