Steve is an ocean human, living in the seaside village of Kalk Bay, Cape Town. He spends most of his days watching or thinking about the blue wilderness beyond the land. Photography came to him as way too better describe the wonders of the ocean to people around him. He wanted to share what he, himself,  was able to experience in the water. In his formative years as a young man he worked with Tiger sharks on Aliwal Shoal, Kwa-Zulu Natal, apprenticing with Mark Addison at Blue Wilderness. Here he learned the up's and down's  of dive tourism , big animal behavior and surf launch skippering. This experience was his second education after studying Zoology at the University of Cape Town.

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Through his passion for the water, spearfishing and marine life, he met a range of filmmakers and photographers. He never turned down an adventure and was able to assist on shoots with Thomas Peschak for National Geographic Magazine in the Seychelles, Mexico, Peru and the Galapagos. Steve joined the team that would bring the Sardine Run to life for a BBC film series, Natures Great Events and later the BBCs Blue Planet II with the opening of the whole series, the Surfing Dolphins of the Transkei.

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Along the way he developed a business that helps people experience the ocean as he enjoys it, up close and personal with big animals in the water. Animal Ocean, focuses of snorkeling with Cape Fur seals in Hout Bay Cape Town, and has created a new local industry and brought thousands of people to enjoy its marine life.

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Through all of this time on the water with great role models and influences he has learned a vast amount about photography. He is always trying to go places that others can't and bring back images that show the natural world in all its glory. He strives to add motion and character to his images to evoke an emotion. Steve says "I want to viewer to feel something when they look at my images, wonder, terror, beauty or awe!"

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Photography is about creating an image that portrays what you feel about the world and convincing the viewer to feel the same. It’s about having an opinion and trying to swing the viewer over to your side. Each element in the process is pat of that from subject, composition, lighting, image selection, grading and release. In the end when someone looks at your image are they able to relate, can you make them care about what you are showing them?

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It is his goal to provide great imagery to the scientific and conservation community to promote conservation issues regarding the ocean.