Zeagle Eagle
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UW Photographers are not getting a bad rap. What are you talking about? I have never heard that before. They are some of the best most experienced divers I have ever had the pleasure to have known.
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As far as I am concern they are the same!!:lol: yes there is a difference between an underwater photographer and a diver with a camera
I found myself diving with a couple and the guide. The couple was photographer but with very seriously poor attitue regarding other divers. When they found something interesting they would take all the time they would need to make a "perfect" shot!! Both the guide and I were more than a bit irritated after a while. Since I knew the area very well I took off leaving the guide with them. And one way back on the boat, I didn't say a single word to them. When I got back to the resort afterwards I informed the dive manager that I wouldn't want to dive with the couple again.
Divers like that should employ dedicated guide.. In the scenario you are describing, you are actually in the minority since 2 out of the 3 paying customers want to take it slow, so you might want to think about that. I feel like people tend to be hasty in calling out other people's perceived rudeness while failing to recognize when the shoe is actually on the other foot.
If you want everyone to agree your requirement/style of diving, try solo.
So the card is more important than the actual training. Have you ever dived with "stroke"? And did you ask the dive shop to remove the "stroke" from your group or asked to be transferred?I'd do that but then my GUE instructor would ask me for my fundies card back.
Seriously though its nothing a pre-dive discussion won't resolve. As long as some consensus is reached as to how the dive will be conducted ahead of time, I don't see how any of this is an issue.
Unfortunately for some divers the pre dive briefing has NO meaning whatsoever. Because they already knew what they would do underwater regardness of what was being said or agreed.IMHO some conversations about expectations prior to splashing are in order. A friendly chat on the way out to the site about goals for the dive can be as easy as asking.. "So what do you enjoy about diving?" "I am hoping for a slow dive and to get a picture of XXX what are you hoping for on this dive?" and go from there.
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