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Pit stop at the Camel track, United Arab of Emirates

I took this with a Canon 5D Mark II and 24mm – 105mm lens. The photograph has my own Lightroom preset on it which increases the shadows and adds a touch of contrast. The vibrancy has also been increased but balanced with a decrease in saturation to give it a more natural colour tone.

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Loving the California Sunset!

I took this from Love That Yacht  in Marina Del Rey with my iPhone. I used Snapseed to heighten the colors, but just a tiny bit.

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Prayer in the Mosque of Dhaka, Bangladesh

this picture taken the national mosque of Bangladesh. taken by canon 1200d + 15-55mm lens.

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TODAY.com: Growing Up Diving: Turning a Childhood Passion into a Career

Thank you TODAY Show and TODAY Parenting team for publishing my article: “Growing Up Diving: A Childhood Passion Becomes A Career” for Father’s Day”

Parents often wonder what is the greatest gift they can give their child. In my case, I gave a great gift to my father! So for Father’s Day I wanted to share this idea with you!

My friend, Rainer Jenss, is a PADI Open Water Diver, president and founder of Family Travel Association and took his family of four traveling for a year. He believes, “sharing the world with your children is one of the best gifts you can give them.” PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) cultivates its own path for families to explore the world through adventure and travel, inviting children as young as eight years of age to begin their scuba journey.

I saw this journey in action recently at Beaches Turks and Caicos. My divemaster, Mark Young, learned to dive at the same resort as a child with his brother and uncle. Every year they would return from Canada to the Caribbean and over time he acquired the next level of certification. As we know, a family vacation is a great time to try new experiences and build memories together but for Mark it also turned into his passion and career path.

As divers, we are able to see the world above and underwater and have unforgettable adventures. In my case, my father learned to dive because I fell in love with scuba. There are more than 6,600 PADI Dive Centers and Resorts globally and PADI operates in 186 countries and territories. I have been diving around the world and I felt that the dive team at Beaches Turks and Caicos was fantastic. In fact, Beaches® Resorts were voted by PADI among the Top 5 Dive Operations in the Western Hemisphere! They have received the PADI Award of Outstanding Achievement for achieving more than 100,000 PADI certifications across both Sandals and Beaches Resorts since Sandals Resorts International’s (SRI) membership with PADI began in 1997. “Issuing over 100,000 PADI certifications is a monumental accomplishment,” said Erica Wedepohl, PADI Worldwide, Territory Director for Caribbean & Latin America. “In fact, Sandals and Beaches Resorts are among the few elite resorts worldwide to accomplish this tremendous achievement.”

At Beaches all of the guests can participate in the PADI® certified dive program and they have introductory experiences for kids including PADI Bubblemaker which is a one day program in a pool or confined water for children eight and older, with a max depth of two meters/six feet. PADI Seal Team is a more extensive pool program for kids eight and older that covers basic scuba diving skills in addition to fun activities such as taking underwater photos, practicing buoyancy and learning environmental awareness.

I was very impressed with the dedicated pool area for classes and the high quality equipment. The entire dive team was very professional and friendly. I personally loved the daily scuba diving for certified divers which is always included at Beaches and Sandals Resorts. I was diving at Sandals Montego Bay in February and at Beaches Turks and Caicos in April.

I hope to return again soon with my dad and highly recommend the diving and the classes. I loved meeting Mark and learning how his journey went from a dive with his family to a career after college. I wish I had the opportunity to scuba dive as a child. I know that learning new skills and being more comfortable underwater would have been great for me as a kid.

Are you wondering if your child is ready for scuba certification? If you can answer yes to the following questions, your child might be ready to enroll in a PADI scuba diving certification course.

Is your child medically fit to dive?

Is your child comfortable in the water, and can swim?

Does your child have a sufficient attention span to listen to and learn from class discussions, pool and open-water briefings and debriefings, and other interactions with an instructor?

Can your child follow directions?

Can your child learn, remember and apply multiple safety rules and principles?

Are your child’s reading skills sufficient to learn from adult-level material (allowing for extra reading time and help the child might request)?

Can your child feel comfortable telling an unfamiliar adult (instructor or divemaster) about any discomfort or not understanding something?

If so, it might be time to take the plunge and explore the wonders of the underwater world together as divers.

Read this article on TODAY.com

Video of my dives at Beaches Turks and Caicos with dive-master Mark Young:

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Spice season and Community living, Madagascar

I took this with an iphone 6s. No filters or edits on picture.

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Life is elsewhere in India

Simple shot.

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Porto color explosion in Portugal

I took this photograph last year during September in Porto, Portugal. It was the 4th of September during early afternoon.

The camera I used was the Sony rx100 mki in full manual mode. Afterwards I used Lightroom too boost the colors with the help of a preset, from Chris Hau, called Narcissa.

Settings:

° 1/250 sec exposure time

° f/5.6

° ISO 80

° 10.4 mm focal length

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The South of Chile is magic

I took this photo with my camera Fujifilm X-M1. I did not use any filter in order to alter the image.

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After the Morning Storm- Hawaii

This photo was taken on an iPhone 10 with no filter

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Who is a KTLA TV finalist for the SoCal Journalism Awards?

61st SoCal Journalism Awards Gala


Congratulations to the SoCal Finalists!

“Our judges evaluated more than 1,700 entries, and they’ve selected the finalists for the SoCal Journalism Awards! This year, more journalists entered than ever before, breaking old records and setting new, higher standards! On June 30, we celebrate the journalists pushing our industry forward.”

I am a finalist in category I-10 Lifestyle feature for Television or Film Broadcast, including online and cable TV, produced in Southern California:
* Lisa Niver, KTLA, “Money Smart: Ogden Ski Getaway Giveaway Package”
* Zoe Buck, Rosey Alvero, Bijan Rezvani, Justin Cram and Juan Devis, KCET, “SoCal Wanderer – Anacapa to Ojai”

* Juan Devis, Antonio Diaz, Stef Ferrari, Ben Hunter and Jacqueline Reyno, KCET, “The Migrant Kitchen”

* Victoria McKillop, Francine Nazario, Ryan Heraly, Vince Patrick and Minh Bui, The Hollywood Reporter, “Where Hollywood Eats: New Orleans – Compere Lapin”
* Gina Pollack, Andy Viner, Michael Ray, Tori Edgar and Helki Frantzen, KCET, “Under the Influence”

Lisa Niver and Kimberly Cornell at 2018 Press Club Awards
Thank you to everyone at KTLA and especially my producer, Kimberly Cornell!

 

Click here to see our segment:
Money Smart: Ogden Ski Getaway Giveaway Package

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and KTLA wants to share the love with a winter ski package for two in Utah! Travel Expert Lisa Niver of WeSaidGoTravel tells us why Ogden is the ultimate ski destination! This contest ends on 2/8/18.

Learn more about Ogden in this article: click here! We went skiing and threw axes!

This is my 3rd year to be nominated as a finalist:
2018 Finalist for three categories of Southern California Journalism Awards:


SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY REPORTING: Smithsonian 


TRAVEL REPORTING: Popsugar Fitness


PERSONALITY PROFILE: Saturday Evening Post


2017 2nd place winner for Southern California Journalism Award Print Column and finalist for Travel Reporting.

“The Southern California Journalism Awards were born during the Cold War, when Los Angeles journalism was dominated by the city’s many newspapers. Television was in its infancy. Developments like all-news radio were still years away. Women journalists were rare in mainstream media. Minorities, even rarer.

Today we see greater diversity in the newsroom and in the ways we provide information. The Press Club has been striving to embrace Internet journalists and bloggers–clearly the wave of the future.

The Southern California Journalism Awards, now celebrating 61 years of recognizing high-caliber journalism, continues to call attention to the Los Angeles area’s fine journalists while promoting excellence in new and emerging media.”

Here are my 2019 KTLA Travel TV segments:


KTLA Spring into Summer with Rocky Mountaineer


KTLA Oscars: “Countdown to Gold!”


KTLA President’s Day: Visit Historic Philadelphia


KTLA Critics Choice Awards: Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Star Treatment

 

Filming at the Waldorf Beverly Hills for Critics Choice!

Filming at Kimpton La Peer for the Oscars

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