Peter Boots, also known as Bootsy, has been a passionate diver for 45 years. Around 1978, he became fascinated by Jacques Cousteau's documentaries and knew immediately; "I want to live this adventure too!". A year later, he obtained his NOB 1* diving licence in the Netherlands.

Not finding the romance of the documentaries of 'Cousteau' back in Dutch waters, he decided to move to Curaçao in 1980, in order to do a lot of diving in this tropical sea outside his work as a (chef) cook. There, he almost immediately started using an analogue Sea & Sea amphibian camera to take underwater pictures, analogue and rather primitive compared to today. He is now very happy with his extensive underwater photography set, which consists of an Olympus OM-D E-M5 mark 2, with several lenses and 2 Sea & Sea D3 flash units.

His competition with himself and his ambition for perfectionism keep him inspired. Photographing mostly for himself, he prefers to swim rebelliously against the current. What does he strive for when making a good underwater photo? Originality, bravura, contrast and, if possible, strong eye contact. His absolute preference is wide-angle photos. A photo that keeps you looking at it just a little bit longer. Achievements include silver and gold at the ONK 'ZOET' and various prizes in photo competitions. Bootsy keeps telling himself that he will make his 'most beautiful' photo yet.

Since 2015, he has been a regular columnist, writer and photographer of various dive travel stories in the monthly glossy 'Diving', which is an inspiring complement to his photography work. In it, he can share his underwater photography adventures with his readers in his own unique way.

After so many years of diving, there is nothing that can excite him more than uninhibitedly taking on the adventure like a true freebooter to take a beautiful underwater photo!