Christian Miller Photography | About - Christian Miller Photography

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.

Pangaea Project in Florida

Selfie with a Green Turtle

Turtle Project in Borneo

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
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

National Geographic Earthlife 2017

With the Snotbot team in Alaska

Win news at JCU about Marine Conservation

On the latest Snotbot shoot in Mexico

My Equipment (boys-toys)

Cameras
RED Helium WEAPON 8K
RED Epic Dragon 6K
Black Magic Pocket 6K
Canon 1dx Mark III
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
Sigma 17-70 2.8
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
Phantom 4Pro
Mavic Pro
Phantom 2

Specialised Gear
Atomos Ninja V monitor
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
DJI Ronin S 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 5
Sony Shotgun Microphone
RED Mini Mag 480gb x 2
Drobo RAID system x 4
Nucleaus N focus gear

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

Deceased Camera Equipment:
Canon 1dx mii
Nikon D810
Nikon D90 x 3
Samsung NX1
Aquatica D90 Housing
BigBlue UW lights
Samsung 16-50 lens
Nikon 105mm Marco lens
Inspire 2 Drone x 2
Inspire 1 Drone x 3
Phantom 4Pro x 2
Mavic Pro Drone x 2