Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan: Buddy Check
When I was working through my Divemaster internship I assisted my Instructor (Don) with a night dive at Five Graves here on Maui. There were several divers in the group…
The Check Out Dive (AKA Hell Dive)
In order to finish up your Divemaster certification, you must do a check out dive or what is commonly referred to here at MDDC as the HELL DIVE! Since I suffered greatly, I don’t want to give too much away for up and coming victims… oops uh I mean divemaster candidates!!! So I’m going to keep the details to a minimum 😉
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UW Digi Photo Part Deux!
After completing the online portion of our Digital Underwater Photography course, we met with Jim from Maui Dreams to take our cameras diving and to complete the course. Jim gave us some pointers at the shop, went over both my camera and my husband’s rental camera to ensure we were familiar with settings. Once at the dive site we had a few assignments such as manually setting white balance, shooting in macro mode and shooting both horizontal and vertical shots.
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Digital UW Photo by Kat C. (Guest Blogger!)
A few weeks ago while lazing around the house on Facebook, I happened to be online right when Maui Dreams posted a contest for a free underwater digital course. I couldn’t believe my eyes, I responded and was picked ;-). My husband, not to be left out, also decided to sign up for the online course. My husband and I had discussed taking an underwater photography class, and even talked to Maui Dreams last year, but never signed up. To be honest, the thought of taking any such course was quite intimidating to me, especially since I barely knew how to turn my camera on.
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A Word from ‘the Other’ Intern
Early mornings with the Queen of Caffeine.
First of all, I must say I do not consider myself computer illiterate but I have also never written a blog before, so please bear with me. I am the other intern…AKA (little one, short stuff, or commonly referred to as Katie)
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Interning at the Little Shop of Horrors!
Has anyone ever wondered what really happens behind the closed doors of the Maui Dreams Dive Company? Well, allow me to introduce myself. Iʼm the intern! Well one of them anyways. Really my name is Chelsea Truscott and along with Katie Schmid (the other intern) we are new to the dive shop. Which means we finally get to see whats behind the big blue door! Are you ready?
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Earth Day Surprises 2010
As you all know by now, we have a blast doing underwater clean-ups from the Maui Diamond II several times a year. So on Earth Day, we headed to our…
Looking Back…
A little over three years ago I moved to Maui from Atlanta, not really sure what path I might take. One thing lead to another and before I knew it…
Handy Skills from Open Water Class
Remember that skill you did in Open Water class where you swam around without a mask on? There's a reason we teach that skill. I was leading a guided dive…
Career Day at Baldwin High School
Part of my duties as shop manager is to create and perform Outreach projects with the community. I contact schools and youth organizations and offer to give different types of…
Instructor’s Day Off
What the heck do dive instructors do on their days off? Well, most of the MDDC instructors often...go DIVING!Today Charlie and I were lucky enough to discover weboth had theday…
We Divers are Gear Maniacs!
One of the benefits of working in a dive shop is getting to see the latest and greatest before it even hits the shelves! Today we had a surprise presentation…