Author Archives: Doug Elsey

Doug Elsey is a Canadian documentary photographer specializing in expedition and adventure photography. His images have appeared in National Geographic and Popular Science and he has been on assignment with NATO Special Forces, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the Norwegian Naval EOD Commando, the Icelandic Coast Guard EOD and United States Navy Experimental Diving units. Elsey has documented numerous military deep diving MCM and surface EOD exercises from the high arctic to the tropics and has participated on five civilian expeditions sponsored by National Geographic.
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Deep Divex 2015 – Bergen Norway

These are the images of the NATO Naval Special Forces Deep Dive Teams plying their trade on an exercise in Bergen Norway Oct 2015. Brave bunch doing a dangerous job. Images acquired on the Deep […]

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Sea Kayaking Days on Georgian Bay

Every year I go out with an outfitter in Parry Sound Ontario (White Squall) and teach “Coastal Photography” with an accomplished fellow photographer Thom Morrissey. Thom’s specialty is landscape and wildlife photography – mine is […]

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Timing is everything .. no crystal ball needed.

Being in the right place at the right time has a lot to do with getting a successful shot. Being familiar with your environment takes the guesswork out of predicting what is going to happen […]

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Getting there is half the “fun” ….

  This particular shot has me all kitted out in commercial diving gear (I am a former commercial diver) as I ride the diving stage down to the commercial divers training at Seneca Colleges Deep […]

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THE DINER

Found a little diner in Streetsville Ont. with great old time diner food for a bargin. It is the kind of place that brings back memories of a stop along a journey in the middle […]

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The robot and I.

Gotta keep out of the way from these things! While shooting in Iceland for a NATO EOD exercise,  a robot is busily scouring the area for signs of explosives. Equipped with a remote camera and […]

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Images of MCM – A Free 2013 Screensaver of MCM and EOD Photography

Every year I do a screensaver (for windows) of selected images I have taken on past assignments for the MCM (Mine Counter Measures) and EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) Teams that I have had the honour […]

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Can you see me now???

One of the tasks on the Icelandic Northern Challenge exercise was to make some pictures during a night operation. Easy enough I thought as a gathered a Nikon D800 and a couple of fast 2.8F […]

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Iceland in the morning

Early morning shot of an EOD search team looking for explosives on Icelands Northern Challenge EOD exercise. Bomb technicians spread out over the landscape at intervals so that if something should happen, the next individual […]

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Deep Divex 2011 – Halifax NOVA SCOTIA

One of the assignments I do is the documentary photography for the NATO Special Forces (Deep Diving Mine Counter Measures group.) These are some of the photos of from a 2 week exercise – this […]

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