Joakim Hjelm Photography

Joakim Hjelm Photography Support my photography by ordering a print! www.joakimhjelm.com HUE is the local chapter of Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)

HUE was created to enhance diver training in the state of Hawaii, to assist with research projects requiring difficult logistics and to help conserve our underwater realm from harm.

Krampus night!
12/09/2024

Krampus night!

08/28/2022

Project Baseline video, initial showing at the 2017 GUE conference.
Not sure where it went so uploading again on all platforms :)

Been a bit quiet on this end for a while, but wanted to post some photos from our checkout dive at Durrance Lake last we...
09/18/2021

Been a bit quiet on this end for a while, but wanted to post some photos from our checkout dive at Durrance Lake last weekend to see if we needed to do another lake cleanup. Overall not that much garbage down there which is positive, but we wonder what these tire structures were dumped for. I know in hawaii they used to dump tires for artificial reefs, maybe that was done in Durrance Lake as well? If anyone knows, please let us know. Still lots of fishing line wrapped around the sunken trees, and sadly one fish that got tangled up as well.

09/25/2020

Today's mission was to remediate the broken cloud sponge at station 2, by anchoring it to the bottom we will now be able to continue monitoring the site. We hope that the sponge will be able to continue growing, but this remains to be seen with time.
3d models of all the sponges can be found here https://sketchfab.com/joakim_hjelm/collections/mckenzie-bight-cloud-sponges

Jason at 6m deco after successful first-aid on the broken Cloud Sponge at station 2 Mckenzie Bight.
09/20/2020

Jason at 6m deco after successful first-aid on the broken Cloud Sponge at station 2 Mckenzie Bight.

Station 4 at McKenzie Bight is looking healthy, now if we can only manage to find station 5 again :)
09/20/2020

Station 4 at McKenzie Bight is looking healthy, now if we can only manage to find station 5 again :)

Burying the brick with the aluminum rod hopefully gives the second part of the cloud sponge enough stability to not fall...
09/20/2020

Burying the brick with the aluminum rod hopefully gives the second part of the cloud sponge enough stability to not fall over, and allow for further growth.

Here Jason is gently grabbing one of the healthy fragments and putting it on the aluminum rod. With time we will see if ...
09/20/2020

Here Jason is gently grabbing one of the healthy fragments and putting it on the aluminum rod. With time we will see if this fragment will continue to grow once being separated from the main body of the cloud sponge

The Cloud Sponge at Station 2 at our McKenzie Bight Project Baseline site had been damaged previously, either due to anc...
09/20/2020

The Cloud Sponge at Station 2 at our McKenzie Bight Project Baseline site had been damaged previously, either due to anchor damage or fishing lines.
Our mission today was to take some of the pieces and utilize a brick and an aluminum rod to stand them up again.

Jason right before we head down into the depths to do first aid to one of the Cloud Sponges down there. More to come.
09/20/2020

Jason right before we head down into the depths to do first aid to one of the Cloud Sponges down there. More to come.

Can't do these awesome dives that I do without these great teammates! They lug my gear around and occasionally pose duri...
01/07/2020

Can't do these awesome dives that I do without these great teammates! They lug my gear around and occasionally pose during deco as well, can't ask for better friends! There are many more ofcourse, and I will try to get some snaps of them as well!

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A grumpy wolf eel from one of our last few dives, these guys are adorable!LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE if you love these guys...
01/05/2020

A grumpy wolf eel from one of our last few dives, these guys are adorable!

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Joakim Hjelm has been diving in Hawaii since 1998 and started exploring underwater photography and videography in 2000 with a borrowed underwater camera. Taking photos and videos quickly became his driving force for diving. To him, it almost feels pointless to dive unless a camera comes along to capture and share the underwater realm.

Joakim especially enjoys wreck and cave photography but also takes pleasure in capturing the magic of marine life. Having travelled to numerous locations such as Truk Lagoon, Fiji, Belize, Mexico, Philippines, and Bahamas, he has been able to develop his own style of photography.

Joakim has worked as a photographer for Hilo Hattie, in addition, he worked as the underwater technical advisor for Hawaii 5-0 for one of their episodes, participated in a commercial shoot for Atlantis submarines, and had video footage published by PBS in The Flintlock Disaster, a documentary about a lost squadron of Corsair fighter planes.