Phil Rudin

Phil began taking photographs underwater while he was in the U.S. Navy in 1968. He is now Senior Photographer for Dive Chronicles Magazine and a freelance writer/travel photographer. As past President of the South Florida Underwater Photography Society Phil has served on the Board of Directors for over sixteen years and enjoys the diverse makeup of the club. Phil is retired from the West Palm Beach Florida Police Department where he served as Dive Team Commander for the city. With thirty years experience as a public safety diver and dive team manager Phil has done over five hundred recovery dives during his carrier. Phil has recovered vehicles, aircraft, evidence, bodies and more. Other dive team duties included hull inspections of large commercial vessels, underwater crime scene management, crime scene photography, collection of evidence, training and more.

Phil has also traveled extensively throughout the world to pursue his passion for underwater photography. His images have appeared in magazines such as Popular Science, Reflections, Rodale’s Scuba Diving, Underwater Journal, Skin Diver, Florida Underwater, South Florida Adventures, The Sun, Dive Chronicles, Waterways and others. Phil also teaches underwater photography classes for Dive Chronicles in California, Florida, Texas, Washington DC, Grand Cayman, Cozumel and St Croix.  Phil also lectures on travel destinations and photography around the country.

Currently Phil uses Olympus cameras and lenses, Olympus and SeaTool camera housings, Athena and Olympus ports, Athena float arms, Inon strobes and close-up lenses and the Athena ring-flash.

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