All images © 2024 Patrik Haltia
My name is Patrik Haltia and I am a 50-year old man from Sweden. I live in a small town called Karlstad which is located on the top of the biggest lake in Sweden, lake Vänern.
I took my divers license in 1998 and started to take underwater photos around 2015. First I used a compact camera, Canon G9, and no external flash. After a while I changed to Canon's M-system and a Ikelite housing with an external DS51 strobe. Now I've changed system again to Canon's R-system, more particularly Canon R8, with an Ikelite Underwater Housing and two external Ikelite strobes, one DS160 and one DS161. When it comes to lenses, I use Canon macro EF-S 35mm 1:2.8, Canon macro EF-S 60mm 1:2.8, Canon macro EF-S 100mm 1:2.8, and Canon's wide angle lens EF-S 10-18mm 1:4.5-5.6.
I prefer to dive in the ocean at the Swedish west coast or in the waters of Norway, but I also dive in freshwater lakes and rivers nearby my hometown. I have not been diving a lot abroad but last November I went to Moalboal in the Philippines and I've also done some diving in the Mediterranean sea, places like Malta, Italy, Spain and Croatia.
Patrik Haltia is a Swedish diver and underwater photographer. While you can usually catch him diving the west coast of Sweden and Norway, he also frequents Klarälven and other freshwater lakes and rivers. Patrik is a Canon loyalist starting his underwater photography with Canon's compact G9 and progressing up to Canon's R8 system with dual Ikelite strobes. You can follow more Patrik on Instagram and see more of his incredible work @putteposeidon.
