Archives 2004-2005
Under Watercolours is Pleased to Announce
the Launch of the New PacificLiving.com
Another repeat customer, La Jolla Pacific Properties
has hired us to redesign a collection of new web sites to represent the
many apartment homes they own and manage in San Diego, the Inland Empire,
Central California, Northern California, Washington State and Denver.
Join
Marty Snyderman & Bonnie Pelnar Aboard Solmar V on a Photo Excursion
to the Sea of Cortez!
SOLMAR V is proud to bring back photo pros Marty Snyderman
and Bonnie Pelnar for a special photo excursion to the Sea of Cortez
from October 16 through October 23, 2005. What better place to witness
these artists in action than the Sea of Cortez, which is known for an
abundance of marine life and consistent big animal encounters.
Marty and Bonnie will be available to assist you with questions and tips about underwater photography throughout the trip. During the evenings Bonnie will be available to give you tips on how to use Adobe Photoshop to make your best shots of the day even better and will be demonstating the newest version, Photoshop CS2, highlighting the features that are especially useful for underwater photos. Bring your digital cameras and your laptops! Marty will be also be presenting slide shows that highlight the best of the Sea of Cortez.
Lots of fun and prizes! more info...
Cuan
Law Live-Aboard in the BVI's Gets a Brand New Web Site
Back in 1999 we put the first Cuan Law
web site online. The site did so well for the owners that they hired
us to do a site for Lammer
Law also as well as many other internet marketing projects along the
way. Now after six years, we've retired the old Cuan Law site and replaced
it with two brand new sites with a new look and feel. Check out the new
site at BVIdiving.com and BVIsailing.com.
Back from Tobago
We just spent several weeks on and around
the beautiful island of Tobago with Peter Hughes Diving aboard the Wind
Dancer. Fortunately we missed the hurricane and the diving was great.
Check out the new Wind
Dancer Virtual Tour which will also be on the Peter Hughes Diving
web site soon!
The Big 100!
In just nine years Under
Watercolours has created 99 original web sites and/or virtual tours.
Many of these are second and third designs of sites we did waaaay back
when. We've also designed and produced 15 CD ROMs, and more brochures,
logos and catalogues than we could keep track of. We have roughly 1200
images and QuickTime VR movies published either online or photos in
print.
Nearly ALL our new business has been from client referrals! What better compliment can anyone pay? We would like to thank all our loyal customers for their continued support, repeat business and customer referrals.
Looking to Buy a Vineyard?
Check out Sonoma
Royale Vineyard in Northern California. We've just
completed this new site for repeat customer Jane Pavelka from Century
21 Realty. A year ago we built the site RanchinCloverdale.com and it
has been so
successful
that Jane came back to us to build the new site for this new listing.
Even if you're not looking to buy, check out the site and enjoy the
scenery!
Trip to Tobago Aboard the Peter Hughes Wind Dancer
Under Watercolours will be traveling to Tobago in July to dive with Peter and shoot an interactvie tour of the Wind Dancer. This is the fourth virtual tour we're doing for Peter Hughes Diving. You can see the tours of the Sun Dancer, Sky Dancer, Star Dancer and Komodo Dancer on the Peter Hughes Diving web site. Watch for the new Wind Dancer tour in late July.
XS Scuba Goes Live!
A joint effort between Under
Watercolours and XS Scuba, this site delivers a whole new look for this
rapidly growing company. We designed their catalogue for them last year
and they liked it so much that they hired us to help them with the new
site. The original design and graphic theme was done by Under Watercolours
and the inside pages were created by XS Scuba with the tudoring of Under
Watercolours. This is the first time we attempted such as task, but it
worked out perfectly. Check out the new site!
Scuba
Show 2005 - Explore Papua New Guinea Above & Below
Take
an adventure to exotic Papua New Guinea—visit land-based resorts and
live-aboards—see the underwater sites as one can only see in PNG.
This fast paced presentation by Bonnie Pelnar highlights spectacular Papua
New Guinea—above
and below the sea. Saturday, May 21 at 4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. in
room 202A at the Scuba Show 2005 in Long Beach.
A New Web Site for Cuan Law in the British Virgin Islands
The original Cuan
Law web site designed by Under Watercolours in 1999 has done so well for
them they've invited us back to work on an entirely new design to take them
into the future with many updated photos, new QuickTime VR, flash accents
and more. Watch for the new site to go live sometime around May.
Worlds of Fun
We're working new website designs for World of Diving,
World of Golf, World of Snorkeling, World of Sportfishing, World of Adventure
and
Destination Micronesia. This huge project will take us a while, but
watch for the new sites to start popping up throughout the summer months.
A New Site for XS Scuba
In 2004 we designed a 48-page catalogue for XS Scuba.
They liked it so much that they've decided to redesign their web site too.
The new site is a joint effort between Under Watercolours and XS Scuba, and
is expected to go live sometime around April.
Peter Hughes Star Dancer VR Tour
We've just
returned from an amazing three-week trip to Papua New Guinea where we spent
ten days diving on the south coast of New Britain Island on the Peter Hughes
Star Dancer and to shoot and produce an interactive tour of the vessel. Click here to see the Quicktime VR virtual tour.
We then continued on to see Tawali Resort and Loloata Resort.
Why Hire a Remodeling Consultant?
If you're considering a remodeling project
in Southern California, don't start without talking to Chris Brownfield of
Papillon Remodeling Consulting. Visit www.PapillonRemodelingConsulting.com for
a new web site. Under Watercolours also designed their logo, letterhead and
business cards.
Papua New Guinea Tour
Most of February will be spent touring Papua New Guinea.
We'll be visiting Tawali Resort, Hamamas Resort, Loloata Resort and will spend
ten days aboard the Peter Hughes Sky Dancer exploring a new itinerary and working
on an interactive tour of the vessel. This is the fourth Peter Hughes vessel
we are shooting, having created interactive tours for Sun Dancer (at the time
in Palau), Sky Dancer in Galapagos and Komodo Dancer in Indonesia. Watch for
the QuickTime VR interactive tour to go live on the Peter Hughes Diving web
site sometime in March.
Samasati Nature Retreat - Costa Rica
If you're into Yoga, birdwatching and enjoying a healthy vacation in an exotic local, you will love Samasati! This isn't one of our designs, but we recently completed several web related projects including search engine fixes and a form-to-database interface. We're looking forward to visiting Costa Rica in the near future to experience it for ourselves.
TUSA Dive Gear Goes
Live
A joint effort between Under Watercolours and our friend Paul Barnett at Outcast Creative, the new Tusa web site was pulled from the 2005 Dive Gear catalogue. New sites for Tusa Reef Tourer Snorkeling Gear and Tusa View Goggles will soon follow.
Atomic Aquatics in German
The Atomic Aquatics web site is now available in German.
Castaway Island Fiji
We designed the original Castaway site over six years ago and it has served them well, but the time has come to retire the old site and start fresh. The new Castaway site has over 60 pages, 200 custom photos, streaming video, a special secured are for travel agents, 18 Flash accents, a complete virtual interactive tour with 14 QuickTime VR movies, 2 active guestbooks plus archives from five years, send-a-postcard feature, desktop wallpaper with six designs, an interactive dive site maps with photos, maps and information about each dive site, and my favorite, a webcam that shoots pictures to the site every five seconds. In additon, we've built in many features to make updating and maintaining the site easy enough for the staff to do it from Fiji. As part of this project, we had to spend five days working at the resort (no, it was not a vacation) and met some of the nicest families from all over the world. Thanks to everyone who helps in the photo shoots.
Photos from our Cozumel Trip #24 Will be Online Soon! (we're still working on it...we've been busy!!)
Wakatobi Dive Resort Virtual Tour
We've just completed the Quicktime VR interactive tour of Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia. Photos from our recent Indonesia trip will be online soon.
Sea&Sea
to Host Mini Seminars Featuring Industry Pros During DEMA
Come
by the Sea&Sea booth #1609 to hear tips from some of the top people
in the photo industry.
Sea&Sea will be hosting mini seminars in the booth during the 2004 DEMA show. The seminars will cover a wide range of subjects from photo tips to retail strategies for the digital age. The presenters are a diverse group of industry professionals that will be presenting information that will be of interest to a vast range of DEMA attendees, whether they are underwater photographers or retailers looking for ways to take advantage of the digital photography revolution.
Presenters and topics include:
Marty Snyderman: Photographing Reef Creatures
Eric Cheng: Shooting Underwater with Digital SLRs
Bonnie Pelnar: Digital Manipulation of Underwater Images
Holly Alentado: Camera Care and Maintenance
Andy Sallmon: Adventure Diving with Big Animals
Kevin McDonnell: Plunging into Profits with Digital Photography
Each seminar will be held in the Sea&Sea booth and will be approximately 20 minutes in length. After the seminars visit the booth and take a look at the exciting new products being introduced by Sea&Sea for 2005.
For the complete list of Sea & Sea DEMA Seminars, CLICK HERE: Sea & Sea Seminar Schedule
Digital Underwater Photo Workshop at Wakatobi Dive Resort
Join Bonnie Pelnar
on a Digital Underwater Photo Workshop trip at Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia, at the regular trip cost! Join the scheduled Wakatobi trip and get a complimentary underwater photo course! There will even be state of the art digital cameras for you to use! Hurry! Only a few spots are left!
New sites coming soon...
An all new website for Castaway Island Resort in the Fiji Islands
XS Scuba 2005 Adventure Catalogue
Under Watercolours has been chosen to design the new XS Scuba 2005 Product
Guide which will be available before DEMA.
PFrankMDSkinCare.com
Dr. Frank's new skin care line of products is now available online.
RanchInCloverdale.com
Horse ranch for sale in Sonoma County.
Photos are Online from the 3rd Annual Kona Classic Photo and Video Festival and Competition!
Lot's of fun photos online from this year's competition in May. More info about the event...
Under Watercolours images were seen in the April 1st episode of the CBS hit show "Without A Trace". Screen shots will be online soon.
A New Look for South Pacific Island Travel
We just launched a new web site
at www.spislandtravel.com.
The new design is a "facelift" to their old site plus new dive
travel destinations added. Their new Adventure Catalog will be available
by May.
PearlworksInc.com is now open complete with a customized shopping cart with nearly 1200 items.
Soccorro Islands Aboard the Solmar V
We've just returned from a trip on the
Solmar V to the islands of Socorro, San Benedicto, and Roca Partida to shoot
an interactive tour of the vessel. This was our first opportunity to try the Titan D100 housing with a 10.5 fisheye lens and yes, the mantas did cooperate. Here are some of the first photos.
