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Jeff Cheng's diving story


Picking up diving at the age of 12 (only 2 years ago!), I was uncertain at start what it was all about. Although I've heard a lot from my father and brother, both keen divers, I still wasn't sure what all the hype was all about - until I tried it out for myself! I signed up for my Open Water course as soon as PADI would let me, took my first breath underwater... and totally fell in love with the ocean and scuba diving!

Picking up as many certificates as I could, I landed myself in a spot where nothing more could be done due to my age. Advanced Open Water, Rescue, Specialty after Specialties... I needed something new!

That's when my father suggested I combine my love for topside photography with my love for the ocean... and I got my first digital "snappy-happy" and underwater housing and clicked away happily!

On my second time to Layang Layang, Malaysia, I was preparing for a dive... when I saw an awesome camera rig on the table... I couldn't resist myself, so I went up to it and took a *very* close look at it... the owner of the camera saw my interest and we proceeded to talk a lot over the next few days and got to know each other very well... this person I speak of is, of course, Fritz Wong!

It was through Fritz that I met everyone. Saiwong, Takako, Ken, Karl, Joe... the list just goes on! It was also how I came across this very website you're reading, HKDivePhoto.com! For that, I cannot thank Fritz enough!

Jeff Cheng
August 2004

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