Alex Tattersall

Forum username: Alex_Tattersall
Real name: Alex Tattersall
Posts: 895
Active years: 2006–2022
Primary forums: Photography Gear and Technique, Photo/Video Showcase
Specialization: Underwater photography, Nauticam UK dealer, compact camera and supermacro expertise

Biography

Alex Tattersall is a UK-based underwater photographer, Nauticam dealer, and workshop leader who has been an active member of the Wetpixel community since 2006. He operates Underwater Visions (uwvisions.com / nauticam.co.uk), the official Nauticam UK dealership, through which he supplies housings and accessories to photographers across the United Kingdom and serves as a key liaison between Nauticam and the European underwater photography community ([1], [2]).

Beyond his role as a dealer, Tattersall is an accomplished competition photographer and a contributor to Wetpixel’s editorial content. He was featured in Wetpixel’s “Ask the Pros” series alongside other leading professionals, and contributed gear reviews and a Full Frame portfolio to the site ([3], [4]).

Underwater Visions / Nauticam UK

Tattersall founded Underwater Visions, which became the primary Nauticam dealership in the United Kingdom. The business was a regular exhibitor at UK dive shows including the London International Dive Show (LIDS) and the DIVE Show at the NEC Birmingham. At these events, Tattersall staffed the Underwater Visions / Nauticam UK stand, demonstrating housings and new products ([5], [6], [7]).

He played a key role in facilitating Wetpixel’s gear reviews by lending housings to reviewers. He supplied the Nauticam NA-DP4 monitor housing for Adam Hanlon’s review, a Nauticam NA-D4 for Alex Mustard’s Nikon D4 field review, and helped get a housing to Wetpixel within five weeks of the Nikon D800’s release for their camera review ([8], [9], [10]).

In 2011, he was the contact for the FIT +16 wet diopter launch in the UK market ([11]). By 2017, the Underwater Visions team included Robert White and Pash Baker alongside Tattersall ([12]). In 2019, his dealership also loaned ONEUW 160X strobes to Alex Mustard for a field review ([13]).

Competition Results

Tattersall achieved recognition in several major international underwater photography competitions:

He also contributed a supermacro image to Martin Edge’s book The Underwater Photographer ([19]).

Wetpixel Contributions

Tattersall wrote 2 guest articles for Wetpixel — a Canon G7 X field review and a piece on minimizing environmental impact underwater — published through Adam Hanlon’s editor account.

Editorial Content

Workshop Leader

Tattersall led underwater photography workshops in destinations including Puerto Galera (Philippines) and Raja Ampat (Indonesia). He participated in workshops run by Alex Mustard and also led his own ([26], [27]).

Notable Forum Contributions

UK Diving Advocacy

Tattersall was one of the most visible UK-based members of the Wetpixel community. His “UK diving!” thread (46 replies) showcased macro photography from the cold waters of the English south coast, shooting flabellina nudibranchs and textures in 9-degree water with a Nikon D300s, 60mm macro, and Nauticam housing. The thread drew praise from Alex Mustard and Adam Hanlon ([28]).

Fiber Optic Triggering

In his “Fiber optic trigger - D7000 and INON Z240” thread (29 replies), Tattersall demonstrated the viability of fiber optic strobe triggering over traditional electronic bulkheads. He showed that setting the D7000’s internal flash to 1/128 power provided essentially instant recycle times, allowing rapid-fire sequences of 4 shots in under 2 seconds. The thread became a practical reference for photographers considering the switch from electrical to optical triggering ([29]).

Supermacro with Nauticam SMC

His “Nauticam SMC in Puerto Galera” thread (26 replies) showcased results from using the Nauticam Super Macro Convertor with a Nikon D7100 and 105mm macro lens during a workshop he ran in the Philippines. The mostly uncropped images demonstrated the SMC’s sharpness and strong magnification capabilities ([30]).

Sony RX100 Testing

Tattersall was an early tester of the Sony RX100 compact camera underwater, starting a thread (31 replies) that helped the community evaluate this camera’s potential for underwater use ([31]).

General Community Engagement

His most-replied thread, “Which regs do you use?” (91 replies), was an informal survey of the community’s diving regulator preferences — a reminder that the Wetpixel community was as much about diving as photography ([32]).

Gear History

Based on his forum posts and articles, Tattersall’s underwater photography systems included:

Activity Profile

Sources

  1. Wetpixel article, May 9, 2012: Review Nauticam Na Dp4 Housing With Smallhd Dp4 Monitor ↩
  2. Wetpixel article, Oct 26, 2015: Show Report Dive 2015 ↩
  3. Wetpixel article, May 18, 2015: Wetpixel Asks The Pros Wide Angle Part 1 ↩
  4. Wetpixel article, Dec 27, 2014: Alex Tattersall Raja Ampat ↩
  5. Wetpixel article, Apr 1, 2012: London Dive Show 2012 ↩
  6. Wetpixel article, Oct 26, 2015: Show Report Dive 2015 ↩
  7. Wetpixel article, Oct 24, 2017: Show Report Uk Dive Show 2017 ↩
  8. Wetpixel article, May 9, 2012: Review Nauticam Na Dp4 Housing With Smallhd Dp4 Monitor ↩
  9. Wetpixel article, May 3, 2012: Nikon D4 Field Review ↩
  10. Wetpixel article, Aug 29, 2012: Wetpixel D800 Camera Review ↩
  11. Wetpixel article, Aug 4, 2011: Fit 16 Wet Diopter Available ↩
  12. Wetpixel article, Oct 24, 2017: Show Report Uk Dive Show 2017 ↩
  13. Wetpixel article, Jul 10, 2019: Field Review Oneuw 160x Strobe By Alex Mustard ↩
  14. Wetpixel article, Oct 19, 2011: Results Of Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Announced ↩
  15. Wetpixel article, Mar 8, 2012: Results Of Deep Indonesia 2012 Announced ↩
  16. Wetpixel article, Feb 28, 2012: Wetpixel Picture Of The Year 2011 Results Announced ↩
  17. Wetpixel article, May 13, 2013: Full Results Ocean Views 2013 ↩
  18. Wetpixel article, Feb 27, 2016: Results Of Our World Underwater 2016 Announced ↩
  19. Wetpixel article, Apr 28, 2020: Review The Underwater Photographer By Martin Edge 2 ↩
  20. Wetpixel article, Apr 12, 2015: Review Canon Powershot G7 X By Alex Tattersall ↩
  21. Wetpixel article, Dec 27, 2014: Alex Tattersall Raja Ampat ↩
  22. Wetpixel article, May 18, 2015: Wetpixel Asks The Pros Wide Angle Part 1 ↩
  23. Wetpixel article, Jul 1, 2011: Uwp Magazine Issue 61 Available ↩
  24. Wetpixel article, Oct 30, 2010: Underwater Photography Magazine Issue 57 Available ↩
  25. Wetpixel article, Mar 15, 2012: Alex Mustard To Speak At The London Dive Show ↩
  26. Forum thread: Nauticam Smc In Puerto Galera ↩
  27. Wetpixel article, Dec 27, 2014: Alex Tattersall Raja Ampat ↩
  28. Forum thread: Uk Diving ↩
  29. Forum thread: Fiber Optic Trigger D7000 And Inon Z240 ↩
  30. Forum thread: Nauticam Smc In Puerto Galera ↩
  31. Forum thread: Testing The Rx100 ↩
  32. Forum thread: Which Regs Do You Use ↩
  33. Full Frame: Alex Tattersall — Raja Ampat (article) ↩
  34. Review: Canon Powershot G7 X by Alex Tattersall (article) ↩
  35. Wetpixel asks the Pros: Wide-angle (article) ↩
  36. Results of DEEP Indonesia 2012 (article) ↩
  37. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 (article) ↩
  38. Review: Nauticam NA-DP4 housing (article) ↩
  39. London Dive Show 2012 (article) ↩
  40. DIVE Show 2015 (article) ↩
  41. UK Dive Show 2017 (article) ↩
  42. Nikon D800 camera review (article) ↩
  43. Wetpixel Picture of the Year 2011 (article) ↩
  44. Our World Underwater 2016 results (article) ↩