Leigh Bishop was born on 17 April 1968 and is an explorer and deep sea diver known for his deep shipwreck exploration and still underwater photography.
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13 Facts About Leigh Bishop
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Leigh Bishop's photographs have been published in magazines and national newspapers.
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Leigh Bishop is known mostly for his ambient-light monochrome images of shipwrecks, which use natural light and long time exposures using a tripod to capture images of shipwrecks that are impossible to light using man-made lighting effects.
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Leigh Bishop has published hundreds of periodicals and photographs on the subject of shipwrecks globally and lectured on the subject around the world.
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Leigh Bishop has researched into London archives, which led him to the identification of many unknown shipwrecks around the British Isles.
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Leigh Bishop is a professional HSE qualified diver and has worked on consultancy for several television documentaries and has been involved in the commissioning of documentaries shown on several major network channels.
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Leigh Bishop has worked as an underwater cameraman where his film footage has been cut into underwater television documentaries for National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Channel, BBC and other major UK networks.
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Leigh Bishop went on to be involved as a photographer in high profile expeditions, such as HMHS Britannic in 1998,2003,2006,2009 and 2016.
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Leigh Bishop has published articles, features and photographs in many magazines globally as well as books and major newspapers published in America and England.
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Leigh Bishop has written over 200 full feature articles and his creative underwater imagery has been used in many advertising campaigns for the promotion of diving manufacturers' equipment and popular publications.
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Leigh Bishop has contributed to all of the UK's diving magazines, although he specifically contributes to the UK's DIVER magazine and the US-based Wreck Diving magazine.
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Leigh Bishop has made many public presentations about shipwreck exploration, including lectures at the Royal Geographical Society in London, the Australian technical diving conference in Sydney, and lectures at the National Exhibition Centre and London Arena.
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Leigh Bishop has spoken at the NEC DIVE show on numerous occasions, conferences in Scotland and Wales, Warwick University, Imperial College London, Birmingham University and at many UK dive clubs.
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