Each winter, one of the most incredible events in the natural world unfolds in the Norwegian Arctic and for many it is the opportunity of a lifetime to witness it firsthand… Footage – National Geographic. Sadly, due to the recent actions of some, this might not be possible for much longer and the days of seeing orcas and humpback whales in such a natural setting might be nearing its end,

  Review Of The BOMBERG Bolt 68 Quartz Chronograph   The BOMBERG BOLT 68 is a slight departure from my normal reviews of automatic dive watches, although given the BOMBERG ‘in your face’ approach to design and ingenuity, I felt this is was a watch worthy of a review. BOMBERG BOMBERG burst onto the Swiss watch scene in 2012, first seeing the light of day in Neuchâtel which is the

  Magic Lantern RAW Underwater During a research expedition to film orca in Norway last November, I decided to get the most I could out of the video footage I was tasked to shoot. In order to achieve this and to maximise the quality and editing flexibility I opted to use the 5DmkIII Magic Lantern Firmware to shoot Uncompressed 14-bit RAW video underwater. The results were nothing short of incredible…

  Linde Werdelin Oktopus Double Date Carbon – Green Review Jacques de Vos is qualified as a Commercial Diver, Recreational SCUBA Instructor and Freediving Instructor Trainer and works as a full time Professional Underwater Photographer & Cameraman. Review Criteria Reviews for dive watches are carried out in my capacity as a diver where every dive watch is worn on a daily basis for a minimum of 10 days and put

Review Of The Beco Boxy Fancy Brick Watch Winder What Is A Watch Winder? Automatic (or self-winding) watches operate by winding themselves using the natural movement of the wearer which in turn rotates or swings a weight inside the watch and this turns the winding mechanism of the watch. If the watch is not worn for an extended period of time, the watch no longer receives the movement it needs

  Review Of The ORIS Force Recon GMT Jacques de Vos is qualified as a Commercial Diver, Recreational SCUBA Instructor and Freediving Instructor Trainer and works as a full time Professional Underwater Photographer & Cameraman. Review Criteria Reviews for dive watches are carried out in my capacity as a diver where every dive watch is worn on a daily basis for a minimum of 10 days and put through its

Photography & Video For Schöfferhofer Weizen Two months ago I was approached by a media agency to shoot the stills and video for the new Schöfferhofer Weizen campaign featuring record German freediver and ORIS ambassador Anna von Boetticher.     Schöfferhofer is a German brewery and they chose to use Anna as the face of their #PRICKELND campaign and it is great to see the sport of freediving getting more

Jacques de Vos is qualified as a Commercial Diver, Recreational SCUBA Instructor and Freediving Instructor Trainer and works as a full time Professional Underwater Photographer & Cameraman. Review Criteria Reviews for dive watches are carried out in my capacity as a diver where every dive watch is worn on a daily basis for a minimum of 10 days and put through its paces on actual dives.   Review Of The

All featured images taken with Ikelite housings and products. Open spaces How many times have you been in awe of a beautiful landscape image with anything from rolling grassy hills, snow-capped mountain peaks or just a very well composed still of a salt plain with an infinite horizon? What makes these images so special and why is it that even without a definite tangible object as a subject these images

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