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Dale Sanders

Contact Information:

Dale Sanders
C/O Photo Text Ltd.
7905 Colley Rd.
Odessa, FL 33556
Phone (813) 920-3125
Fax (813) 926-9383

phototext@tampabay.rr.com

Online Gallery:

Be sure to checkout the online slideshow of previous on-location assignments. CLICK HERE

General Biography, Credits & Credentials

 

Past Published Articles & Image Credits:

Sport Fishing, Caribbean Travel & Life, Florida Sportsman, Rodale's Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Shipwrecks, Scuba Times, Underwater USA, National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Vertebrates, Continental Airlines Dive Travel Guide, Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Air Aruba's in Flight Mag. Kwihi, Ramada's Traveler, Fisheye View, Wave, Best of Tampa Bay, Treasure Diver, Diving World, Florida Scuba News, Travel World News, Caribbean Sports & Travel, The State of Florida's Official Boating and Diving Guide, The Bahamas Official Cruising, Fishing, Marinas & Resort Guide, Caribbean Voyager, Bed & Breakfast America, and production consultant for Watermark Multimedia's Aruba Tourism Authorities Promotional Video.

Past Travel Writing Destinations:

Extensive travel throughout all islands in the Caribbean, Central & South America, Europe, Australia, and unique destinations like Mauritius, Hawaii, and other remote tropical destinations.

Equipment & Camera Gear:

As a travel and outdoor photojournalist Dale places an emphasis on being on hand to cover events in targeted tropical locations.  Hence, he keeps a sportfish motoryacht in either the Bahamas or Key West.  A second sportfish on the Florida Gulf Coast near Port Richey, and lives on a freshwater lake N. of Tampa with a trailerable bass boat for inland water related assignments.

Dale was one of the first to convert to digital photography many years ago.  Thus, he has an extensive Pro Nikon digital system, and Nikonos underwater system, while still retaining film camera bodies if needed.  Specialty housed camera for shooting "over under" shots in water.  Plus, Dale maintains a very sophisticated digital scanning and post production studio utilizing Photoshop CS, and a Nikon 16 bit scanner.

Academic, Media Credentials & Awards:

- Dale holds a degree in Oceanography & Marine Geology from USF.     
- As a past President of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association( www.fowa.org ), Dale lead this 50+ year old media organization into the internet publishing era as well as the new millenium.  Dale is presently the Committee Chair of FOWA's Past-President's Council.
- Dale is also an active member of the North American Travel Journalist Association ( www.natja.org).
- Dale has received over 20 awards from nationally recognized Media Organizations for his work in:  photojournalism, travel writing, photography, and underwater photography.

Commercial Credits:

Overton's, Bass Pro Shops (catalog & photo pro for Legends Bass Tournament), Divi Resorts, Outer Banks Outfitters, Continental Airlines, Caradonna Caribbean Tours, Divers Direct.  Plus, numerous other fashion and watersports catalogs.

Stock Film List by Destination:

Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas (Extensive Abacos & Exumas), Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bequia, Bonaire, Canouan, Caymans, Cozumel, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida (Extensive Keys & Gulf Coast), Germany, Greece, Italy (extensive all areas), Jamaica, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayreau, Mexico (Yucatan), Missouri, Palm Island, Petit St. Vincent, Saba, Sicily, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, Sint Maarten, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Turkey, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks & Caicos, and Union Island.

Focus and Special Interests:

Assignments & stock images are Dale's focused persuits.

Assignment interests are:  adventure travel, eco-tourism, Caribbean or tropical travel, small ship cruise travel, bare boat cruise travel, shipwreck & maritime history, sportfishing, dive travel, nautical artifacts & glass bottle collecting, Mediteranean travel, free-diving & snorkeling, and metal detecting.