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With there being so many sharks in on small area, it is inevitable that there will be close encounters. This provided for some awesome footage of these mean looking beasts.

Winter months sees the return of the Raggies to Aliwal Shoal off South Africa’s east coast. 5km offshore from Scottburgh lies Aliwal Shoal, a natural reef which provides cover for the sharks from the prevailing currents.

We dived on a place known as Cathedral…..at a depth of about 27m, there were plenty of sharks around. IN Cathedral I estimate to be about 70 minimum. It was an awesome dive - the mopst charks I have ever seen on Aliwal.

The final race for the season on the East coast of South Africa. A grueling 42km paddling and the worst of all is the start at Scottburgh is infamous with its big break often taking a few scalps before the paddlers have even attempted the ocean swells. This is a clip of the paddlers at the start breaking throught the surf as they head on out towards Birghton beach on the Bluff.

Although not a professional videographer, I enjoy the ability to shoot motion, edit and put together a little story to entertain people. Hence, I did not go big when buying a video camera - my limited budget, and the fact that I wanted something small and be able to take it underwater, led me to a little Panasonic point and shoot!!! The Panasonic TZ5 produces awesome quality “HD” video when you think that this is in effect a little point and shoot camera.

Panasonic produces a matching housing and as a result, I can now take it along with me underwater while I shoot stills, and pop in a video here and there….So this video post is here to show these video’s that will feature both underwater and sporting events.

The housing has been modified to take a handle for increased stability under water, and also for a
removable Magic Filter on the front.

Taking a stroll through the Oribi Gorge in Kwa-zulu natal, South Africa. This image was shot using a panoramic head and then stitching together using Panoramic Factory.

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The start of the Dairy Beach surfski race provided for the perfect opportunity to shoot a time lapse. This time lapse video was shot over an hour and half period and then meshed together using Quicktime pro.

The arrival of all the surfski paddlers was the perfect guise to get the action. Unfortunately the compact flash card filled up before the actual race started, thus missing the emptying of the beach.

Early morning on the main diving beach at Sodwana Bay proovides for the perfect time laps position. All the dive operators arrive early to set up camp and diving gear for all their divers. Then arrive the divers! Kit up, briefings and finally the rush for position on the boat…..then off they go for a dive.

The time lapse was shot over an hour and half, and includes about 1500 images.