MARCH 10TH 2026 - VIRTUAL MEETING VIA ZOOM
NIGEL MOTYER - COLD AND COLORFUL WATERS
Meeting starts at 6.45pm. You must have created a Zoom account and be logged in to join the meeting. Enter meeting ID 94559407242 and passcode 359571 if prompted.
Nigel’s presentation will open with some general images from various locations and will then focus on some colder waters and the surprisingly colorful life that can be found there. He will end with a discussion of Irish diving and some of the bigger animals that can be encountered in this environment, including seals, dolphins and Basking sharks.
Nigel’s presentation will open with some general images from various locations and will then focus on some colder waters and the surprisingly colorful life that can be found there. He will end with a discussion of Irish diving and some of the bigger animals that can be encountered in this environment, including seals, dolphins and Basking sharks.
Nigel Motyer first took up underwater photography as a teenager in 1987. Armed with a camera and an unhealthy tolerance for cold water, he spent his early years trying to get a decent image on a Nikon’s V with an SB101 strobe – which he flooded on its first dive. Progress was slow in the film, pre-digital days but over the years his love for underwater photography developed.
Nigel’s images have been widely published in international wildlife and dive magazines, including National Geographic. He recently published his first book, a collection of his Irish underwater photography, Beneath Irish Seas (Merrion Press), which is a love letter to his 40 years of diving Ireland’s rich and often overlooked underwater world. When he’s not diving, he’s planning the next adventure.
