Lee Starnes Photography

23/03/2026

Some newness up on the blog!

I’ve been shooting underwater lately which makes me wonder if these posts need a new name. Travel Diary still works, I guess. But the pictures are certainly different now. Half of them are underwater. Half of them aren’t. So maybe it needs a new monicker? We’ll see. In any case, I found myself...

09/01/2026

With the new year comes a new personal project- Below.

Below the surface mirrors above. The personal underwater project of Lee Starnes

10/12/2025

A bit of a different style of photography from me. My first dipping of the toe into the underwater world with a camera.

As most of you know, I’m a pretty big nerd when it comes to scuba diving and love hunting for the small and weird. I’ve been hesitant to even go down the road of underwater photography because I know how expensive that road is going to be, but I borrowed a little Olympus tg-4 from a friend of mi...

19/11/2025

Part 1 of some new work up on the blog! Keep tuned for the sequels!

Over the last few months, the team at Nonn and I have been shooting nearly nonstop to the point where I’ve not had the time to even look at the final images, let alone find the time to post about them. For context, we started in July…. But here we are and instead of going the normal route of sho...

27/10/2025

Some new work finally up on the blog! Been trying to play catch after a massively busy past few months.

Back in the studio with the folks from Tolv and we set out to make some more clean images to round out their website. I’ve been quite busy these past few months that I’m just now getting a chance to release these out in to the wild as we shot these over the summer. These images are a bit of a di...

18/09/2025

Some newness up on the blog!

Another trip to Indonesia for diving took me to south Lombok and during the brief stints in between being underwater, I grabbed the trusty Fuji x100v and snapped a few frames along the way. While just a short jaunt from Bali, Lombok feels different in so many ways. Rugged landscapes, much quieter be

11/07/2025

Part 2 of Alor up on the blog!

This is part 2 in the Alor series, so if you haven’t had a chance to look at those images, head here to check out part 1. Not that this is chronological, but go have a look there for more. In any event, Alor just kept delivering in not only photo opportunities, but just as an incredible plac

07/07/2025

Newness up on the blog.. Stay tuned for part 2! Come see how incredible this part of the world is.

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’d know how special this place is for me. Alor sits to the far east of Indonesia and while I first started going here for diving (and still do, really) three years ago, I’ve come to appreciate everything above water maybe just as much...

30/06/2025

While I continue to go through the images from Alor, here's a little layover to keep your eyes occupied... see what I did there.

On my way to Alor this year, I chose a different flight path in the hopes of a speedier arrival. I’m not sure if the net experience felt any shorter, but I’d never been to Jakarta before, so something new is good, right? With Jakarta’s traffic, I didn’t too much exploring outside of wanderin...

28/06/2025

Ternate Island’s Umapura village greets you with colorfully painted buildings and a rich history of weaving. Known as “Kain Tenun Ikat” this differs from the more popular Batik as the designs are woven into the fabric rather than printed or painted like Batik. Done exclusively by the women in the village, these pieces are incredible. 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩📷: Fuji x100v