My RSS Feedhttp://www.gypsycreative.com/index.htmlThe Gypsy Feedenjeff@gypsycreative.comCopyright 2009 Jeff Nesmith2009-11-09T06:57:23-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:14 -0500The Roles of NAIB Diversjeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-11-09T06:57:23-05:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/ebcc691319c7a4f24ef5074fb6a69f14-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/ebcc691319c7a4f24ef5074fb6a69f14-10.html#unique-entry-id-10

Volunteer divers at the National Aquarium perform a number of different tasks, both in the water and dry. On each of the four daily dives, the volunteers’ roles are divided up by the team captain depending on how many divers are there on a given day and what special needs the exhibits might have.

photo © Jeff Nesmith

]]>Non-Diving Related: iMovie Mentors is in the Post!jeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-08-24T08:44:32-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/6e7971e96261aaea53f33e89f97c19a3-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/6e7971e96261aaea53f33e89f97c19a3-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Cool Washington Post Article here!

As many of you might know, in addition to print and multimedia design, one of the fields that I’ve been pursuing since art school is film & video.

photos © Alexey Tolchinsky, Anthony Wright

]]>Finally Wet/Bouyancy Control at NAIBjeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-07-11T13:15:53-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/f1f16a7e4209565724b5bab2d6ff56a8-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/f1f16a7e4209565724b5bab2d6ff56a8-7.html#unique-entry-id-7

I’ve dived 6 times now with the Friday A Team. That’s one full day of four dives, and the first as a half day, since I couldn't get my physical docs’ faxed over in time to the DSO.

]]>Catalina Island, Californiajeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-06-17T06:20:54-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/9e8d49f06a856962a28aac02ec761170-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/9e8d49f06a856962a28aac02ec761170-6.html#unique-entry-id-6

Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, is where I first took to the water in scuba gear over ten years ago. It's also where last weekend, I had the pleasure of revisiting Casino Point, a small marine preserve off the north shore of Avalon...

]]>Physical Exam and Paperwork to Dive at NAIBjeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-06-15T12:21:48-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/0622b0aa76c482ed7a76c8bb55b8983d-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/0622b0aa76c482ed7a76c8bb55b8983d-5.html#unique-entry-id-5

Completing the classroom training, thankfully, was not a prerequisite to being assigned to a dive team. I have been going in to NAIB to work with the Friday A Dive Team for the last month or so.

]]>Classroom Training at the National Aquarium in Baltimorejeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-06-07T20:03:38-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/4b823ea2de2804d6cce73606fb7b7b55-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/4b823ea2de2804d6cce73606fb7b7b55-4.html#unique-entry-id-4

First off, my apologies for having taken so long to post about my NAIB aquarium diving gig.



]]>Diving at the Baltimore Aquariumjeff@gypsycreative.comDiving2009-05-03T14:57:51-04:00http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/668e54bf90859c0cdd691f12c65d05fd-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.gypsycreative.com/blog/files/668e54bf90859c0cdd691f12c65d05fd-2.html#unique-entry-id-2After completing a series of written tests, in-water skills tests, and interviews, I found out last month that I was accepted to join the volunteer scuba diving team at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

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