u/WolfBrotherPictures

Hey everyone,

I recently made the terrifying executive decision to leave my 9-to-5 safety net to spend the next few months independently documenting the raw reality of the Pacific ecosystem. No big production budget, no crew—just me, my Mazda, and my camera bag

One week after leaving my job, someone unfortunately didn't make it back from a dive.

I'd love to get your feedback on the entire series.

Hey everyone,

I recently made the terrifying executive decision to leave my 9-to-5 safety net to spend the next few months independently documenting the raw reality of the Pacific ecosystem. No big production budget, no crew—just me, my mazda, and my camera bag

I’m trying to build this series completely independently from the ground up. If you want to see the raw setup and how the 10-bit footage held up in the green water, I’d appreciate your eyes on it:

Let me know what you think of the visual grading, or if you have any survival tips for managing a massive clear housing solo in a heavy surge. Cheers.

Hey everyone,

I recently made the terrifying executive decision to leave my 9-to-5 safety net to spend the next few months independently documenting the raw reality of the Pacific ecosystem. No big production budget, no crew—just me, my mazda, and my camera bag

I’m trying to build this series completely independently from the ground up. If you want to see the raw setup and how the 10-bit footage held up in the green water, I’d appreciate your eyes on it:

Let me know what you think of the visual grading, or if you have any survival tips for managing a massive clear housing solo in a heavy surge. Cheers.

I thought dropping into the Monterey kelp forest during a heavy surge was going to be the sketchiest part of this dive, but the ocean had a completely different type of sensory overload waiting for me. Out of nowhere, a massive, chaotic wall of wild sea lions locked into a tight vortex right on top of me. When you're hovering in the dark, listening to your own muffled regulator breathing, and a living, pulsing ceiling blocks out the sun, the sheer scale of the ocean hits you all at once. You realize instantly how small you are, how fast things can change down there, and exactly who actually owns the abyss.

Six days before I walked away from my warehouse job,

I drove up the California coast alone.

No real plan. Just a car, a camera, and a dive I'd

been thinking about for months.

I ended up inside a swarm of over 100 wild sea lions

in the Monterey Bay kelp forest. No warning. No exit.

Just the ocean deciding whether I'd made the right call.

I've been living out of my car for a while now,

building something I actually care about. This is

the first time it's felt real.

Made a short film about it if anyone wants to watch.