Stages of an U/W photographer

[wtdrm]

Found this on another site and thought I would pass it along.(just for kicks)


1. See some underwater pictures and decide to take up u/w photography.
2. Buy an MXxx/Aquashot/reefmaster and burn through a few dozen rolls.
3. Feel inadequate and purchase strobes, close-up lenses, and use Sea Processing.
4. Progress from prints to slides, where the keeper ratio is even smaller.
5. Sell the rig on eBay and purchase a Nikonos/housed system, dual strobes, multiple ports and lenses. DEPP usually comes into the picture at this stage. 6. Either become a diehard film person or progress from medium to high-end digital. (There is a small chance of having to do both film and digital, the worst-case scenario.)
7. Wander aimlessly from housing to housing, buying and selling strobes, getting lenses you don't need. Purchase a film scanner. Pay outrageous overweight charges for your two rolling Pelican cases that you are afraid to check on airplanes. Feel naked diving without a camera. Each dive costs you an extra $20 after film and processing.
8. Give it all up and save money by purchasing a Porsche instead.