Packing your ThinkTANK International Bag
Sep 04
Packing your ThinkTANK International Bag By Scott Gietler We receive questions several times a week on how to pack a camera rig for airline travel. Underwater photographers travel with a lot of gear, whether shooting compact, mirrorless or a DSLR. The gear is too fragile to check and we can’t afford the risk of lost/delayed baggage, and most airlines have strict baggage weight...
Great Time on the Bluewater Photo Black Sea Bass Trip
Aug 26
Trip Report Black Sea Bass with Bluewater Photo By: Brent Durand Bluewater Photo went to dive Catalina yesterday and look for Giant Sea Bass on the Pacific Star. Starting the day under a thick marine layer, we soon motored into sight of Long Point and were greeted by the sun, which stayed with us all day. We had a great group of divers joining an excellent boat crew, with divers and...
Focus Fast with your Nikon DSLR
Jul 29
The Bluewater Photo team went out on a local boat trip to Anacapa Island yesterday. On every trip we test gear, settings and help customers on the boat bring home great photos. Yesterday one of our team was shooting the Nikon D7100 and playing with the Auto Focus Illumination Assist function. When turned on, the camera’s autofocus takes a long time to lock focus and then capture the image...
Casino Point Dive Park Closed to Vehicles July 4th
Jul 01
Perhaps the most popular dive site in Southern California is the Casino Point Dive Park on Catalina Island. On a summer weekend, one can see scores of divers lining up to descend the stairs into some of the best diving California has to offer. You may have heard that the dive park will be closed due to the Catalina Island Museum Fourth of July Music Festival. This is not true. The dive park will,...
Bonaire: A Hunt for the Elusive Red Frogfish
Jun 26
Story by Jonathan Lavan. Photos by Jonathan Lavan and Keith Pamper I arrived in Bonaire for a week-long dive trip, bound and determined to find and photograph one of their famous frogfish. Despite the dive staff’s assurances that it was unlikely that I would find the elusive red frogfish (or any frogfish for that matter), what they didn’t know was that I had a secret weapon: my dive...
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