Thomas Easop has been diving for over forty years and holds an expedition rebreather certification. Educated at Brooks Institute of Photographic Art and Science, he earned a BA in Color Technology with a minor in Industrial – Scientific Imaging. He has operated his own commercial studio since 1986 and is a master print maker. The photography project entitled The Guns and Armour of Scapa Flow was begun in 1998 and is a catalogue of the naval warfare technology remaining on the German Imperial High Seas Fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, using homemade large format film cameras and specialized exposure and lighting techniques.