The Museum & Aquarium's regular 3D/4D feature films, The World of Sharks and Turtle Vision, will remain available during the month of October in addition to the Haunted House Halloween special feature. • General admission prices to the 3D/4D Theater are $6 for one film (a single feature) or $9 for two films (a double feature) • Member prices are $4 for a single feature or $6 for a double feature
In what Hank Armstrong of the Monterey Bay Aquarium called the y“worst-kept secretv” of the area, the BLUE Ocean Film Festival, featuring the best underwater and ocean-centered films of the year, will make its permanent home in Monterey County beginning in 2010. The BLUE Ocean Film Festival, which debuted last summer in Savannah, Georgia, uses film and presentations by filmmakers and scientists to inspire people to make a difference and give them the tools to do so.
To bring the conservation theme home, Monterey Bay Aquarium staff members handed out blue marbles. Cousteau explained that recipients of these blue marbles were required to perform c“a random act of kindness for the oceans ” and then pass it on to someone else, who would be expected to do the same, thus creating a chain of positive actions for the marine world. Debbie Kinder, Executive Director of the BLUE Ocean Film Festival, said the festival would make its own efforts to reduce environmental impact. “Our agenda is to make this event a plastics-free event,8” she said.
There are some tips and tricks that can be used by anyone to obtain better aquarium photographs. Additionally some items are just purchased (more advanced cameras, computer software). It is important to ask yourself what you wish to get from your pictures, and how much time and money you are willing to invest to get them. Lastly, it is always a good idea to have a spare set of batteries and extra film or memory cards on hand at all times. You never know when you will get an opportunity to take a bunch of photographs only to realize your batteries are dead or you are out of film.
