good ol' times

todays post comes courtesy of jontie (our womble).
these are from a night that we had at the kingslander, over 2 years ago.
a point to note - cossie still looks the same when hes pissed.

photo published !!

i got a photo published - albeit online.

schamp have used a shot i took on tamaki drive on nells citizenship celebration night.

just as well i wasnt quite drunk yet.

http://www.schmap.com/auckland/tours_tour1/#p=29675&i=29675_2.jpg

cant help myself

as you may have read in previous posts - i fancy myself as an amateur photographer and have been spending a lot of time working on the composition of my images.

i selected to complete the PADI underwater photography speciality as i was extremely lucky to be able to complete it with andrew simpson. andrew (affectionately known as great white) is one of my instructors from dive hq in greenlane and hes rather a good photographer too.
i have a casio z-1000 which is great for learning on and now i have the marine housing for it, a lot of my dives are photographic dives.

but i still want more.

i spent a few hours yesterday doing research and having a look at a basic SLR camera. the one i have decided that i quite like is the nikon D80.

the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page -- st. augustine

i've just come back from holiday and i already need to take another.
i got home from fiji on sunday (monday was also a public holiday thanks to easter) and today is my first day of work.

its not only going back to work that gets me down.
its the difference in weather between new zealand and fiji. and its only the end of summer/beginning of autumn.

fiji was 32-34 with 29 degree water.

its 14 degrees in auckland at the moment!

oh well ... i saw a turtle or two. and a shark.


octopus resort, yasawa islands - march 2007

but i wouldnt be surprised if i catch a cold!

all rigged up and no where to go

my marine housing arrived at my hotel in melbourne last night - for my new casio ex1000.

i ordered it from digitaldiver.com.au and it was delivered basically the next day.

i'm so excited! as soon as i get home to new zealand next wednesday (aside from having a little sleep), i'm off to get a new wet suit and check out a regulator and an alternate air source and then we are going back to the poor knights for a liveaboard trip.

nell and i are going to make a bucket load of cash selling our awesome photos. as she is the divemaster trainee, she is going to be the spotter. i cant wait!

i'm not so bad at this

this photo is of a blue eyed blennie and it was taken by me at the poor knights - one of the best dive spots in new zealand and quite possibly the world. i took this shot on the first dive i took a camera with me. i'm pretty pleased with it actually - so i just bought a new camera and am now on the lookout for a marine housing.