Ornate_Giant

I had a beautiful moment watching you record your album via live-stream, all the way from the opposite side of the world in New Zealand and want to thank you for making that opportunity available. It was a truly incredible experience to watch that creative process unfold all the way across the globe.

I also have some of your work on vinyl and was wondering what your view on vinyl is these days? It seems to have made a quite noticeable resurgence but do you find it an important medium to release music on or just a platform that people request so you might as well make it?

As an aside, what's in the water in Iceland that makes everyone so ridiculously musical and talented?

Hello Alexander.

I hope this does not arrive too late, I was regrettably unaware of this AMA so am a bit late, but hopefully you'll revisit this tomorrow.

Completely separate but simultaneous to yourself I ended up creating a small series focused on abstractions of starfish (Asteroidea), much like your images of Mithrodia clavigera through to Asterias rubens (page 2-page 3 on your flickr), which I didn't become aware of until after I had finished my series. It's fantastic to be able to get in touch with someone who's images you admire!
I can't even begin to fathom how exciting the Aquatilis Expedition promises to be.

If I may, I have a few questions. What do you consider yourself primarily, marine biologist, diver or photographer? Is there a core part of yourself that the other two assist in feeding or would you consider yourself all three equally?

How important would you say the crowdfunding effort is to realise the Aquatilus Expedition?

What was your big break into the underwater photographic world, and would there be any way you could recommend someone following in your footsteps to achieve the same?

Could you share a bit about your lab setup for photographing specimens?

Is the focus on invertebrates and small animals your personal choice or simply driven by the lack of any abundance of large animals in the waters your most often dive?

I've got a million more questions but I'll leave it here for now. If(/when) you happen to reach New Zealand and need an assistant/bed/beer, I heartily volunteer to show you around.