Naomi is an Irish Underwater Photographer now living and working on the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Naomi learned to dive in Ireland (yes, really!) with her university club, spending most of her time diving and photographing Ireland’s incredible coastline, eventually becoming a PADI Dive Instructor.
Always with a camera in hand, Naomi turned her passion into a career when she moved to Coral Bay, WA. She now works as a freedive photographer with Coral Bay Ecotours, shooting megafaunas such as whale sharks, manta rays, humpback whales and all the other wildlife Ningaloo has to offer. Naomi’s images are taken mostly holding her breath and with natural light, allowing for unique interactions with wildlife.
Naomi especially loves to photograph sharks, hoping that she can change perceptions of these animals before it’s too late. The Ningaloo Reef is home to the most diverse shark and ray population on the planet and so is the perfect place to photograph species whose populations have been decimated in other parts of the world. The hope is that the more people see how misunderstood these important animals are, fear can be changed into awe and ignorance into obsession because people tend to protect what they love.
Ornate eagle ray Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘An extremely rare encounter with the critically endangered Ornate Eagle Ray. This is the seventh individual identified on the Ningaloo Reef’
Baby green sea turtle Exmouth, Western Australia
Baitball action Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Whale shark Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘A cloudy day on the Ningaloo still yields special opportunities if you’re in the right place at the right time’
Dusky shark Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Leopard shark Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Loggerhead turtle Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Green sea turtle Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Whale sharks Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘These two whale sharks crossed paths and circled each other just once before going their separate ways!’
Orca at sunset Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Giant northern petrel Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘This giant northern petrel sat right in front of my dome towering above my head in the water, as onlookers watched from a whale shark boat’
Sea snakes Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘Two elegant sea snakes have intertwined as the male wraps himself around the female hoping to mate with her, is one of my favourite encounters’
Sea lions Jurien Bay, Western Australia
‘Two Australian sea lions playfully fighting. These two individuals belong to a population of only 12,000’
Whale shark Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘It’s unusual to see whale sharks in such shallow water but it’s very exciting when we do’
Me Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
‘A thriving reef system Coral Bay is home to a huge amount of biodiversity and is an underwater photographers dream’
Find Naomi on Instagram @naomirosephoto
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