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Guest SpeakerFrom our guest speaker, Laura Tesler - who will be presenting her Topside and Underwater photography:
"I grew up watching the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau and old Sea Hunt episodes and always thought it would be cool to learn how to dive. On my open water certification in 2005, I remember sitting 50 feet underwater in Nellie’s Cove outside Port Orford and watching rockfish swim by and thinking I was stupid for not learning how to dive earlier. In any case, I eventually gained my Divemaster certification (December 2014) and I haven’t turned back.
In 2007, I added a point and shoot camera and for the first 5 years took a lot of crappy pictures… however I eventually got to the point where I made a large investment (>10K) in my camera equipment as my diving skills improved and now, I take a lot of pretty OK pictures (my opinion). I love to travel, and although 90% of my 900+ dives have been in cold water, I do treat myself with a warmwater trip to a foreign locale every now and then (Fiji is a favorite).
I am a Nikon shooter and have been since the age of 14. I also shoot topside quite a bit for three local newspapers as a “bootlegger” photojournalist and I have my own business where I take small jobs from time to time.
I live with my husband in Salem, and although he is a certified non-diver I have a lot of wonderful dive friends that I am always having fun and adventures with. I went to school to be a fisheries biologist with a focus on inland freshwater fisheries. I currently am gainfully employed (for almost 30 years) by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife where I am the field coordinator for a mitigation program that purchases property for wildlife conservation in the Willamette Valley."
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Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE,Albany,OR,United States
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