His talents took him to Purdue University, and after graduation, aided him in running commercial photography studios in Indiana. The underwater part came later, with a fateful snorkeling session ...

A Brantford-born model and a photographer from Hamilton have achieved a third Guinness World Record for an underwater photo shoot.

We recently caught up with Rafał Makiela who, in addition to photographing fashion, commercial and documentary, also loves to dip his toe (quite literally!) into underwater photography.