Steven M. Barsky produces high quality underwater videos for clients and for distribution through Hammerhead Video, his own production company. Steve writes the scripts, directs, shoots, and edits each production, along with his crew. He also programs and creates DVDs, including the menus as well as the artwork for the box and disk.

Steve produced a 58-minute educational video for Trelleborg-Viking which is distributed on DVD to public safety and commercial divers. For this project, Steve filmed the New York Harbor Patrol Divers, the Trident Foundation in Columbus, Georgia, the Long Beach, California Lifeguards, and divers from the California Department of Transportation. In Europe Steve filmed the Rome Fire Brigade, a commercial diving company in Venice, the Belgium EOD team, and the French commercial diving school, INPP. At times, Steve has directed crews of more than 40 people. The Viking program covers all aspects of polluted water diving and the use of Viking dry suits

Steve and his wife, Kristine, have produced seven DVDs for the sport diving market. Among them:

California Lobster Diving, the video – is a 45 minute film on the adventure and excitement of lobster diving. It has been distributed through Sport Chalet at all of their California stores.

Dry Suit Diving in Depth – is a 46 minute film that explains and demonstrates every facet of dry suit diving. The film was used by Diving Concepts and has been supplied with their suits.

Choosing and Using Dive Computers is a 43 minute film that helps divers to select the dive computer that best fits their needs, and illustrates the proper way to use a dive computer.

Steve shoots in high definition and has a complete editing suite ready for your next project. If you have a need for a promotional or educational video, contact Steve!

Steve shoots with the professional Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates housing.

Viking's video was shot in the following locations:

• Columbus, Georgia
• New York, New York
• Long Beach, California
• Anacapa Island, California
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Rome, Italy
• Venice, Italy
• Brussels, Belgium
• Marseilles, France
• Trelleborg, Sweden

Steve shot the photo for the cover of the box and wrote the copy.

Here's a "behind-the-scenes" look at our travels to shoot the DVD video for Trelleborg-Viking in 2008.

This article provides detailed information on how the Viking video was shot and produced. It appeared in Volume 5, Issue 5 of H2Ops Magazine. Click on the magazine cover to the left to download the article in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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