Northwest Dive Club

Here's a video short taken this past weekend at Keystone. Video taken with a GoPro Hero4 housed in a Deeppro Systems domed housing.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/KNpBlhwSA7Y[/youtube]

Hi all, Its been a while since I've posted any video here, check out my Wolf Eel Dens video short. Enjoy! FYI, this short film was shot in Hood Canal at the "pinnacle" from Don's dive boat over he past year or two. Watch closely towards the end and you can see an egg mass in the rear of on...

Here's something different, if you've ever thought about diving in So. California, the kelp beds are great. Depends on the day but you can see all kinds of critters, sea lions, giant black seabass, schools of baitfish, eels, lobster, small sharks, bat rays, etc.. Here is video that I shot last weeke...

Here's a video short of my buddy Jim and I diving and exploring in the Skookumchuck rapids. If youve never dove in that area, just north of Vancouver BC, you are missing out. Check it out.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Y9GIDe3_3Ko[/youtube]

Excellent!
FYI, I was diving in the San Juans this past weekend, glad to see and hear from the other divers on the boat all the stars we encountered were looking healthy, from what we could tell.

Yes, my lights are appx 5500 K color temp. That's also a close approximate to daylight, so if the start of a dive, if I'm shooting at the surface, entering the water or descending, then my WB is close to what it should be. Or should I forget to set WB during the dive then its "close". Just...

Saturday Nov 30th, Keystone Jetty, vis 15 foot, lots of lingcods and greenlings. Did not see any octopus.

All good questions...I will take a moment to share what I have learned about White Balancing (WB) in the past few years. Whats going on in the camera, is your camera is attempting to define what "white" is. White to a video camera is composed of the blending of equal parts red, green, and ...

Yea, that was pretty good vis that day!

Thats a tough one. If theres no reds in the light to begin with, its difficult to add it back in later. When I shoot my GoPro hero3, I tend to shoot in ProRes RAW,and I also bring a video light with me (which is returning reds to the colors), and I shoot a clip of a white balance slate, and correct ...

Sorry for the delay in replying I've been out of town. Hi Laura, That was the only broken star arm that we saw on that dive. All the other she stars in the area actually looked somewhat healthy to my inexperienced eyes. I was expecting to see a lot more sick stars...but we didnt. Hi H2o. The surface...

The long lens ferry shots are taken 1920x1080p, using my new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. This was shot to Prores 422HQ 10 bit video. (this camera has amazing capabilities, not shown on this gray day.) The POV go pro was using a Hero3 Black, 1920x1080p, that shot 8 bit Prores ON. The UW stuff wa...

Here's a link to a very short and crude video shot last week at the Keystone Jetty on Nov 10th. The day was perfect. This is just a mix of shots from three different cameras. I'm testing out a new video camera and some new grading and editing software as well and fine tuning the post production work...

Mukilteo: 9/2 appx 4:30pm at high tide, vis 10' possibly 15' max.

Redondo, Friday night, 8/23, 8pm
Shallow vis was 3', at the boat at 85' the vis was 10' perhaps.
Could barely make out another dive light at15' away.

Thanks for the info.. really appreciate it.

What was the vis like?

What time at night did you see the shark on the 8th?

Great pics and videos everyone. Yea, I was there that night too, and the vis was not great. Got some decent video of the big GPO near that boat, but havnt had the time to edit anything yet. :(

Very sweet. I likes. Short n sweet. To the point.
Isn't it interesting how us underwater film makers get excited by the most interesting obscure subject matter. Something that the averge "joe" would ignore.. we obseve, and study, and film, and find beauty in... others would ignore it.

Thanks all. Wait until you see the next video short. Skookumchuck narrow video short coming this winter.

Sweet. Very good. I like. We'll discuss privately some things to change next time... but you have a good "eye" and style.
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Thanks all. Check with Jan at Seadragon chartes and she will run you out to the reef.

Thanks all for the kind comments. Yea, I was unaware of the biology of these structures until I recently started diving on these sites in Howe Sound and talking with Glen Dennison. He's a canadian that has discovered and mapped 4 such diveable "bioherm" structures in the Howe Sound area an...

Hi All, My latest video short showcasing the Halkett Point Deep Reef is now online at youtube and linked below. This dive site is located in Howe Sound, just north of Vancouver, and is a beautiful reef with lots of Cloud Sponges. The video here was mostly taken over the past few months. Enjoy. [yout...