The DDP crew where lucky enough to get to double dive the world famous chumphon pinnacle.We stayed the majority of the dive about 15-20 metres off the north end at 20-24 metres.
Aswell at the amazing bullsharks we were lucky enough to dive with another whales shark.
Also Jace filmed an unfortunate grouper who looks like he was the victim of a close encounter with one of the bulls. On the footage you can see the bite marks ( one side the punture wounds and the other side the cut wounds ).
Underwater Videographer Trainer Dan was out yesterday with ex Video course trainee Blaise from Australia, they were collecting footage in HD 1080i and SD for our ever growing database.
Blaise is studying marine biology at The New South Wales University in Sydney and was collecting footage of the Bullsharks & other marine life that will be useful in his studies.
We have posted a short video of some of the marine life that was filmed at Chumphon Pinnacle & Twin Peak on Koh Tao.
Mike is completing the final stages of his pro video course before heading back to Chicago for a week then returning to Crystal to undertake an IDC program. After this he plans to start the videography internship program. He has his showreel to complete and film a student movie. Already shooting some great footage including a some time lapse work and macro filming.
Underwater Videography trainee Justine getting in close with a triggerfish
Latest video student Justine is completing an intensive videography course with DDP and should be complete in the next week. She is shadowing the videography crew at the moment and will be making her first student video shortly.
Also Mike is also nearly complete. He aired his first video last night at the Crystal Dive bar. He will be undertaking our internship program on his return from the states.
Koh Tao underwater video documentary aired at Crystal Dive ...more showings soon
Last night Iain completed his videography training with DDP when he showed his documentary that focused on the coral reefs around koh tao. The 30 minute documentary narrated by voice over professional Mike from the USA kept the audience captivated as he explained the differences between the coral, battles that occur amongst the corals and defence mechanisms of a variety of the reefs corals. Also he showed the other marine life in the dive sites from around Koh Tao adding some inspiring background sounds effects.
We aim to show the documentary again at a new location for our videos - Dirty Nellies.
