Did You Know: How A Wetsuit Works?
Oct 22
The wetsuit. Most of us use them, whether it’s year round, in summer when the water warms up or on vacation because at the end of a long dive even warm water feels chilly. There are full suits, shorties, the farmer john and farmer janes, vests and beavertails to name a few. But how do they keep us warm? The basic principle is that a thin layer of water around the skin is quickly brought...
User Review: Olympus OMD EM-5 Gets Great Feedback
Oct 19
We recently received a wonderful letter from one of our customers that we felt we had to share. Take a look at some of the great images Mel has taken with the Olympus OMD. Dear Folks at Bluewater Photo: Thanks so much for pointing me in the direction of the Olympus EM-5 with Nauticam Housing! I am loving my new camera rig. After carting around a huge Ikelite housing and Canon 50D SLR, I have a...
Great Conditions at the Dive Park
Oct 16
Wow. Just wow. Get it while the gettin’s good! Warm, blue water, and amazing viz awaited us as we made our way from the Catalina Express to the Dive Park at Avalon this past weekend. When I say “warm” I mean 69°F at 70fsw. Viz was easily 70’+. It was gorgeous. We planned on three dives, and we made the most of every descent. This trip was designed to get my...
Fantastic Shots with the Sony RX100
Oct 11
One of our readers, Kevin Stokell, recently sent in a couple example images taken with the newly released Sony RX100. Kevin lives and works in Curacao, in the South Caribbean, where he works as a PADI Divemaster and has plenty of opportunity to get out and shoot. Here’s the details on his shots: The Banded Coral Shrimp “The shot of the Banded Coral Shrimp (above) was taken at the...
Diving a WWI German U-Boat
Oct 10
Anyone who has been in the water in the last couple weeks knows southern California has had some of the best dive conditions in some time. As we all know this can always change at the drop of a hat so I have been in the water as much as possible. I had the opportunity to join some friends on a dive boat, to visit a rather fascinating wreck named the UB-88 last weekend. The UB-88 is a German...
Be A Good Student
Oct 09
…and take notes. Remember those days? With all the aspects of underwater photography to remember (e.g. macro, wide-angle, silhouettes, lighting, and on, and on…), I decided early on to keep a journal of my adventures as an underwater photographer. This allows me to make notes after an experience, good or bad, and refer back to them before my next outing. For example, after a...
Sea Spiders in San Diego
Oct 08
I love it when I experience a “first” as a diver. This past Saturday I enjoyed my first dives at Point Loma in San Diego, and I spotted my first sea spider (Anoplodactylus species). I only knew they existed after perusing the LA Diving Field Guide countless times in search of ID’s of other critters for which I needed a name. The sea spider was the very first subject I locked...
Stunning Nauticam RX100 Video
Oct 05The new Sony RX100 camera has been performing really well, exceeding everyone’s expectations and beliefs about what can be achieved with a compact camera. This video sample below, by EunJae Im in the Philippines is a perfect example. The camera not only takes great quality, detailed images, but excels with stunning video capabilities as well. Enjoy the video. it was shot with the Nauticam...
Quick Look: The Panasonic 45mm Macro Lens for Micro Four-Thirds Cameras
Oct 03
Its exciting to see the world of mirrorless cameras growing in popularity. Both Olympus and Panasonic have been great by releasing a good number of great lenses with the micro four-thirds mount, many of which work great underwater. Sony still needs to catch up, but there has been more talk about releasing new lenses next year and in the future. Today I want to take a quick look at a great...
Thousands of Bat Rays!
Oct 01
On the fourteenth of September, during the SoCal shootout, Andy, Patrick and Cindy went out in search of getting some shots to submit to the contest. Little did they know, they were in for quite an amazing experience. They had run into a huge Mola mola on the way down to Redondo Beach to dive, a mile or two off the shore of Hermosa Beach. Around the same spot on their way back, they started...
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