Tracie put together a nice video compilation of some of the different places we visited on O’ahu… using footage from the Canon T1i, her little point-and-shoot Canon SD800IS, and my iPhone 3GS. The underwater scenes were shot with the Ewa-marine underwater housing on the Canon T1i.
She made the music in Garage Band using Magic Garage Band. If you have never used Magic Garage Band… give it a look. We have used it many times to create music for videoblogs, with great results. It’s quick and easy… and offers really high-quality results, although not that much in terms of variety.
This is a nice preview of some of the videos you’ll soon see coming from our trip… explanations and tutorials on how we shot!
This post is part of the Hawaii Fusion Trip 2009.



Ok… the ocean, as much as I love to look at it, freaks me out. Having said that, I would totally go head-to-head with a shark to swim with the sea turtles! Can you hold on to them and let them pull you around in the water? That would be magical.
Dude, I really don’t think you actually need to go head-to-head with a shark in order to swim with the sea turtles…
Also, if you grab onto a turtle and they find out… you are in pretty deep trouble. They are protected by federal mandate and it’s a crime to harass them. Leave it to Mike Ambs to harass a turtle!
Actually I think you just want to go to O’ahu because it’s where they film Lost!