About Christian Miller
Christian is an award-winning nature and wildlife photographer, a photo artist and a filmmaker. His most famous and internationally exposed works are his photographs of Sea Turtles, digitally enhanced so they appear more to be paintings than photographs.
But lets start at the beginning.
Christian was born in Germany in 1977, where his artistic talent soon came to light. His incredibly strong desire to draw and to capture what he visually perceived earned him many school rewards and he won many national and international competitions.
At the age of 21 Christian began to travel the world, with a sketch book, a pencil a backpack and a camera.
His dream was to see and draw the most exotic animals on land and especially those living in the ocean. To do that, he realised he needed to capture their appearance and beauty for visual reference for photo realistic drawing.
Soon Christian became a professional diver (PADI IDC Staff Instructor) and bought his very first underwater camera in 2002.
Living and working in the most diverse and spectacular dive regions of the world, such as the Caribbean, Indonesia and Far North Australia, Christian studied marine animals and their behavioural patterns. With thousands of dives he learnt the ins and outs of underwater photography in different light conditions, and became involved in various marine conservation activities and expeditions.
But lets start at the beginning.
Christian was born in Germany in 1977, where his artistic talent soon came to light. His incredibly strong desire to draw and to capture what he visually perceived earned him many school rewards and he won many national and international competitions.
At the age of 21 Christian began to travel the world, with a sketch book, a pencil a backpack and a camera.
His dream was to see and draw the most exotic animals on land and especially those living in the ocean. To do that, he realised he needed to capture their appearance and beauty for visual reference for photo realistic drawing.
Soon Christian became a professional diver (PADI IDC Staff Instructor) and bought his very first underwater camera in 2002.
Living and working in the most diverse and spectacular dive regions of the world, such as the Caribbean, Indonesia and Far North Australia, Christian studied marine animals and their behavioural patterns. With thousands of dives he learnt the ins and outs of underwater photography in different light conditions, and became involved in various marine conservation activities and expeditions.
Pangaea Project in Florida
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Selfie with a Green Turtle
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Turtle Project in Borneo
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Turtle Rehabilitation in Cairns
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Recent International Awards and Credentials
- 1st Place Winner of Nature's Best Photography 2014 Ocean Views
- Grand Price Winner of Sony Creative Close-Ups 2014
- Highly Honoured Winner National Geographic 2014
- Highly Honoured Winner Winsland Smith Rice Awards 2014 Wildlife Category
- Highly Honoured Winner Winsland Smith Rice Awards 2014 Oceans Category
- Marine Wildlife Photo Contest - Grand Jury Winner & People's Choice 2015
- Gold Winner of 'Our World Underwater 2015' - Wide-angle Unrestricted
- Photo of the Year 'Mike Ball Dive Expeditions'
- Finalist for ANZANG Australian Nature Photographer of the Year 2015
- Winner of 'Pride of Australia' Medal - Environment 2015
- 1st Place Winner international "Ocean Art" 2016
- Ocean Geographic "Special Jury Award" for Snotbot 2017
- Webby Award Winner "Below the Surface" Snotbot 2018
Christian also has a CASA commercial drone license for aerial photography and filming.
You can also check out his other website - Cuckoo Crew Productions and Biopixel
You can also check out his other website - Cuckoo Crew Productions and Biopixel
National Geographic Earthlife 2017
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With the Snotbot team in Alaska
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Win news at JCU about Marine Conservation
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On the latest Snotbot shoot in Mexico
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My Equipment (boys-toys)
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Cameras
RED Helium WEAPON 8K RED Epic Dragon 6K Black Magic Pocket 6K Canon 1dx Mark ii Nikon D810 Nikon D800 Nikon D750 Nikon D90 x 3 Samsung NX1 Sony RX100 IV Sony NX5 Sony Nex-5T Gopro 6 Black Gopro 4 Black x 2 UW Camera Gear
Nauticam RED Weapon LT Housing Nauticam RED Dragon UW Housing Nauticam 1DXm2 UW Housing Nauticam NA-502 UW Housing Dive&See 7" UW Screen Aquatica d800 UW Housing Aquatica d90 UW Housing Recsea Housing for Sony RX100 Ikelite DS161 UW Strobes x 2 Sea&Sea YS-D2 Strobe BigBlue 15000 Lumens UW light x 2 Fisheye UW Lights 7000 Lumens x 2 I-torch UW LED UV Lights x 3 Keldan 15000 Lumens UW light Keldan 18000 Lumens UW Light |
Lenses
Canon 100-400 USM II Canon 24-70 2.8 Canon 100Macro 2.8 Canon 35mm 2.0 Signa 14-70 Sigma 85mm Art 1.4 Sigma 12-24 Art Tokina 10-17 Fisheye Canon Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR Nikon 24-70 2.8 VR Nikon 24-70 2.8 Nikon 16-35 4.0 Nikon 105mm 2.8 Macro Nikon 50 1.4 Sigma 120-400 3.5 Sigma 10-20 4.0 Tokina 10-17 Fisheye x 3 Tokina 100mm Micro 2.8 Samsung 16-50 f2.0 Drones
Inspire 2 RAW Inspire 2 Inspire 1 V2 Pro Inspire 1 V1 Mavic Pro Phantom 2 |
Specialised Gear
SmallHD 502 Monitor x2 Heavy Lift Carbon Hexacopter Wacom Cintiq & Intuos Cintiq Companion Beam Smoke Machine CamRanger Pro Cinetics Motorised Slider with Pan/Tilt 96" Sony Shotgun Microphone Zoom H4n Recorder Senheiser Lavelier Remote Microphones Tascam DR-70D Recorder Senheiser Shotgun Microphone CameTV 3-Axis Stabiliser DJI Ronin 3-Axis Stabiliser Redrock Micro Remote Focus Steadycam Harnest MIOPS High Speed Trigger Edelkrone Motion Slider RED Touchscreen 7" Matte Box Carbon Fibre Hypercore Vmount Batteries x 4 Sony Shotgun Microphone RED Mini Mag 480gb x 2 Drobo RAID system x 4 |
Studio Gear
Godox DS600 Strobe x 2 Flashpro 5.0 Sp x 3 Flashpro Powerpack Leadpower Inverter Flashpro Large Octa Softbox Xlite Strip lights Xlite Beauty Dish x 2 Apollo Umbrella Reflectors x 2 Flashpro Beautydish x 2 40cm Beautydish/honeycomp Icelight x 2 SB910 Speedlight YongNuo Speedlight x 2 Poketwizard III Manfrotto Lightstands Manfrotto Tripod x 2 Spider Holster Light Reflectors x 2 White/Black/Grey Backdrops 3Legged Thing Tripod Roland VS640i - Printer Roland BN-20 Printer Epson F2000 Printer |
Recent Media Publications
Pride Of Australia
The Telegraph
National Geographic
News Australia
ABC News
Wetpixel Magazine
Hoerzu Germany
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News.com
Natures Best Photography
Wetpixel Magazine
Red Bull Media
Nikon.com
Outdoor Photographer Magazine
Weather.com
Our Amazing Planet
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The Telegraph
National Geographic
News Germany Magazine
The Vancouver Sun
Welt Der Wunder Magazine
Montreal Gazette
Daily Mail UK
Photcity
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