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"Photography is making a moment last forever"

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.


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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

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
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
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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

​My Equipment (boys-toys)

​Cameras
RED Helium WEAPON 8K
RED Epic Dragon 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​
Lenses
Canon 100-400 USM II
Canon 24-70 2.8
Canon 100Macro 2.8

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
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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

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Pride Of Australia
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News.com
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News Germany Magazine
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The Telegraph
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National Geographic
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The Telegraph
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National Geographic
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Natures Best Photography
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Wetpixel Magazine
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News Australia
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Red Bull Media
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The Vancouver Sun
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ABC News
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Nikon.com
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Welt Der Wunder Magazine
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Wetpixel Magazine
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Outdoor Photographer Magazine
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Montreal Gazette
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Weather.com
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Daily Mail UK
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Hoerzu Germany
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Photcity
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Our Amazing Planet

Partner Websites

Cuckoocrew Productions
Save Our Seaturtles
Shirt Box
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Maren Katharina Photography
Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre
Tangaroa Blue Foundation
​Biopixel
​Parley for the Ocean
Ocean Alliance
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