Keri Wilk started diving when he was around 8, and started shooting underwater as soon as a hand-me-down camera was available from his brother, Kris, who is 6 years older. Officially certified when he was 12, Keri had an extremely fortunate childhood thanks to his parents, Any and Les, who had a healthy obsession with traveling. While his friends were attending sports camp each summer, or bundled up making snowmen during Christmas break here in Ontario, Canada, we were exploring just about every island in the Caribbean, and photographing everything along the way (on thousands of rolls of film). Now 30 years old, around 20 years have passed since he picked up his first underwater camera, and there isn't an end in sight.
When his brother was 15 (21 years ago), he started ReefNet - a company whose motto sums up the company's purpose quite nicely: "Solving problems with deep thinking". As engineers, they actively design and manufacture products that benefit the underwater world (optics, data recorders, marine life ID guides, etc.).
As a late teenager, Keri started entering underwater photo competitions, and winning. A lot. In the span of 6 years, he won over 100 awards in international photo competitions, and had more dive travel vouchers (prizes) than he could possibly cash in on before they expired. Since then, he's stopped entering competitions, and is regularly asked to judge them instead, which he has found equally rewarding.