Divers and boaters alike should know what these flags look like and the rules that go with them. The rules associated with them are to keep everyone safe. Please take a look at the rules for Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas Waters. In one of my classes, I assigned “extra homework” for a student. Here …
Why should we cancel or abort a dive? This past Monday, January 1st of the New Year 2018, our dive club at Extreme Sports Scuba did NOT have our annual Polar Bear Dive. On the 27 of December, a decision was made to cancel the dive club dives for the day due to the predicted …
This year we have spent quite a bit of time looking at the different SCUBA equipment, what it does, how it works, the pros and cons. But…. Let’s look at the reasons for owning your own equipment, because let’s be honest, you can rent equipment. 5 Reasons to own your own SCUBA gear
Have you ever tried to pack for a trip? You know the excruciating pain of trying not to forget anything… underwear… check. Toothbrush… check. night clothes… check. And the list goes on. But when you are going on a dive trip, there is additional stuff you need to make sure you pack… like your dive …
If you have spent any time around people who are majorly into photography and I’m not talking about people who like pictures, I’m talking photographers; those people who spend a lot of time studying techniques on ISO settings and aperture settings and shutter speed settings and the rule of thirds, etc, then you’ve probably heard …
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White Balance. You’ve heard people talk about setting a white balance or that the white balance is off, but what exactly is White Balance? A camera records a picture in RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or some combination of the three to make up the colors of the light spectrum. These are the primary colors of …
Last week we discussed the types of cameras that can be used for shooting photos underwater, a point and shoot, a four/thirds, or a dSLR. Now let’s discuss the Exposure Triangle. No matter what type of camera you are using, all photography is based off of a triangle of three principles that work together: ISO, …
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The Pictures above are merely examples, there are many brands and sizes of these three types of cameras. Pictured, Sealife DC1400, Olympus EPL1, and Nikon D610. When it comes to shooting pictures underwater, there are three different (major) types of cameras that can be used. Technically, four, but two are similar, the only difference is …
Last night Mark came home to Addison and me watching re-runs of Boy Meets World. I sure miss that show compared to some of the shows that are on tv now-days… yikes! Anyway they were actually talking Scuba Diving. Mr. Feeney asked what SCUBA stood for and I blurted out Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus. …
So you’re certified, now what? I once read that the ultimate goal for most divers was to become a Master Diver or a Dive Master. Yes, they are different and I will go into a more in-depth look at those differences in another post at a later date. Obviously, though your first step is to …