Ranger Rob Cala has an exceptional talent for photographing and understanding the huge variety of life in the oxygen-rich wave-buffeted zone between the seashore & deeper waters. Rob has been a ranger at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve for many years, soaking up the atmosphere, excitement and life of these shallow rocky areas. But he is also nationally known as an original intertidal photographer.

Robert Cala has produced an artistic and scientific book of photographs and text on the sea anemonae, chitons, octopus, sea stars and other marine dwellers of this challenging habitat. And Rob’s film on intertidal life has been selected by the Thunder Bay International Film Festival in association with the NOAA . The film was also shown at the SF International Ocean Film Festival.