Peter Rowlands

Aliases: peterrowlands (forum username)
Role: UwP Magazine editor/publisher, Magic Filters co-creator, Ocean Optics founder, competition judge, author
First appearance: 2003 ([1])
Location: England
Affiliation: UwP (Underwater Photography) Magazine; Magic Filters; Ocean Optics (founder); BSoUP (former chair); Underwater Photographer of the Year (judge/chair)

Biography

Peter Rowlands is one of the most influential figures in British underwater photography. He is the editor and publisher of UwP (Underwater Photography) Magazine, co-creator of Magic Filters with Alex Mustard, and founder of Ocean Optics — described by Mustard as “arguably the most famous” underwater camera store in the world, “attracting customers from all corners of the globe” ([2]).

Rowlands learned to dive and take underwater photographs “at almost the same time” in 1972, accumulating over 45 years of continuous involvement in the business of underwater photography by 2018. As he told Wetpixel: “Doing what you enjoy full time doesn’t feel like work” ([3]).

His first land camera was a Russian Zenith SLR — “screw thread lenses, totally manual including the aperture and not even a built in light meter.” His first underwater camera was a borrowed Nikonos II amphibious camera from his brother, who managed the Lillywhites Subaqua Department in Piccadilly Circus. The first underwater camera he actually purchased came from a bankruptcy sale at Greens Cameras, where he acquired a Rolleimarin underwater housing for the Rolleiflex 2 1/4 square format for just 20 pounds. “That sale started me on the road to underwater photography equipment,” he recalled ([4]).

Rowlands won British Underwater Photographer of the Year in 1985, shooting with a Nikonos IV with a home-housed 16mm Nikkor full-frame fisheye lens (for UK shots) and a Nikon F2 with Sigma 15mm full-frame fisheye in an Oceanic Hydro 35 housing (for Red Sea shots). He was also heavily involved in audio-visual presentations with his dive buddy Steve Birchall, winning that category as well. At the inaugural UPY 2015, he “delighted in reminding us, regularly, that he is a former British Underwater Photographer of the Year” ([5], [6]).

He served as Chair of BSoUP (British Society of Underwater Photographers) and authored a well-known underwater photography book that, according to Mustard, “can be found on photographer’s bookshelves all over the world” — Mustard found a copy as far afield as San Salvador, Bahamas ([7]).

Rowlands names Peter Scoones as his greatest influence — “not particularly for his images though they were superb both stills and video but for his total approach to pushing the boundary of the underwater image. Like all brilliant people he made it look easy yet he was always ahead of the game” ([8]).

His favourite dive site is the wreck of HMS Royal Oak in Orkney — a 600-foot protected war grave in 30 metres of water. He received special permission to document it on film in the 1990s. He prefers available light, colour photography, and is drawn to wrecks because “they don’t move about, they are best shot with ultra wide angle and available light and they provide a multitude of angles and moods” ([9]).

Encounter with Calypso

Rowlands once visited Jacques Cousteau’s ship Calypso while diving the Poor Knights in New Zealand. A voice from a Zodiac called out “Hi Peter. How are you?” — it was Norbert Wu, whom Rowlands knew through Ocean Optics and who was serving as Calypso’s stills photographer. Wu invited Rowlands aboard. He recalled: “Calypso was starting to look a bit shabby, to be honest but she had a great presence. The Cyclops submersible was in bits being repaired and the small helicopter looked very precarious. I do remember the smell of something very tasty being cooked, bottles of wine at lunchtime and lots of cigarette smoke” ([10]).

Royal Recognition

In December 2009, one of Rowlands’ photographs was presented to Princess Anne in a ceremony reported by Wetpixel. As Mustard noted in the article, Rowlands “gets fed up being described as a veteran underwater photographer” ([11]).

Contributions

Ocean Optics

Rowlands founded Ocean Optics in 1978 (some sources say 1976), and it became the UK’s leading underwater camera retailer, carrying Subal, Nexus, Inon, Subtronic, and Fuji brands ([12], [13]). As Mustard described, “Optics, as it was known by all, wasn’t just the UK’s leading UW camera store, it was arguably the most famous in the world” ([14]).

In March 2005, Ocean Optics moved to new premises at 7-8 Bush House Arcade on London’s Strand, with Steve Warren announcing the expansion would include diving and freediving equipment sales through Mavericks Diving Limited alongside Ocean Optics ([15]). In April 2008, Ocean Optics relocated to Action Underwater Studios in Essex — the same filming tank used for motion picture blockbusters including The Bourne Supremacy, the Bond, Harry Potter, and Star Wars franchises ([16]).

In October 2009, Ocean Optics and The Underwater Studio opened what was described as “the world’s first purpose designed set for teaching and practicing underwater photography.” The set included workstations, an artificial Caribbean coral reef commissioned from a props company, a sunken cruiser, mid-water subjects including a hammerhead shark, and a 4K cinema lamp replicating daylight. It was developed in consultation with Martin Edge and opened underwater by Colin Doeg, 82-year-old co-founder of BSoUP. Peter Scoones was among the first to try it, commenting: “An excellent facility” ([17]).

An offshoot company, UnderWaterVisions, became the official UK distributor for Nauticam in March 2010, launching the brand at the London International Dive Show ([18]).

Key staff at Ocean Optics included Steve Warren and Mark Koekemoer, who organized events and managed operations ([19], [20]).

Mustard noted that Rowlands eventually “sold Ocean Optics because he couldn’t face answering the same question, to the same customer, another time” — referencing Rowlands’ famous “I am not f***ing Father Christmas” anecdote about customer service frustrations ([21]).

Visions in the Sea

Ocean Optics organized the annual Visions in the Sea conference, a premier UK underwater photography festival. It featured international speakers, equipment displays, one-to-one teach-ins, competition judging, and evening presentations. The event was running by at least 2003, when speakers included Amos Nachoum, David Doubilet, Alex Mustard, and others ([22]).

At Visions 2005, Rowlands spoke about “how to take extra-ordinary images with ordinary cameras,” showing work taken with an Olympus C40 compact camera — “full of useful tips on how to get the most out of compact digital” ([23]). The tenth anniversary event in November 2006 was described as “the biggest yet,” with speakers flying in from Australia, the United States, Mauritius, Greece, Italy, and Ireland. Equipment displays expanded beyond Ocean Optics to include Cameras Underwater, Undersea Cameras, and PR Productions ([24]).

In 2009, Visions moved to Manchester and was organized by Ocean Optics along with Orca Divers, raising funds for the Shark Trust ([25]). In 2010, the Visions in the Sea Summer Series expanded the format to weekend workshops around the UK coastline, with Doug Robertson winning the overall competition for a basking shark image ([26]).

UwP Magazine

Rowlands first published a print magazine called Underwater Photographer in 1987, producing it bi-monthly for two years with approximately 1,000 subscriptions worldwide. Desktop publishing allowed him to produce the layout, but images (mainly transparencies) were sent to printers for scanning, with proofs and corrections costing extra money ([27]).

He relaunched the publication as UwP (Underwater Photography) Magazine in 2001 — a free digital PDF publication available for download. As he described: “Publishing seems to be in my DNA from school sports reports, dive club newsletters, UP and now UwP” ([28]).

UwP was published bi-monthly and featured a mix of gear reviews, technique articles, location reports, competition news, and marine life articles. Regular contributors included Alex Mustard (who contributed from Issue 1 to Issue 100), Martin Edge, Phil Rudin, Dan Bolt, Mark Webster, and many others ([29], [30]). Rowlands himself wrote reviews of equipment including movie lights vs. strobes and the Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe ([31], [32]).

The magazine was regularly featured on Wetpixel, with new issue announcements from 2004 onward. Early issues on Wetpixel include Issue 18 (April 2004), demonstrating that UwP was already well-established by that time ([33]). Issue 25 in July 2005 was notable as the “25th anniversary issue” and featured Magic Filter’s first cover shot ([34]).

UwP reached Issue 100 in January 2018, prompting an extensive Wetpixel interview with tributes from Mustard and Edge. By that point, approximately 7,000 unique people worldwide downloaded one or all issues per year ([35], [36]). The magazine also published historical scans from the original print Underwater Photographer publication ([37]). The last issue tracked by Wetpixel was Issue 130 in January 2023, covering over 20 years of continuous digital publication ([38]).

On the technology of publishing, Rowlands noted he used Adobe PageMaker initially and “kicked and screamed” when forced to upgrade to Adobe InDesign, “but ever since then the software technology has been amazing.” Prior to Issue 100, the magazine’s website had a “genuine Y2K moment” because it was set up for only two-digit issue numbers, requiring programmer Richard Watson to fix it ([39]).

Magic Filters

Rowlands co-created the Magic Filter system with Alex Mustard. Mustard originated the concept — a fisheye-compatible underwater filter — and Rowlands financed it into production. The filters built on Craig Jones’ earlier 2003 filter work for ambient-light colour correction underwater. Unlike other underwater filters, Magic Filters were made as optical quality gels compatible with popular wide-angle lenses such as fisheyes and ultra-wide zooms, pre-cut to fit SLR lenses. They used a novel approach: rather than perfectly counteracting seawater’s filtering effect, they adjusted colours reaching the sensor to produce a balance easily corrected by the camera’s digital white balance, working from the surface down to 15 metres ([40]).

Magic Filters went on sale in August 2005 ([41]). Mike Veitch’s review for Wetpixel in October 2005 praised the filter’s versatility, finding it worked well not only in its designed ambient-light scenarios but also with strobes when white balance was properly set ([42]).

In August 2006, the Auto-Magic Filter variant was launched for compact cameras ([43]). In April 2011, an external-mounted solid filter version was released, available in a variety of screw thread sizes — the first time the proprietary formula was available as a solid filter that could be added or removed underwater ([44]).

Rowlands and Mustard produced the “Shooting Magic” DVD — a 90-minute guide to underwater filter photography filmed in the Red Sea. Rowlands shot the video footage using a Magic Filter on the camera. The DVD followed Mustard over six dives (three with DSLR, three with compact camera) and included FAQ sections and filter installation demonstrations. Priced at just 15 pounds, it was described by reviewer Steve Williams as succeeding brilliantly in its goal to get more divers interested in filter photography. It was showcased at DEMA 2008 and released in December 2008 ([45], [46], [47]).

By 2018, Mustard noted they were “still selling them 12 years on” ([48]). Magic Filters ceased trading in 2026 upon Rowlands’ retirement, ending over two decades of production. (per Alex Mustard, 2026-06-09) See Wide-Angle Photography for broader context on filter techniques.

Film Work

In 1995, Rowlands assisted Peter Scoones filming “Last Voyage of the Thistlegorm” for the BBC. Though technically Scoones’ assistant and not shooting footage himself, Rowlands contributed shooting angles and logistics based on his extensive diving experience on the wreck. Scoones was shooting with a Sony Betacam in one of his housings, with tapes slightly larger than VHS providing just 30 minutes of run time at approximately 50 ISO sensitivity ([49]).

Rowlands also helped coordinate Red Sea charters for Blue Planet 1 filming. Scoones wanted a month in the Red Sea but BBC budgets were tight, so the plan was to fill charter boats with suitable photographers to offset costs. It was on one of these 1998 charters that the young Alex Mustard received his “big break” ([50]).

Competition Judging

Rowlands served as a judge for multiple UK underwater photography competitions:

Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY): Alex Mustard was the driving force behind UPY, which launched in 2015 with Rowlands, Mustard, and Martin Edge as the three judges — a panel that remained consistent through at least 2023. The inaugural contest drew 2,500 entries from photographers in dozens of countries. Rowlands became Chair of the judging panel from at least 2018 onward ([51], [52], [53]). At UPY 2018, Rowlands commented on the overall winner: “This is a quite extraordinary shot which must be viewed as large as possible” ([54]). See Underwater Photographer of the Year.

BIUPC (British and Irish Underwater Photography Championship): In September 2015, Rowlands judged the BIUPC alongside Martin Edge and Steve Jones. The 24-hour competition drew 55 contestants from the UK and Ireland ([55], [56]).

Mentorship

Rowlands was a formative mentor to two of underwater photography’s most prominent figures:

Alex Mustard: Rowlands knew Mustard’s father through Ocean Optics before the two met. In 1998, when Peter Scoones needed Red Sea charters for Blue Planet 1 filming, Rowlands invited the young Mustard — then having some competition success but unknown in person. Mustard later wrote: “Invite accepted, it changed my life. It was my first Red Sea liveaboard and my time diving with top tier photographers. Peter gave me lots of help through the trip and the week totally changed my approach and transformed my photography.” As Rowlands wound down his Ocean Optics involvement, Mustard found in him “a hugely knowledgeable mentor, who gave truly honest feedback on my ideas and photography” ([57]).

Martin Edge: Edge met Rowlands in the early 1980s at his first BSoUP visit. He soon purchased a Nikonos camera and flashgun from Ocean Optics. Edge wrote: “Peter Rowlands was extremely influential on my own learning. By far he was always my first go-to and, whilst I didn’t perhaps appreciate it back then, I know now that Peter Rowlands has been my one and only mentor.” Edge contributed to the foreword of Rowlands’ book and later wrote the landmark The Underwater Photographer, in which Rowlands himself contributed ([58], [59]).

Video and Gear Reviews

Rowlands contributed video reviews and previews to both UwP and Wetpixel, including a video performance review of the Nikon D7000 for Wetpixel’s field review ([60]). He also posted a video of common and grey seals in the Scilly Isles through UwP Magazine ([61]). In UwP, he reviewed topics ranging from movie lights versus strobes to the Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe ([62], [63]).

Forum Activity

Rowlands posted under the username peterrowlands on the Wetpixel forums, with 33 posts across 5 threads started between 2005 and 2022. His most notable threads include “Copyright issue in reverse” (30 replies) and “Underwater Photography magazine website” (22 replies) (forum data: person_matrix.json).

Timeline

References

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