Viz 21 Dive Into Your Imagination News

Perspective. Everyday is a miracle. Just think about that for one moment. This morning, when your alarm went off, what did you think? What is your perspective? Our minds can have such control over our lives that we can forget to walk through life enjoying every moment of everyday. The yin and yang, the pleasure and the pain, we need both in life for without one we do not know the other. Just try slipping on the notion that everyday is a miracle. No matter what happens in our lives, we have the power within to sustain anything. We are strong and often do not take the time to acknowledge our strength. There is a saying I live by, "Ask for help not because you are weak, but because you want to be stronger." Many of us do not know when to ask for help, and yet if we do, help is always given. Living in this way, I have found myself asking, how can I help you. How can I be of service to you? I have realized being of service and giving of myself, I receive. Sometimes giving your presence is the best present you can give. I realized this when I visited India and all the children just wanted to talk to me and practice their English. As we battled the Jesusita Fire here in Santa Barbara last week (thank you to everyone for reaching out)... Read More

Swimming along the reef, frogfish are hard to spot because they are masters of disguise. Who would ever think a fish could grow these hair-like structures all over their body! This is really part of the hairy frogfish and how they get their name. They are predators in our ocean and stalk their prey much like lions do on land. They will find a place on the bottom and blend into their surroundings looking like coral, sponge or even algae.

Did you know that tropical coral reefs extend down to 500 feet? Richard Pyle has dedicated much of his research to purely studying these deep reefs. He is also an icthyologist (someone who studies fish) interested in how some fish pretend to look like something they're not! What is a deep reef and why is it special?
The word "deep reef" means different things, depending on the context. There are extensive cold-water coral reefs that occur in very deep water, but these are not the habitats that I study. The deep coral reefs that I'm interested in are the deeper portions of shallow tropical coral reefs. What most people think of as "coral reefs" -- dominated by large stony table and branching corals -- represents only the shallowest 20% or so of the full extent of tropical coral-reef habitat. The remaining 80% -- spanning depths of about 100-500 feet deep -- are typically dominated by soft corals, sponges, other encrusting invertebrates, and fishes.
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In post production we added a film like look to the scene. We were at our last night of the camping trip and knew there would be singing around the campfire. Watch how we managed to cature these important moments to tell a story. Learn More

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Professional underwater photographer Matthew Addison takes us on a trip to platform "Grace," one of the larger oil rigs commissioned of the coast of Santa Barbara. Over the past 20-40 years platform Grace along with many of the other oil rigs in our channel have developed artificial reefs.

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