Underwater Archive Library coming soon...

Mark’s Underwater Archive Library will soon be LIVE - please get in touch should you like further details whilst we are working on this in the background.

RAW 5K and 6K footage shot on RED Gemini and / or RED Komodo underwater will available for licensing across the following subjects which were filmed in the Maldives during February, March and May 2024.

  • Anemonefish colony (sequence material)

  • Cleaning station encounters

  • Coral Farming (cracking, spawning and collection)

  • Coral Reef (six fixed post positions before and after bleaching)

  • Hawksbill & Green Turtles

  • Juvenile Picasso Triggerfish (sequence material)

  • Manta Rays

  • Octopus hunting (sequence material)

  • Seagrass encounters and split levels


Additional 4K aerial footage shot on a DJI Mavic 3 Cine drone:

  • Bleached coral reef

  • Seagrass circles

  • Uninhabited tropical islands


emily@sharmancam.co.uk +44(0)7876 694477 for details.

Underwater Archive Library, Maldives (Part II)

Mark has just returned from Six Senses, Laamu Atoll out in the Maldives where he was capturing the coral bleaching event which is now sadly underway.

During his stay Mark filmed the following footage:

  • Bleached coral reef (fixed position lapse time shots to go alongside pre-bleaching shots captured in February + tracking shots of widespread bleached area)

  • Juvenile Picasso Triggerfish (sequence material)

  • Manta Rays

  • Octopus hunting (sequence material)

  • Turtles (Hawksbill and Green)

emily@sharmancam.co.uk +44(0)7876 694477 for details.

Click here to view the NOAA coral reef watch bleaching heat stress maps and alert levels in the Maldives.

Maldives bleaching alert levels issued 29 April 2024

The Maldives corals bleached in 1998 and 2016 and are bleaching again now.

Underwater Archive Library, Maldives (Part I)

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 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.