Yesterday we got out to Cove 2, intent on surveying for biodiversity shift and seastar wasting disease. It was our hope to document the baby green urchins that have become more common since the outbreak of Sea Star Wasting syndrome. Shortly after descent we were lucky enough to meet a Giant Pacific Octopus on walkabout (likely out hunting) and were… Read more →
Apple Studio display review
I love editing. There, I said it…. I know that makes me weird… I’m a shooter who also loves to edit. That doesn’t mean I like to fritter away my time though. Editing has made me a better shooter. When I look at something in post and think “oh man, if I’d just angled the camera this way or… Read more →
Why the SOLA4000’s are worth the $$
I shoot video, underwater (topside too, but I got my start beneath the emerald sea) Most recently with a Canon 5DMK2 in a Subal Housing and a Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates Housing. My underwater cameras are all a generation or so behind, but that isn’t terribly relevant, I do ok 🙂 I’ve used small lights and big lights HID,… Read more →
Spirit Duck
I was out diving today, a regular routine dive at the site where we are doing our sea-star wasting disease surveys, keeping an eye out for baby stars, and also shooting stock footage for our latest project www.btlgproject.com (i’m going to try to do 1 min narrated critter videos for all the commonly encountered marine life). Anyhow standard dive, figured I’d stop… Read more →
Heat Holders thermal socks
Because how could I pass up a pair of hot pink fuzzy thermal socks? This is me we are talking about… Twice now whilst pursuing Outdoor Emporium I’ve grabbed these from the impulse rack on the way to the checkout line. My best diving thermal sock for years has been the merino wool Teko heavyweight expedition sock. Thick but… Read more →
Terramar Thermasense CS Base Layer
I recently picked up as set of Terramar Thermasense CS Base Layer for women in Purple Heather. I almost didn’t buy them because of the name on the box alone. I know it sounds like a ‘cute’ name, but honestly, to me “HOTTOTTIES” to delineate between the men’s and women’s was pretty much offensive. It took a bit of time… Read more →
“Know what’s Below” a project from Beneath the Looking Glass & DiverLaura
The BTLG Project web page is super super simple right now, but wanted a place to post some of the critter videos I’ve been working on. Slideshare is coming along. Read more →
Safety First and a tiny bit of scuba math
I’ve decided to post my thoughts on random subjects a bit more readily. I used to do that, I used to just blab away, without really a care in the world whether or not anyone gave a hoot what I was writing. It was interesting and meaningful to me and that was ALL that mattered. Then I got all serious.… Read more →
Before and After Seastar Wasting Disease
Seastar Wasting Disease changed my local dive sites. Diving is funny, 20 years ago people asked ‘what is there to see deep?’ when my dive team and I were just getting started learning to dive deeper so we could investigate more shipwrecks in Puget Sound and Lake Washington. These days ‘tech certification’ is readily available and not nearly as noteworthy.… Read more →
Behind again…
I guess that means I’ve been busy, which is a good thing! Stay tuned for upcoming updates, posts and requests for participation: I am looking for volunteers to be interviewed for “The Sound of our Elders” a series of vignettes. It is my hope to conduct interviews with people who have grown up in the Puget Sound region or moved… Read more →