“While shooting California sea lions in Mexico last year (doesn’t that sound weird….last year???), I absolutely fell in love with their adorable faces and hysterical antics. And then….. when I met my first Harbor Seal while shooting in Monterey in September, I fell in love all over again! Apparently, this one had been chewing on my fin for a minute or so before I even noticed it, as I was obsessed with photographing the light rays streaming through the kelp in the cold waters of Point Lobos. Then he jumped in front of the camera, and photo-bombed my kelp shot! Just a few quick shots, and he took off, never to be seen again, but what a face, staring straight into my camera and straight into my heart!”
The Beautiful But Problematic Invasive Lionfish by Suzanne Bushnell
February 26, 2020
Lionfish have gotten a bad rap in the past few years. As many of you know, lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) are invasive species in Atlantic and Caribbean waters which is unfortunately wreaking havoc on native species that don’t recognize them as the voracious predators that they are. In
