Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Beneath the Sea!

The song ... Under the Sea, from The Little Mermaid, keeps coming to mind!! I need to plug my iPod earbuds into my ears and get a new song in there!!!!!!

Anyway, I will be going to the Beneath the Sea Expo at the Meadowlands in NJ this weekend!! Saturday, to be specific! I've already reviewed the seminar schedule and have picked out a few seminars that I want to go to.

Dive Back Into Time: Early East Coast Wreck Diving at 9 a.m.

Journey to Digital: Hard Lessons Learned On The Road from Film to Digital at 10 a.m. (if I can make it from the Expo Center over to the Holiday Inn in time!!)

The Camera Coach, Your Guide to Creating Underwater Video at 11 a.m.

Photography: Ask The Pros at noon (I may bring my camera and strobe and see if they can help me out with figuring out the settings that would work best under which conditions)

An Image is Worth a Thousand Words at 1 p.m.

and

Sizing and Sharpening in Photoshop at 3 p.m.

The free time ... what little there will be ... will be spent checking out the booths, looking at different dive computers, BCDs and Regulators and stopping by to say Hi to the ScubaBoard people at their booths. I wonder if Wreck Valley Divers will have a booth? If so, I'll stop by there too!

I think Sunday ..... I'll sleep!!!!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Rented my gear today!







I headed into the city this afternoon to my LDS to try out and reserve my rental gear for my trip to Turks and Caicos. I'm leaving in 3 weeks. I own most of my gear, but haven't purchased the BC, reg or computer yet. So, that's what I rented. And the cool part of it ... whatever I spend on rental is allowed to be used towards the purchase of the same type of gear (i.e., if I rent a few different BC's over time, I can use the money spent on all those rentals towards the purchase of a BC of my own) up to 30% of the sale price! So if I end up buying a $600 BC, it will only cost me $400!!






While I was there, I also looked into their Dry Suit Cert class. I will do that after I get back from T&C. Although I will look into other courses offered around the NYC area before deciding on who to go with. So, anyway, I am excited that I'll have everything I need to dive with (although, I will need to borrow (or rent) a compass.)






Now if these next three weeks will just go quick!!!!!