New Mexico offers a variety of sights and scenes from North America’s spectacular deserts to mountains to blue holes. Many divers in the area are familiar with the Blue Hole, and few technical or advanced divers have experienced the serenity of Rock Lake. Below are a few snapshots of the beauty of Rock Lake, captured …
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F-stops, shutter speeds, and ISO settings have confused many a photographer at one point in their lives. Those beginning with film and then moving to digital may have an even more difficult time wrapping their head around the differences in ISO alone. Add in complications such as sensor size, instant feedback with built-in histograms, and …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake #3:. Don’t forget to lubricate the stupid buttons What’s Wrong with The Focus? I preset all settings for the dive, before the dive. This included manual focus settings vs. auto focus settings as …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake 2: Trying float an underwater camera housing by trying to beat the laws physics into submission. Physics Schmysics The first clue given by the underwater camera housing was the excessive amount of flotation …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake #1 Charging and loading the camera..2 weeks before actually diving with it. The Problem Downtime brings curiosity and time to research interesting ways to improve underwater videography and photography. I had my “next …
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7 Night Underwater Photography and Videography shootout in Roatan. 5 clinics, including featured photography expert Tim Blanton.
DIVE, DIVE, DIVE! SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT! If you are a scuba diver, snorkeler, kayaker, stand up paddleboarder, photographer, videographer or nature enthusiast, this trip was made for you! Whether you are shooting with a GoPro or all-in-one up to a mirrorless or full DSLR with strobes and underwater housing, this trip offers something for you, …
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Choosing an underwater video light system for your GoPro or small video light system can be challenging, especially when you start shopping and comparing prices. Check out our “GoPro Underwater Video Light Comparison” video. Before you buy your video lights, consider a few things: Power (Lumens) The brightness of the light will greatly depend on what …
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