For a limited time, all buyers of the Light & Motion Bluefin HC3 for the Sony HC3 HD camcorder will receive the Bluefin Super-Wide angle lens when using the promotional code HC3wa. While the offer is scheduled to run through February 28, 2007, it’s anticipated that supplies will run out soon before then, so be sure to get your order in early if you were thinking about this housing.

Continue reading to see all the details in the press release. Thanks to Marine Visions for alerting us to this promotion.

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Join Norb and Eric aboard the Nautilus Explorer this coming June 24 - July 6 for 12 days of exploring the best of southeast Alaska and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 

Norb says, “If you are looking for the bargain dive trip of the century or an intense photo seminar-type trip, you should probably book a trip with someone who specializes in photo workshops.”  Bargain trip of the century!  Who can argue with that.

Also, there’s a good chance you’ll get to see Eric flood his new drysuit as he tries to figure out how to dive in cold water.  Continue reading for details…

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Wetpixel user skawdiver has posted a nice, 3-minute video summary of the Copenhagen Dive Show 2007, which features (among others) Alex Mustard on stage.  The video gave me a good sense of what the show was like, despite the fact that I don’t understand Danish.

If there is enough demand, skawdiver might be able to be convinced to post Alex’s entire speech (which is, thankfully, a version of English that I understand). :)

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Photographer and friend Tim Calver will be showing his work at the MCPA (Miami Center for the Photographic Arts) this coming February 3-28, 2007.  Please join Tim at the opening of this show, “Surface”, between 6-9PM on Saturday, February 3rd. 

Tim is a freelance photographer whose career takes him wherever water ebbs and flows.  Each photograph in the exhibit was taken while freediving.  The images explore the relationship of breath and water, the meeting of ocean and air, and the results are as much about the color, shape, and feel of water as they are about the things that live beneath its surface.

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Inhabitants of New York interested in underwater photography have a new way to share their passion, the New York Underwater Photo Society (NYUPS). The society is open to individuals of all skill levels, from novice to professional, as well as those who live outside the region, and plans to have speakers featured monthly, with workshops and photo & video contests.

“New York, with our large number of divers and underwater photographers has not had such a forum…until now”, says Jason Heller, NYUPS President. Continue reading for information about the first meeting and to sign up for the society’s newsletter…

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