Northwest Dive Club

¡Hola Todos! I know this is not a dive trip report from the Great PNW, but I was not long ago, a cold water diver in that neck of the woods. And, as such, I feel I can still do a few dive reports, even though I now live in Mexico. This video is from three dives I did last Saturday at a site down her...

Often, I find myself thinking, “How did I get here? How did my life turn out this good?” For me, in so many ways, Ron is the answer. He was my boss when I worked at his dive shop in college. He was my instructor for my Nitrox, Divemaster, Deco Procedures, Advanced Nitrox, and Normoxic Trimix certifi...

¡Hola de Mexico! It has been awhile since I've posted anything. Actually, I haven't posted much since I moved from the cold, emerald green water of the PNW to the warm (not always tropical warm depending on the time of year), blue/green (again, depending on the time of year) waters of the Sea of Cor...

Way cool! I really liked La Paz when I was hanging around the East Cape area. Send me a PM if you want some ideas for day trips or weekends in the area. I absolutely will! So far on my bucket list is to dive as much as I can here in La Paz, although everyone keeps telling me that the water is going...

Hola, I'm sure most of you don't have a clue who I am, but the few of you who do, know that I recently started a new job in La Paz, Mexico. I'm working for a company called Ocean Farm Technologies as a diver/technician, as part of product development here in the Sea of Cortez. Anyway, two days ago I...

Hola, I absolutely agree with all the advice that everyone has given you! Lighting is, in my opinion, one the most important tools in the trade of underwater video. I currently shoot with two 1500 lumen video lights (all I can afford for now), but am looking to upgrade to something in the neighborho...

The shark was not a six gill. Just a dogfish, although for me a dogfish is still a very cool sighting! And yes, they are a shark. Anyway, this video is, a night dive, in less than stellar viz, from earlier this year (summer actually), but it took me awhile to get it edited and posted. Been busy. Lon...

Great video Nolan! The combination of topside and underwater scenery is spectacular. Yes. What a great video! I hope you don't mind that I have shared it. And yes. I will post a link on my Facebook page with your name - just too good to not share. If that is a problem please let me know and I will ...

Sweet shots Nolan. Did you use a tripod for the topside shots or do you just have really good balance?! Thanks for the compliments! To answer your question, I absolutely use a tripod. I'm in no way stable enough to get those kind of shots without one. Tripods have actually become some of my most im...

Well...I finally have another video finished up. This one is from a Deception Pass dive trip my dad and I were on way back in May. I went out the weekend before the trip to get some above water shots when the current was flowing. That day had around a 6 knot flood. Not the biggest exchange of the ye...

Guess somebody needs to show me how to embed a video in a post. Still new to this. Let's try a good old link. https://vimeo.com/63207811 NollyG Take the "s" off of the http and it should work. Thanks Spatman! I'll try that in a future video posting. You learn something new everyday. NollyG

Guess somebody needs to show me how to embed a video in a post. Still new to this. Let's try a good old link.

https://vimeo.com/63207811

NollyG

It took me a while to get this video edited, but here it is. This is my first attempt at narration, and it's not so good, but my feeling is, I've got to start somewhere. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/63207811[/vimeo] If anyone's interested, the video was shot at Long Island and Bell Island. We went out w...

Whoops! Quick correction. Tom Nic noted the lingcod drop was from 2011 to present, not 2009 as I stated. New addition to my theory. It took a period of time for the lingcod numbers to drop at TTN and Redondo, essentially a lag time, before the fish were "finding" Saltwater and staying ther...

OK, so I dive Three Tree North. A lot. Right around 300 dives worth in the last few years. I do REEF surveys on every dive, and have been a member of the REEF AAT for several years, so I pay pretty close attention to the fish and invert life that I see. I've been thinking, "Hmmm.... I don't re...

sorry about being a party crasher here, but you might want to realize that this video has had some serious color correction done to it with adobe premire.. Thats why its so colorful and stunning.. its a great video , and i like the way you shot it, very stable and nice. But i just wanted to point o...

Nice work on the vid! =D> What kind of lights are you using? Thanks for the kind word! I've got a pair of Fisheye 1500 lumen video lights. So far, I really like them, although they put out a fairly white light. I think they are up near 7000 K, but Fisheye makes a filter thats supposed to warm the l...

Hello NWDC! Here's my first of what I plan on being many posts. I shot this video a few weeks back and have been meaning to post ever since.I went out with Bandito's and had a great couple of dives. The video was shot with my new Canon XA-10 and Gates housing (above water shots were done with my GoP...

Hello All, My name is Nolan and as I said in my topic, I've enjoyed reading posts for a long time and figured it was time to contribute. I've been diving in the Pacific Northwest for just over a decade now. I enjoy going out on charters and friends boats to some of the more out of the way diving we ...