2008
We've been working on a new site for Under Watercolours and its been a back-burner project for some time now. Our customers take priority. For now you can visit http://www.underwatercolors.com for work in progress.
Check out the October Scuba Diving Magazine for OOOODLES of Bonnie's underwater photos from Cozumel.
New Websites Coming Soon
We've got many projects in the works with a new website coming for fellow
underwater photography Michael
Bonneu and his business Michael
Bonneau Associates.
We'll also be very soon launching a new site for the world's best scuba intructor, Freddy Contreras, who recently purchased his own boat "Mestizo" and formed Mestizo Divers.
If you're interested in kite boarding, check out KiteBoardingInCozumel.com. Our friend Joaquin Hernandez (one of the DMs at Aqua Safari) teaches on the side.
SeaPearls.com - Redesign coming soon
Cozumel Digital Underwater Photography Workshops
We've
completed two Digital Underwater Photography Workshops in Cozumel. The
first was
held
at Scuba
Club Cozumel
and brought
in 26
participants!
Check the SCC website for photo contest winners, and photos
from the event.
The second workshop took place at Aqua Safari Dive Shop in Cozumel. Visit our Scuba Meetup website for photos from this event!
New Webcam at Scuba Club Cozumel
Things didn't work exactly as planned but the new webcam is finally up
and running at Scuba Club Cozumel. The first webcam had some controller
board problems creating a less than acceptable quality picture, so its
been replaced with a brand new one.
New websites
Welding-Works.com - Hey, what can I say...its in my blood. This company does excellent work on classic cars as well as new.
Deep Exposure Dive Center - Another fantastic dive operation located on our favorite island in the world, Cozumel!
SCUBAM.com - Shopping cart site which will be maintained by Underwater Sports in Seattle.
We've been busy! In the past two months we've launched seven new websites...
SocorroIslands.com
Launched April 2007Quick Turn Powder Coating
Launched May 2007Zinc Consulting & Trade Whisperer
Launched April 2007Journey Cook Islands
Launched May 2007Light of Christ Preschool
Launched May 2007Howerton Management Services
Launched January 2007
Just Launched - A New Website for Solmar V
After having made many trips aboard this amazing
live-aboard, we were honored to be asked to build
a new
website
for the Solmar V, which
makes trips to Socorro, Guadalupe and the Sea of Cortez. The new site
includes all the features you'll typically see on an Under Watercolours
site—amazing photography, virtual tours, original and clean design
and logical navigation—but for this site we have gone above and
beyond.
We have created the first contest of its kind, the Solmar V Trading Card Treasure Hunt! You can win a free trip aboard the Solmar V, an Atomic Aquatics scuba regulator, mask and fins by collecting all 20 trading cards, which are cleverly hidden all over the Internet. We're also having a YouTube.com Video Contest, where you can win a FREE TRIP aboard the Solmar V. Visit the new site at www.SolmarV.com.
Galapagos Trip is Sold Out, BUT...
...we've got lots of other exciting trips coming
up! We just added a 2008 trip to Papua New Guinea! This trip is still in
the
planning phase, but considering
our Galapagos trip SOLD OUT in less than two weeks, you might want to get
on
the mailing list now to secure your spot. Our target travel dates are around
October/November 2008 and we plan to visit Tawali Resort and tour the Sepic Region
of the PNG
highlands via live-aboard.
We also have confirmed our reservations aboard the Truk Odyssey for May 4-11, 2008. This will be a Digital Underwater Photo Workshop that will teach you how to photograph wrecks while being totally blown away by the fact that you're diving on a WWII artifact that only a handful of people on this earth will ever have the opportunity to see. The Odyssey is hands-down, without a doubt, one of the world's most fantastic live-aboards. This boat is booked up into 2010. Come with us to see why!
We are also planning more group trips aboard the Solmar V to Socorro, someplace we just can't get enough of! Travel dates will be announced soon.
More Digital Underwater Photography Workshops
Coming in 2007 and 2008
We've added several new trips to our Underwater
Digital Workshop schedule.
August 5-10, 2007 Scuba Club Cozumel - Join us at one of our FAVORITE destinations—COZUMEL! We've got a great group of friends coming on this trip. Please join us!
August 12-16, 2007 Aqua Safari Dive Shop - A great trip for single diving photogs traveling alone.
Truk Lagoon aboard the Truk Odyssey - May 4 - 11, 2008
Papua New Guinea aboard the Spirit of Niugini - September 18 - 27, 2008
Bonnie Featured in American Way Magazine
December 1, 2006 - American Way
Magazine: Bonnie Pelnar was featured in Suzanne Ely's article "Making
Things Shipshape" found on page 46-48. Bonnie had been interviewed
by Susan earlier that year. One one small error...Bonnie has made 27 trips
to
Cozumel, not
27 logged dives.
Hopefully
the article will help to bring divers back to this lovely island after
the devistation of Wilma. Side note: there is no truth to the rumor that
Bonnie is dating Matthew Fox.
Check Out My Friends On the Tonight Show
Click
here to see the Tonight Show skit that was filmed aboard the Solmar
V at Guadalue Island (with appearances by Eric, Andrea & Tim).
Join Bonnie Pelnar at Scuba Club Cozumel for the 3rd
Digital Underwater Photography Workshop
Sunday, February 11 through
Friday, February
16
Bonnie will be diving with those photographers who want to learn more about how to take pictures underwater, then conduct daily presentations about topics such as "Finding and Shooting the Cozumel Critters", "Image Composition" and "Digital Image Manipulation". There will also be hands-on Photoshop sessions for beginners to advanced users and a photo contest at the end of the week. Workshop is free for all guests of Scuba Club Cozumel. Click here for more information.
Socorro Digital
Workshop on the Solmar V - December 9-17, 2006
Join Bonnie Pelnar and Marty Snyderman of TheUnderwaterPhotographer.com
for our second digital workshop aboard the beautiful Solmar V on a trip
to
the
Socorro
Islands to dive with the giant manta rays (and who knows what else!!).
Lots of fun and prizes!! Click
here for more info.
DEMA 2006 Orlando Report
Photos
from the DEMA Show in Orlando...catching up with our friends and clients,
taking in all the new gear
and gossip. Click here for photos.
Costa Rica!
This October I visited Costa Rica for the first
time. Check
out the photos.
The Living Reef Photography
Watch for the new site coming soon.
A New Web site for Hass Photography
David Haas has a new site showing off his underwater
photos. Dave also sells Ikelite dive gear and leads dive trips. Visit his
new site now online.
A
New Web site for Weedon Photo
Many years ago I met Matt Weedon aboard the Palau
Sun Dancer II and built a small web site for his underwater photography.
Today Matt and his wife Angie have launched a brand new web site for
Weedon Photo.
They
now live in Dallas and together shoot some of the most beautiful black
& white child portrait photography I have ever seen.
Check
out their beautiful new site at www.WeedonPhoto.com.
Diving With the Tiger Sharks in the Bahamas
Just spent a week on the Shear Water with Jim Abernathy's
Scuba Adventures. We're still trying to catch up on sorting the hundreds
of photos shot. Here's
a preview...
August 13-18, 2006 - Scuba Club Cozumel
We've just completed our 2nd Digital Underwater
Photography Workshop at Scuba Club Cozumel. This workshop was offered
FREE
to all guests
of Scuba
Club
Cozumel.
To see the photo contest winners visit
the Scuba Club Cozumel web site.
The island and reefs are looking
fabulous! Don't miss our 3rd
Digital Underwater Photo Workshop coming in February 2007.
MARCH 2006
Back on the Solmar V
In early March we had the best trip ever on
the Solmar V going to San Benedicto, Socorro Island and Roca Partida.
Not only was the boat
filled with some of the best people I've ever had the chance to dive
with, but we all helped in getting an illegal fishing boat arrested
by the Mexican Navy. Photos will be online soon!
Virtual Tour of the Kararu Voyager is now
online
During the month of February Under Watercolours
visited Indonesia once again to shoot a virtual
tour of Kararu's new vessel "The Voyager". The VR tour is now
live and can also be found on Kararu's web site. This trip took us through the
Banda
Sea
from Maurmere, Flores to Sorong, Irian Jaya stopping at Gunung Api (Snake Island),
Ambon, Bandaniera and Raja Ampat along the way. Check
out Bonnie's photos from the Banda Sea and Raja Ampat.
February 8-13, 2006
Scuba Club Cozumel Digital
Workshop
In February we offered the first digital underwater
photography workshop conducted by Bonnie Pelnar, author of "The
Digital Workflow for Underwater Photographers", part of a series
of courses available at TheUnderwaterPhotographer.com and Armando Alendado
of Island Photo and Video in Cozumel. As many as 30 budding shooters
joined in the diving and daily events. Check out the Scuba Club photo
scrapbook for snapshots of the activities. If your would like to organize
a digital
photo workshop for your dive club or group, please contact
us. Next workshop is being planned for August.
JourneyPacific.com Goes Live
A brand new web site for Journey Pacific Travel
in Las Vegas has just been launched. Visit tropical destinations like Fiji,
Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
