Greg Amptman's Moments in Time

07/28/2024

Cool looks like I’m going to Miami for a dive trip during my vacation

06/04/2024

Okay it’s official, heading to Florida this September for a week of adventure and hopefully to reconnect with some old friends.

05/30/2024

This was an awesome day

05/25/2024

Welp it was worth a shot. Went to La Jolla Shores for a morning dive. Surf looked really nasty. There were three open water classes that wound up canceling and so we decided to error on the side of caution and call the dive so we all went out for breakfast instead, which was really nice. Exchange phone numbers with my new friends and we’re plan on diving again in the near future 

05/24/2024

I met a scuba group today and I’m going diving with them tomorrow! Yay!

05/17/2024

Time for reality check! Has anybody heard anything about spotting smooth hammerheads pupping at La Jolla Cove or La Jolla Shores? 

04/16/2024

close up of a resting lemon shark on the ocean floor

04/14/2024

I’m probably gonna curse myself by saying this, but La Jolla Cove is looking really good this coming Friday. Hopefully the weather will cooperate because I would love to get some video of the sea lions out there.

04/10/2024

Getting a small royalty check next week for my photos. Life is good. 

04/10/2024

04/03/2024

Asking AI to draw a picture of the little mermaid and a great white taking a selfie together

03/27/2024

Since my diving group that I hang out with is not doing any dives this weekend, because of the upcoming storms, I decided to go to Wonder Con. I hope to see some of my cosplay friends there and shoot some photos with you.  

03/26/2024

Hammer time!

03/25/2024

HOLY CRAP! Leonardo DiCaprio just posted two of my seven gill shark photos on his instagram page, and gave me credit for the shots

03/22/2024

F****** Rain! I wanted to dive tomorrow.

03/09/2024

Just found my best friend and brother of nearly 60 year has cancer. They think they caught in time so if you can keep him in your thoughts it would appreciated

03/09/2024

Wow, this photo of mine is getting a lot of mileage. Now Scientific American is using it for basically the same article. 

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction because of the liver oil and meat trade and emerging fishing technologies that make it possible to catch deep-sea fishes

03/08/2024

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, according to a new eight-year study released today in the journal Science.

02/23/2024

For my friend Kelly, and for all the people that I’ve known who has battled this insidious disease

With a heavy heart💔 and tears 😢 in my eyes nothing is more painful than trying to smile and stay positive but after many tests, injections, chemo and radiation the person changes physically and can suffer from sadness (or they choose to not have any treatment and leave it all in God's hands)
I know a lot of y’all don’t give a crap on this post because cancer hasn’t touched you.
You don't know what it's like to have fought the fight, or have a loved one fighting or has cancer. 💛💗
Do me a small favor - I know only a few of you will do it. If you know someone, or if you have fought cancer, are still fighting cancer or know someone who passed from cancer, make this your status to support, respect and remember. 💛💗💜💚💛🧡❤️🤎🖤🤍💙

💕Who are my 7 who will copy💕 

02/15/2024

Looks like I'm going to Monster Palooza for the first time this year.

02/02/2024

Decided to watch a random documentary on Hulu titled Return of the White Shark. In the documentary they featured scientist Greg Skomal who has used some of my photos titled The Shark Handbook. Just thought that was really cool.

01/30/2024

Finishing my first week by myself as a care, tech assistant, and so far, it’s been pretty awesome!

01/25/2024

There’s nothing like working a graveyard s**t and stopping off at an iHop for breakfast at the end of shift.

01/12/2024

Using AI Generative fill on an existing photo,

01/04/2024

Reef life in the Bahamas