Dive-Monster Rhoody

I found that video about diving in Apo Island on you tube and it is probably the best quality I have seen so far about diving Apo Island. The guy who taped it was with sea-explorers. His name is Mika Ahola and what I could see, he is multiple world champion in Motocross. Visit his site for more info  Mika Ahola’s site

Well, he is obviously also a passionate Scuba Diver and talented Video guy. As I have more daily visitors here then hie You Tube – side I want to put the Video here for you guys to enjoy it. I like it alot, even some of my favorite divesites on Apo Island are missing.

The Music and the quality of that dive Video are great. Seven Minutes to enjoy diving at Apo Island. Here you go :

Apo Islands Coral Gardens are just stunning, but I can’t hel[p myself in wondering where the fish are in some dive-spots. Even typical reef-fish are in some places around Apo Island just missing.

However, thanks Mika for the great Video, hope you’ll be back in the Philippines one day. You should consider a trip to Tubbataha Reffs , I guess as a biker you woul love the thrill there and the big stuff… but Apo Island was a good start…

cheers

Rhoody

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This is a testpost about Video and Photo studio in Dumaguete. Is has several reasons. For now I just make a test about a new plug in I am using, so I need to write something.  The Photo and Video issue is not that wild, as I need occasionally a professional photographer for some of my projects.

Like some know I was involved with the Octoberfest last year in Dumaguete. I wanted a video Coverage of that event and also someone who takes photo. I had enough to organize and didn’t want to run around to take all the shots by myself.

The Video was no problem as I could rely on a local TV-company who showed up and for some food and free beer they recorded  all and made me a nice DVD.

The  photo-shooting was another issue. I only have a cheap digital camera and the flash does not lite up enough that everything further than 5 meters is dark and blur. I looked online for a Photoshop or Photostudio in Dumaguete but all I got as result were some Sulit crap adds and some stuff from Cebu. So I ended up taking the pictures by myself.

It was a good thing that a fiend of mine came with his huge digital camera where probably all local professional Photographer will dream of and was taking hundreds of great shots for me.  So at the end I had 3 CD from a semi professional photographer and a Video from a local TV Station in Dumaguete. So at the end I had what I wanted.

If you, dear reader, wonder what crap Rhoody is writing here, it is simply a test if my new plug in works and how fast I can rank in Google for Photo and Video or Photostudio and photoshop in Dumaguete. After ranking I will delete it again. If you read until here I really have respect, Drop me a line I owe you a beer for that patience. And keep in mind I am NOT a Photographer or own a photo and video studio in Dumaguete.

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A year ago or so my friends Tom and Kim were living down here in Dumaguete or better 20 kilometer south of it in a small village called Maajong Tubig. We were drinking and partying many times together but never dived. When they finally decided to move back to Angeles City we ran almost out of time and squeezed in as many dives as possible.

Finally 2 days before departure Michelle the lovely girlfriend of Tom decided to make a PADI Discover Scuba Programm with me. A DISCO is usually the first experience in the water with SCUBA equipment. The participant has almost nothing to do… just breathing. If the DISCO programm is conducted in the open water they have to clear the mask and recover the regulater as some easy skills.

Michelle did it with flying colors and the rest was simply fun. Sometimes it is just great to be a PADI Scuba Diving instructor in the Philippines. Now almost a year later I dedected a short video of that dive on youtube. I thought Tom was just making pictures, but obviously he recorded a few frequences of that dive. Good that I behaved a kind of…

Somehow I must thank Asia Divers in Puerto Galera and PADI. Asia Divers made me to a complete diving addict and PADI gives me the tools to enjoy that kind of stuff.

cheers and enjoy

Rhoody

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