Not even wet yet!

[FloridaJeff]

Hi there,

I work for a television production company in Tampa Fl, and we recently shot for an tour group that brings kids on educational field trips aroud the country.

They needed shots of kids snorkeling with dolphins, manatees, and over reefs.
We bought a camera and underwater housing (Sony VX2100 and Ikelite), I went down to my local dive shop and bought fins, mask, snorkel, and a wetsuit (all Aqualung) and jumped into the water.

My life has been changed.

I've grown up in Clearwater/St. Pete and was always at the beach. I've raced catamarans, and played on the beach all my life, but have never had an experience that was as much fun as those few days of swimming/shooting wildlife.

I've gone back to the dive shop where I bought my swimming gear and have signed up for open water certification.

I've finished all of the course-work, and have been all over the web looking for more information about scuba and underwater videography. This is by far the most comprehensive scuba site I've seen, and is the first online community I've ever joined.(This is actually the first time I've ever posted anything anywhere.) My confined water, and first open water dives are schedualed for mid-June.

Although I haven't had my first confined water dive yet, I'm already planning a dive trip to the keys in July.

I have a million questions abut diving, and have already found many of the answers here. I've even found answers to questions I didn't know I had.

I've posted a clip of the underwater video I took on my website (vistamax.net)
look under "portfolio" and then "underwater production"

I can't wait to get into the water.

 

[simbrooks]

Good luck on your upcoming checkouts. Once you have the skills down, a video course or just some time playing around might be in order - just have to get used to the task loading of doing all the stuff for diving and shooting too.

Plenty of advice on our photo/video forum

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Welcome to Scubaboard!
When you get a chance, check out the Florida Conch Divers Forum, there you will find the stuff local to Florida. Also, in the subforum, Trips & happenings is where the dive (and Bubblewatcher) trips are posted. Any trip posted is an invitation to join the fun!
Good luck on your certification!

 

[DandyDon]

Hi Jeff, and welcome to SB.com!

What a neat story on how you got hooked. Thanks for sharing it with us!

For possible convenience in sharing the site with others, here is a hyper link to the home page: Vistamax and another that right to the Underwater Production

In case you may have missed it, check out this forum on our main forum page: New Divers & Those Considering Diving and to possilby help you learn to navigate our forum lists, here is the path to your local dive club forum: ScubaBoard.Com > Regional Travel & Dive Clubs> North America> United States> Florida Conch Divers

don :cowboy2:

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

Jeff, Welcome to ScubaBoard, and if you get involved with the Florida Conch Divers, hold on to your seat. They are a wild bunch.

 

[dlndavid]

Hi Jeff and welcome to SB. I too found this site while looking for info when first getting into diving. Its a great place to spend your SI's. Good luck on your check out dives, and like Lil' Irish Temper said, watch out for them Conchs.
David

 

[Matt the Aquaman]

Hello Jeff,
:yl2jump: Welcome to ScubaBoard! I came here to look for help with my scuba diving dream and the response has been fantastic. So, I know you will enjoy being a member here. There are a lot of nice and informative scuba divers. It's a good place to meet other divers and share experiences and dreams. Take care and Happy Diving. Matt.

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