Francesco De Marchi

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Nationality: Italian

Residence: Milano, Italy

Born in Italy in 1961, Francesco started diving at the age of 16 but it took over 30 years and more than 5000 dives to start with underwater macro photography. He dove the western Italia, all around the Red Sea, the most popular Maldivian reef, the Philippines and finally Indonesia; a few trips to Bunaken and Lembeh and two liveaboards to Komodo and Raja Ampat, where Daniela, his beloved mate and a real nudi addict, managed to draw his attention from big fishes to small critters, convinced him that he should start to test his skill with a point and shoot camera. His starter kit is made of a Canon G9 with Canon housing and Inon D2000 type 2 strobe, but he is planning to upgrade it and get hold of a Canon 450D with Canon 60 mm macro lens protected by a Hugyfot housing. Strobe will remain the same for the time being. He dives with Daniela since 2003 and couldn’t ask for a better buddy: Daniela has a real talent for finding and classifying all the critters and nudis. You can see some of his pics on www.flickr.com/photos/friscodive/