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...
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