BIO

Matthew Meier is a freelance photographer living in San Diego, California. He shoots underwater, travel, and small products. Matthew was formally trained at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, completing their Master’s Program.

Matthew’s work has been published by The Ocean Channel, National Marine Sanctuary Program , National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, ThankYouOcean.org, NANPA Impressions, JCK, Professional Jeweler, Timothy Meier Design, Ann Garrett Designer Jewelry, nkd Naked and Off Broadway.

Prior to studying photography at Brooks Institute, Matthew received a BSE in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Michigan. It is there he became a certified scuba diver. Upon graduation, he moved to Vail, Colorado, where he worked for a computer software company specializing in resort reservation systems.

He traveled all over the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean installing software systems, all the while, taking every opportunity to get underwater. Matthew moved from Vail to San Diego to be closer to the water and get more involved in the diving industry. He has worked at the Diving Locker, one of the oldest dive shops in the country and also trained dolphins and sea lions for the Navy’s Marine Mammal Program.

Matthew has been diving in Australia, Bali, Barbados, Belize, California, Cancun, Cozumel, Costa Rica, the Florida Keys, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Kenya, Moorea, and Papua New Guinea.

Matthew is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA), The Ocean Communicators Alliance (Thankyouocean.org), the Sierra Club and the University of Michigan’s Alumni Association.