Training Program in Holland
April 12th, 2007 by James
Last week my company sent me for leadership training in Holland (where our main office is located). This was a great week and not at all what I expected (no touchy-feely teambuilding excercises). I made some great new friends and met folks from our offices all around the world.
We rode an old restored tugboat to the barrier island of Terschelling in the North Sea and stayed at a hotel very near the beach. The dunes and dune-grass there were amazing - sculpted by the strong wind coming in off the North Sea. I didn’t get any photos of the sand waves down on the beach for fear of my camera getting sand-blasted.
After the week’s training we returned to Amsterdam and had one evening to explore the city before flying home. We did walk through the “famous” red-light district on the way back to the train - but sorry, we didn’t take any photos 
Click on the photos above to see more images from the week.
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May 5th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Hello Jim, More of a question than a comment. I found your dive log doing a Google search for your name. I got your name from the review you did of the Inon D2000 on Wetpixel.com 16 March 2005.
I just started underwater digital photography. I selected the Olympus SP 350 as my camera, and got the Olympus case. I didn’t have enough to sink into a strobe before the first trip; so I improvised. In an effort to fill in a bit more yellow and red light, I built a diffuser for a UK C4 dive light, and mounted it on arm and modified land base. I used it in conjunction with the built in strobe on the camera. I also laminated a Kodak Color Control Patch so I could get shots of that in each lighting condition to try and bring back my color balance with Photoshop after. The setup worked great at night or below 60 or 70 feet where it’s darker. Still pretty blue shallower.
My brother and I spent a week diving Roatan at Fantasy Island; our second trip there. I learned a lot shooting close to 1000 shots. After I got back I got rechargable Nickel metal batteries for one. And I started looking for a TTL strobe. After learning that the only electronic TTL that will fit is the Olympus strobe in and Olympus underwater case, I stumbled onto the Inon D2000 with fiberoptic connection. This may be the way I will go. It looks like something I can experiment with and grow into as I learn it.
My question is, where did you get the cool color control patch and gray scale that you shot in the pool testing the Inon D2000? It looks to have been designed for underwater photography. That is what I was searching for and never found when I purchased and laminated the Kodak color control patches. After playing with my pictures in Photoshop, I wish I had also laminated the gray scale. I get the feeling that there are resources for the underwater photographer out there that I have not discovered yet. The guys at the local dive shops know little. I feel like I am moving beyond what they know pretty quickly. I have been a more than casual photographer since 1970. Now that I am taking it underwater I have a lot to learn again. Where should I be looking to shorten my learning curve, find good advice, and cool equipment to purchase?
Thanks,
Paul J. Badali, jeweler
Layton, Utah
my company’s website is http://www.badalijewelry.com if you are interrested.
May 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
James…… write me! Haven’t talked in ages…. this December, I talked to Frank while I was in Texas, and we were all going to try to hook up for dinner, but it didn’t work out. Did he end up relocating to Ohio? Barb
November 27th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
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November 27th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Hi Paul,
I got the underwater color chart from Amphibico. It’s heavy and it sinks - very nice.
Good luck w/ your underwater photography.
James