Bo is a multi-award winning underwater photographer and a marine cinematographer. He has represented the Philippines in numerous international shoots and his images are constantly used to promote diving by the Department of Tourism. He has filmed for award winning documentaries concerning our oceans, international lifestyle programs and short films focusing conservation.
He has over 10,000 hours of underwater time and is in the field 9 months in a year. Bo is also the only Fujifilm Digital Influencer specialising in marine imagery. He is also a brand ambassador for Crest Scuba. Combining the deepest appreciation for scuba, imagery, and sustainable tourism, Bo is iconic in the South East Asian dive industry.
Tell us a little bit about yourself, your education, your first job maybe, and how did you start photography?
I grew up in a dive centre in Cebu and I’ve been around divers ever since. I was lucky to start diving very early on and even luckier to fall in love with the ocean. There was always a dive magazine and books with amazing photography lying around and this amazed me. Years later, I saved up to enough for a used digital camera with an underwater housing. Although already dated at the time, I got to learn so much about light in the water with that small point and shoot.