Mark and his family have just returned from eight weeks in the Maldives where they were hosted by Six Senses, Laamu Atoll
During his stay Mark filmed the following footage:
Coral reef (establishing shots, fixed position lapse time shots, spawning at full moon)
Uninhabited tropical island (aerials from drone)
Seagrass meadow (including juveniles inhabitants and aerials from drone)
Turtles (Hawksbill and Green)
Manta Rays (including ultra-sound scanning)
Sharks
Dolphins
Clark’s anemone fish colony
Please contact mark@sharmancam.co.uk and / or emily@sharmancam.co.uk for further details should you have any footage requests. Mark will likely return to Laamu from mid-April for a follow up filming trip.
Mark was also filming for the The Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI) a team made up of resort marine biologists and three partners, the Manta Trust, Blue Marine Foundation and the Olive Ridley Project. The MUI team pursues marine conservation goals, through research, guest education and community outreach, with the overarching aim of protecting Laamu’s natural resources.
The MUI team are based at the Sea Hub of Environmental Learning in Laamu (SHELL) which is a multi-use space, designed for education and immersive marine conservation experiences - in time, Mark’s footage will make up a set of short films which will document the MUI team’s latest projects.
