Who is ready for this year’s Safari Hunt, Raise your Hand! Okay put your hand down, if you’re reading this around people, they probably think your nuts… You’re welcome. So this year we thought it would be fun to do animal introductions so you could see in advance who you’re looking for. They are now
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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
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Be warned, this is a picture heavy post. We’re going to recap Memorial Weekend in one post. So grab a beverage of your choice, a nice sitting place, and let’s get started! For some of our group, Memorial Weekend started Thursday night while for others it started Friday night. As Grady has pointed out, we
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Can you believe we’re already in June? Where has the time gone? Do you know what big holiday is in June? Father’s Day. This year Father’s Day falls on June 19, 2016. If your father is anything like my father, sometimes he’s difficult to shop for. I wanted to help you out by giving you
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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
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Somedays it is fun to play with the titles, today was one of those days. Why on earth would I entitle it Extremely Famous (or Extreme-ly)? Well Extreme Sports Scuba has been represented multiple times through Dive Training Magazine. Our dive shop, here in the middle of the US has been representing the Dive Experience
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Today’s blogpost is brought to you via Guest Post by Doug and Rachele Lord about their Live-aboard trip to Turks and Caicos. First of all we had an uninvited guest on our trip… Hurricane Joaquin which delayed us for 2 days at the Miami Airport. This also messed up the visibility in Turks & Caicos.
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The high on January 1st in Garfield, Arkansas was 41˚F. Garfield is just about 5 miles down the road from where we dive at Indian Creek campsite, so why on earth would someone want to dive on New Years Day? Because you can! Because you want to start the New Year out right. Because you’re
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