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(713) 523-3483 (dive)
5808 Newcastle Drive
Houston, TX 77401

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Blog Posts – Photography

Photo Tip - Using Your Smartphone's Camera Abilities
Photo Hints - White Balance for Shallow Encounters
Photo Hint - Capturing Amazing Whale Photos
Photo Hint - Keep Alert, Position Yourself for the Best Shot
Photo Hint - Composition for Oceanic Mantas
Photo Hint - Using Lights to Capture the Best Color
Photo Hint - Adding a Diver for Scale and Interest
Dive Site Geology in the Southern Sea of Cortez
The Master Liveaboard BBQ Nothing but Fun!
Photography Contest Entry Form Open
Photo Hints - Reef Shooting, Using Lights
Photo Hints - Keep Calm for Best Results
Photo Hint - Shoot for Best Composition
Photo Hint - Frame Your Subject Against Open Water
Photo Hint - Creative Use of Ambient Light
Photo Hint - Shoot Upward for Best Perspective
Photo Hint - Composing Schooling Fish
Photo Hint - Adding a Diver in the Negative Space
Photo Tip - Using Sunlight for Best Color
SeaLife at Oceanic Ventures
Photo Tip - Keep Calm on Your Approach
Using Lights to Capture Best Color
Photography Tips – Underwater Lighting Basics
Photography Tips - Underwater Composition Tips
Local Diving It is Not the Caribbean but It Can Still Be Fun
SeaLife Photo Tip - Wide Angle Lenses on Small Subjects
SeaLife Photo Tip - Framing Subjects with a Blue Background
Deepest Dive in Antarctica
Travel Photography: Lighting Hints
Archaeologist Staci Willis, PhD to Speak At Social Club Meeting
The Houstonian Hosts Santa for Underwater Photographs
Santa Visits West University
Getting started with Underwater Photography
Scuba Santa 2018
Equipment Special For Photographers the SeaLife DC2000
Hidden Scuba Diving Treasures - Muck Diving
Laura, Mark, Ann Coad, Cheryl and Rich sitting down to eat after flying around the world.
Scuba Divers Start Their Journey to Indonesia's Forgotten Islands
Photography Contest for Divers and Friends - 2016
Cooking on grip
Travel & Adventure Photography - Food
Travel and Adventure Photography - Nine Hints for Underwater Photographers
Mother and Son in Fiji
Photography - A Short Exercise to Improve Your Photography
Fluorecense Scuba Diving
Twenty-Five Years of Photographs
Travis Hershey Stars as the Scuba Santa
Santa Is Coming - Scuba Santa in West University 2015
Erin on a Sentinel Rebreather
Rebreather Scuba Diving - The Advantages of Silent Scuba Diving
Local Scuba Diver Receives the Golden Diver award
Scuba Diving Holiday - Panama City Scuba Diving Trip Update
Happy Scuba Valentine's Day!
Dive Manager - Csaba
Experiencing the Solomon Islands a Scuba Diving Trip Aboard the Bilikiki
Bikikiki
Experiencing the Solomon Islands a Scuba Diving Trip Aboard the Bilikiki
Parrot Fish in Cleaning Station by Robert Hew
Rebreather Scuba Diving - Not Just for Technical Divers
Coral Structures
What Is Coral?
Eric Keibler on a Pathfinder Rebreather in Grand Cayman
At the Office - Diving the Pathfinder Rebreather
Quarry at Reveille Peak Ranch
Local Texas Scuba Diving - Reveille Peak Ranch
Wobblegong Shark
Study Indicates Some Sharks Are Color Blind
Google Map from APO Island
Explore the Ocean with Google Maps!
Belize Adventurers Photo
Trip Report - Live Aboard Scuba Diving in Belize
cayman newspaper
Eric Keibler is in the News
Phoenix JAzz Club
Thanksgiving, Jazz and Antiques
HO HO HO Merry Christmas - Scuba Santa Undwerwater
Santa is Coming To Visit On Saturday, November 12, 2011
Sailors aboard Artemis
2011 Harvest Moon Regatta
We are back! Divers Return from Moscow
Open Water Sidemount Divers
Too Busy Diving
The Law of the Wild - Revised?
Mysteries of the Artic
Jules Verne
Photo of Wreck in Chuuk
New Truk Lagoon Dive Video Debut at Club Aquarius Meeting
Spring Break Scuba Diving Group Returns
Penetration - Truk Lagoon
Preplanning a Scuba Diving Silhouette Photograph
Half Dozen Marlins Chasing Bait Ball
Striped Marlin, Scuba Diving - an Underwater Photography Expedition
Between Scuba Dives - Tips for Flower Photography
False Cleaner Fish
Scuba Diving from the Dumaguete Pier in the Philippines
Rainbow Reef
Creating Exciting Photographic Scenics
In the Company of Big Animals
Lose Weight When You Go Diving
Underwater Camera Maintenance
Airplane at Gate
Photographic Equipment…How to get it there
Underwater Video Anyone?
Coral Sex
Deep Wreck Trip


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Houston, TX 77401-3214
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People choose their friends carefully just as they should choose their adventure partners and Scuba Diving Instructors.  Oceanic Ventures is the premier scuba dive shop in Houston, Texas, and the Southwest because of our exceptional service and our sense of adventure.  In talking with our clients and friends, people choose us for a number of reasons such as: Passion – We love what we do and we want to share the beauty and excitement of the underwater world with everyone we meet. Caring- Our clients tell us they love us because we truly care about people and strive to make their scuba diving experiences safe, fun and enjoyable. Professional – Our staff members are the … [Read more …]

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