Tom Easop is a
commercial/industrial
photographer. Educated at Brooks Institute of Photographic Art and
Science
in Santa Barbara, California, he earned a Bachelors of Arts Degree in
Color
Technology with a minor in Industrial Imaging. He has
Advertising clients include Ocean Management Systems, Atlantic Express, and Teleport Communications Group. Underwater photography is a small part of the business. Underwater editorial clients include Sport Diver, Dive, Friedman Publishing Group, Mad Dog Expeditions, and Immersed.
In 1995 he was the founding Director of Photography and launch team member of Immersed - The International Technical Diving Magazine, and has traveled the globe to generate photos for the magazine. Tom is currently writing a book, entitled The Guns and Armor of Scapa Flow.
He has been a NAUI diver since age 14, and now is an IANTD Trimix Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver with over 2500 dives.
Tom also works as a New York City Paramedic on a per diem basis for
several private hospitals contracted to the 911 system.
The ships themselves and the diving on them in Scapa is the focus of
this talk. Concentrating on the technology of the guns and the armor
protection,
the audience will be taken on "dives" using the slides to see what they
look like now, what it is like to dive in Scapa Flow, and to illustrate
the points of the talk. This combination slide and video presentation
will
feature Toms' underwater photography, historic photographs,
and
the diving. Tom will speak about the construction and innovation of the
ships and the ships of their day, the Dreadnoughts. Also included will
be information about the smaller ships of the fleet and the idea of
fleet
action. The historic context of their development will also be
integrated
into the presentation.
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