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ocean encounters freediving courses/expeditons and science support by fred buyle and william winram

pierre frolla waterman and freediving legend

william winram waterman and freediving legend in the making

futurapnea old school fred’s website

malpelo fundation informations about the world’s best diving spot

tresher sharks reshearch project Malapascua, Philippines

lemnon sharks research Moorea, French Plolynesia

blue wilderness shark diving in south africa

trygons innovative freediving technology

jean-jacques cagnart a surface photographer with style

freedive central everything you want to know about freedivers

oceanminds social network for the water tribe/relevant news from the uw world

  • Fred Buyle

    Frederic was born in 1972. Spending several months a year on the family's sailboat since his early years, he has always been in contact with the sea. At the age of 10, he discovers free diving and takes that way.

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  • The Commitment

    1.All the images are taken during freediving on one single breath of air. The technique used can be constant weight diving, free immersion or even sled diving for the deepest images. No breathing aids are ever used.
    2.All the images are taken in avaible light in order to give the closest possible testimony of the scene
    3.All the images are taken with digital cameras.
    4.The images might be post processed in image’s enhancement softwares but nothing is added or removed from the images by any process. The only allowance, is reframing to make it closer to Frederic’s vision of the scene.
    5.Frederic is a passive observer who wants to bring to a wide audience the beauties of the underwater world in it’s purest aspects. For that reason, he comits himself to disturb it as little as possible and to use environmental friendly ways and techniques to produce his images whenever possible.

  • Partners

    Thanks to my partners I am provided with the best possible equipment to capture the beauty of the blue planet on one breath!