Its all over...

Well, I've been back on the mainland for about two weeks now and have finally found the time to sum up this blog.

Being back in reality makes me really miss Hawaii, I have been busy since I came back with getting ready for school and finding/moving into a new place to live. The internship with Dolphin Dreams Images was really amazing. I had a great time doing something I love and I learned a ton as well. Just getting the experience to photograph underwater as much as I did was awesome and on top of that I was able to gain experience taking video underwater as well. That job is unlike filming on the surface in any condition. Since you are suspended in the water you have movement on all three axis (up and down, back and forth and side to side) then add in any current or surge and the animals that are swimming around you as you film and its crazy, but so cool. This internship even helped expand my communication skills and public speaking through the Manta Talk we gave at the Sheraton three times a week. I feel much more comfortable engaging a crowd now then I did two months ago.

I also grew in my SCUBA abilities. I now have an advanced open water certification and the many dives I was able to do helped me feel so much more comfortable under the water. I feel as though I am able to navigate better and didn't feel lost at the end of my time there like I did previously, even at new dive sites. I also learned more through the SCUBA lessons we did at the pool. I was able to teach kids and other adults what I know about SCUBA and watch their enjoyment as they learned about it.

Overall just getting to spend the time in Hawaii that I was able to spend would have been terrific, but coupling it with all the wonderful things I experienced and was able to do through the internship it was amazing.