Photography
Jan 09
by moniquetaree in marine life, Nature, Ocean, portraits, press, publication, roatan, Scubadiving, Uncategorized, underwaterphotography, women 0 comments tags: honduras, livingabroad, nature. underwaterphotography, ocean, roatan, scubadiving, women

Monique dives daily into the beautiful underwater world of Honduras

Monique from Honduras has two passions: scuba diving and photography. She takes you with her into her underwater world where swimming with sharks, and weightless floating above the corals, makes you realize how important our oceans are! From childhood on I have always loved swimming. I used to live near or at the water, and until this day, the beautiful bay in Roatan is my backyard. Being in the water feels liberating, underwater, above water, floating in the water, it doesn’t matter, it relaxes me. What is that feeling I have over and over again with water…? Maybe I was a dolphin in my past life? I am always triggered by the unknown, want to explore depths and go where most people don’t (dare to) go. Probably that’s why I ended up in Honduras, which literally means ‘depths’ in Spanish. Swinging, being weightless and just be as invisible as long as possible When I dive at a depth of 35 meters, sometimes all kinds of thoughts go through my mind. Floating between the schools of fish and beautiful corals makes me realize that I am a lucky person. Maybe I am sometimes ‘narced,’ which is slang for having nitrogen narcosis. […]
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Dec 03
by moniquetaree in People, portraits, publication, Scubadiving, Sea turtles, underwaterphotography, underwaterportraits 0 comments tags: portraits, scubadivers, underwaterphotography, underwaterportraits

10 Tips for Shooting Stunning Photos of Scuba Divers

Most of the photos we take in the ocean are of animals, corals, and other little critters. But why not also include a diver in your photos, or even capture nice underwater portraits of them? Adding divers to your photos adds an extra dimension to them. It also very nicely portrays the interaction between the diver and the animal, which helps illustrate the human element of scuba diving. The viewer will be able to better perceive the actual scale of the scene within the photo – even more so when you use a wide-angle lens. This concept can even be as simple as why not just take a cool shot of your buddy underwater? In some cases, I can imagine an underwater photographer may feel a bit too advanced to capture simple moments of divers with their thumbs up? To me, it is a very rewarding process to work with divers as underwater models. In my experience, they love to have their pictures taken underwater or maybe even more excited to see themselves in a photo alongside a turtle, porcupine fish, shark or any other beautiful animal. Here are my 10 tips to taking stunning underwater photos of divers. #1 […]
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Jul 09
by moniquetaree in portraits, publication, Uncategorized, underwaterweddings 0 comments tags: bayislandsofhonduras, love, moceanart, moniquetaree, ocean, roatan, scubadivers, scubadiving, underwaterportraits, underwaterweddings, weddings

Love is in the Ocean. Who Wants to Get Married Underwater?

When love is in the air! I felt privileged to capture their beautiful underwater wedding. Julia and Bryan, I met here in Roatan, they decided to get married underwater and organized it within twee weeks! An unique event. A challenge to photograph. Toronto Life published their Love story and my photographs; read more! https://torontolife.com/city/life/real-weddings-inside-underwater-ceremony-honduras/?fbclid=IwAR2WWD9A2tBzXRVMccHRYryuwMknh_xW2Tc3G8uJESJQ4zjYfkRUoDBaoJ8     Who wants to get married underwater? We can organize it for you! We have the perfect dive sites for making an unforgettable experience. It has shallow sandy bottoms with a good visibility. Send us an email monique@taree.eu Monique Y. Tarée
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Sep 07
by moniquetaree in marine life, press, publication, roatan, Scubadiving, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: bayislandsofhonduras, dutch, honduras, islandlife, moniquetaree, roatan, taree, tvc

Monique Tarée, a talented Dutch woman who fell in love with Honduras

https://www.televicentro.hn/noticias/detalle/5b8c519234b4b708a2928c6a/Monique-Taree-la-holandesa-que-le-entrego-su-corazon-a-Roatan This week I was featured by Televicentro HN, a TV channel in Honduras. The article was in Spanish, so hereby for my Englisch speaking friends to read the story! Lets meet Monique Tarée, a talented Dutch woman who fell in love with Honduras and shows the world the beauty of this country. Roatan always opens her heart to thousands of tourists who come to enjoy its beaches, sun and entertainment. But on this occasion a European woman gave her heart to this island. This is the story of Monique Tarée, originally from Amsterdam, Netherlands, who fell in love with this beautiful island, in the Islas de la Bahia, on the Honduran Atlantic coast at first sight. How is it possible for a woman from a first world country to abandon the comforts of home and live the rest of her life in Roatan? Honduras is said to have magnetism to those who visit it.  At the same time thousands of Hondurans emigrate to seek other opportunities abroad. And many Europeans and Americans choose to come to settle in the Bay Islands and Monique’s history is proof of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6huDnwM7PD8 Tarée decided to make her first trip to Honduras in […]
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