Manta Visions - Photo & Video
- Personalized Video / Photo Shoot
- Photo/Video Classes
- Rental Equipment
- DVDs
a picture speaks 1000 words
Manta Ray Bay Hotel and Yap Divers is home to Manta Visions, the only photo/video facility on Yap. Piloted by published photographer / videographer Craig Musburger the center offers guests daily access to their imaging needs.
Manta Visions provides guests the opportunity to enjoy their personal Yap vacation memories for years through custom or group dive videos, personalized photo shoots, photo instruction and camera rentals.
Services and prices
Video Production
Manta Visions videographer Craig Musburger will be on your boat taking video throughout the week acting as your own personal underwater paparazzi. Manta Vision will produce a standard group video each week. Or, if you want a more personal touch, you can have a personal video shoot of just you or your group's dives. All DVDs are titled w/ music in NTSC/PAL.
| Standard Group Video |
| 1 DVD - $70 |
| 7-9 DVDs - $65 each |
| 10 or more DVDs - $60 each |
| Personalized Video of 2 dives |
| 1 to 4 Divers - $160 ( Includes 1 DVD ) |
| additional dive - $25 |
| extra DVD +$20 |
Photo Services
Manta Visions photographer Craig Musburger will shoot a personalized photo shoot of your dives and/or vacation activities. You will receive a CD/DVD with all images.
| Personal Photo Shoot | $85 |
Manta Visions can also burn your personal images to a CD for safe keeping.
| Your Images Burned to CD | $6 / CD |
Photo / Video Class
Introduction to UW Photo / Video - This class includes lecture, diving and post dive editing.
| Introduction to UW Photo / Video | $75 + diving |
Camera Equipment Rentals
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| Olympus 5060 in an Olympus Housing |
Sony VX2000 3-chip in an Amphibico Housing |
| $40 / day | $100 / day |
Craig Musburger
Manta Visions Photo/Video Pro
email: craig@musburger.com
website: HDunderH2O.com
Craig is a professional underwater cameraman and Marine Biologist who has logged over 4,000 hours (see dive location list) of dive time since being certified as a SCUBA diver at the age of twelve in 1986.
He is a PADI divemaster and worked as a dive guide from 1996-1997 at the prestigious Palau Pacific Resort in spectacular Palau.
Craig has a Masters Degree in Zoology from the University of Hawaii and is currently completing his PhD in the same program where he is studying the biogeography of coral reef fishes. Craig's underwater videography has aired on national outlets including Discovery Channel, National Geographic, ESPN, NBC, SpikeTV, and the Big 10 Network as well as numerous local affiliates. His work for NBC Sports has included being the sole underwater cameraman for the Emmy Award nominated Ironman Triathlon World Championship.
Craig's expertise on fish taxonomy and ecology has allowed him to work on scientific research expeditions throughout the Pacific with NOAA, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, PMRI, TNC, the Palau International Coral Reef Center, The New England Aquarium, and NRAS.
Craig will be onsite at Manta Ray Bay to take care of all your photography needs including providing rental equipment, personalized video shoots, data backup and transfer, or just shooting the breeze about the latest developments in marine science research. He looks forward to sharing tips on photo and video techniques with you to help make sure you bring home the finest underwater images possible from your Yap vacation.
Craig has traveled extensively and has dove:
- American Samoa
- Bonaire
- Borneo
- The Canary Islands
- The Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Guam
- The Hawaiian Islands (including the remote Northwest Hawaiian Islands)
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Kiribati
- The Line Islands
- Malaysia
- The Maldives
- The Marshall Islands
- Myanmar
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- The Phoenix Islands
- Pohnpei
- Tokelau
- Thailand
- The Virgin Islands
- Wake Atoll.