Mike Bacon was born and raised in North Palm Beach, Florida and has been a professional underwater and nature photographer for the past 34 years. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of books, newspapers, magazines, calendars, educational textbooks and encyclopedias, etc. for years, and are still regularly published around the world. The National and International Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Ranger Rick, Audubon, Greenpeace, Ocean Realm, Sea Frontiers and Scuba News all published work from his very first submissions. He won the Sierra Club National Photo Contest and the International Wildlife Photo Competition in the underwater category and made three covers that very first year. At this point, Mike was hooked for good and decided to leave his job at Mote Marine Laboratory and pursue his career as a full time nature photographer.