Swimming with Seals: Coolest Thing I did in Cape Town This Trip

The water was cold but the wetsuit and trying to keep up with the Cape Fur Seals kept us warm.

These guys played with us for over an hour. They seemed sad to see us leave.

The Cape Fur Seals are not timid!

Diving with the seals was easily the coolest thing I did in South Africa this trip. One of

these devilish seals "borrowed" my GoPro twice off the head of my sister Thea. We couldn't

get it back the second time! Luckily we rented a second GoPro from Animal Ocean or

we'd have no footage.

Benjamin Torio is hosting this short video.

Animal Ocean showed us a wonderful, professional experience.

Swimming with the Great Whites (part 3 of 3)

The Chum Man brewing up a tasty brew.

Less than two feet from the 'diver' in the right most area of the cage.

The eight 'divers' get an eye full of great white.

One of the sharks biting the decoy.

A screenshot of one of the big ones from a GoPro underwater camera.

photos by Meg Osler and Marine Dynamics Shark Tours.

Swimming with the Great Whites (part 2 of 3)

 My sisters Meg and Thea entering the 8-person shark cage.

Meg, Thea and Benjamin, 9-years-old, in the shark cage and 12 degree Celsius water (53.6 degrees Fahrenheit)

One of seven great whites we saw that afternoon.

Captured some great footage, stay tuned for the short video.

Best shark cage diving in the most shark populated waters in the world at Marine Dynamics Shark Tours.

photos by Kathryn Paar

Swimming with the Great Whites (part 1 of 3)

I tried to swim with the great white sharks three years ago when I was in South Africa for the FIFA World Cup (this is a big, world-wide soccer tournament my American friends). The weather was terrible for our reserved day so it didn't happen. Today was perfect.

They gave me a sweet orange rubber jacket. I asked if I could keep it. The answer was, "No." :(

My bother (in-law) and I putting on the wetsuits. The water is flippin' cold in the Indian Ocean; hoodies and booties.

Due to the slow internet in Cape Town, this is all I can show you tonight. I am tired, smell like chum (cut up fish) and need a shower. More tomorrow on this same Bat Channel.

The best great white shark cage divers in South Africa: Marine Dynamics Shark Tours

photos by Meg Paar

Irie Shoot Mon

Shot in Judah Square, a Rastafari community in the Khayalethu township just outside the vacation town of Knysna, north-east of Cape Town about five hours up the Garden Route.

3 year old Naeema latched onto my sister for the seven hour shoot, never leaving her side. In this shot she is wearing Meg's sunglasses.

 Naeema and a friend fight over my camera in order to take photos. 

photos by Meg Osler

Heading into Post Production

Heading to post-production for two films we shot for the Real Food Media Contest, very excited with what we captured. Deadline is February 3rd, not much time with the holidays interfering. Lots to do.

photo by Vân Nguyen ©NomadicFrames2013

Amazing 10-Day Shoot In Panama & Costa Rica

We are back in New York City after an amazing 10-day shoot in Panama and Costa Rica. The post-production begins. We are expecting to finish five short travel docs which will play on TripFilms.com and compete in the Real Food Media Contest. We will keep you posted on the progress. We are making films about these two places:

La Loma Jungle Lodge & Chocolate Farm

Urraca Private Island

Huts Over Water in Panama

One of these will be our home for a few nights while we are filming in Panama. Oh, and it's on a private island inhabited by Ngobes Indians. We need to take a 45-minute boat ride from the nearest town to get here.

And there is this:

And the owner has a pet monkey (the person in this photo is a guest, not the owner):

It's going to be a great shoot! Check out this amazing place here: Urraca Private Island

TripFilms.com Interviews Nomadic Frames

We have produced 18 videos for TripFilms.com and all 18 have earned the Editor's Pick. Now the world's largest travel video website has run a short interview on our travel video efforts.

View the Twelve Travel Questions with Nomadic Frames on TripFilms.com

Welcome to The Jungle!

Just booked two nights at La Loma Jungle Lodge & Chocolate Farm in Boas del Toro, Panama, super psyched! Video or two to follow.

Learn more about La Loma here: La Loma Jungle Lodge & Chocolate Farm

Learn more about Bocas del Toro here: Bocas del Toro

18th Editor's Pick on TripFilms.com - Paamul Hotel & Cabanas, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

I feared going to this area of Mexico because of it's reputation for being a party place for Spring Breakers but we found the perfect beach hotel: Paamul Hotel and Cabanas. A beautiful beach, excellent restaurant, relaxing pool and very close to the cenotes and ruins we wanted to explore. We got to know the chef Kulo, who outdid himself with every meal (and he's a great photographer). One of the coolest things, I felt, was the fact that locals came to the beach and ate at the restaurant. I could have stayed many more days. Winner of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2013.

2-minute Editor's Pick award winning film on TripFilms.com HERE

Paamul Hotel website HERE

Paamul's scuba dive center HERE

Immortalized on the Walls of Videomaker Magazine

Honored and flattered. Jennifer O'Rourke, Videomaker magazine's managing editor sent me these photos of "video producers in action." It appears that there are two large, framed photos of Morgan Paar adorning the halls of Videomaker headquarters in Chico, California. The top one is filmmaker Andrew Burke and Morgan in the Argentine Andes above El Bolson with Andrew's Panasonic HVX200 and the second is Morgan on Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun), an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, using the same camera. Thanks Videomaker, can't wait to visit you in Chico.

Here is the doc we made for Current TV from that first photo: click here.

5th Photo Appearing in Westin Hotel Advertisement

Ok, I think this is the last Westin Finds/AFAR photo, for a little while at least, though we hope they use more of our images.

See the photo online here.

4th Photo Appearing in Westin Hotel Advertisement

Someone at Westin Hotels and/or AFAR magazine feels we know how to click a shutter. Our 4th in their ad campaign and there may be another.

See the photo here (#4 under "Great for Everyone: SEE & DO).

16th Editor's Pick on TripFilms.com!

Nomadic Frames is honored once again to earn the Editor's Pick at TripFilms.com. This two minute spotlight is on a Reggae bar in Cozomel, Mexico. The island is very touristy so it was a pleasure to find a chill place like this.

On TripFilms here.

On Vimeo here.

On YouTube here.

3rd Photo Appearing in Westin Hotel Advertisement

A second Colorado photo (third photo total) from Nomadic Frames used by Westin Hotel in their Westin Finds advertising campaign.

We actually have two photos in this four photo set. Half the photos used are Nomadic Frames snaps.

See advertisement here (click on See & Do #4).

2nd Photo Appearing in Westin Hotel Advertisement

Westin Hotels has used another of our AFAR.com photos for one of their advertisement campaigns.

See it here

2013 Tripfilms Trippy Winner: Best Travel Show

Vân and I just received out 2013 Tripfilms Trippy Winner: Best Travel Show statuette. We want to thank all who voted. This will definitely inspire us to make better stories and better quality audio and video. Thank you everyone.

Editor's Pick #15! Pet Hotel in New York City

A luxurious 5-star hotel in Manhattan that you CAN'T stay at! Prejudice? Yes. Basically, you need to walk on all fours and be much more furry than you probably are to stay at the D Pet Hotel in Chelsea, New York. This cute 2.5 minute video tells all. I did the camera and editing work which earned us our 15th Editor's Pick on TripFilms.com.

Video can be viewed HERE.

TripFilms.com is HERE.

D Pet Hotel is HERE.

Coming Fast & Furious: 14th Editor's Pick on TripFilms.com

4-minute video on one of New York City's most hip hotels: Hotel Gansevoort in the Meatpacking district. Our 14th Editor's Pick out of 14 videos. More to come in the next couple of weeks on New York City and Mexico.

See video here.

TripFilms is here. Feel free to leave a comment regarding the camerawork or editing if you like.

Hotel Gansevoort here.

Lucky 13th Editor's Pick award out of 13!

Odd Fellows Ice Cream wins Editor's Pick on TripFilms.com.

Odd Fellows makes super premium small-batch ice cream from scratch in their Williamsburg kitchen. They do not believe in using hormones or artificial additives, and they pasteurize their our own mix in-house using cream, sugar, and locally sourced milk from Battenkill Valley Creamery, which allows them to infuse more nuanced flavors into their ice cream.

The vidoe is here.

Odd Fellows is here.

Earned our 12th Editor's Pick @ TripFilms.com

Date the City: Rainy Day Date at Chelsea Market just earned Nomadic Frame's 12th Editor's Pick award out of twelve. We incorporated VH1 type pop-ups in this one.

Never been to Chelsea Markets in New York City? Check out this 3.5 minute video here.

Our Photo Appears on Budget Travel Website

One of our photos from our trip to Dublin, Ireland appears in on the Budget Travel website.

To visit the photo on their website, click here.

Our Photo in a Westin Hotel Advertisement

Westin Hotel uses our photo for one of their Westin Finds campaign. They heavily cropped the photo unfortunately. That is Morgan enjoying some sangria in Madrid.

To see it online, scroll down to "Great for a couple: EAT" and click on "2":
http://westinfinds.com/sp-md-madrid/the-westin-palace-madrid/couple/

And The Winner Is...

I won a years membership with the Independent Filmmakers Project (IFP) at the Downtown Community Television (DCTV) & IFP social. They had free Brooklyn Beer and Billy's Bakery NYC cookies. Good times.

Fresh, Mexican, Hand-Rolled Cigars Earns Us Editor's Pick

Eleven Editor's Picks out of eleven on TripFilms.com. We work hard to earn these and we don't take the accolades lightly. More Mexico videos to come.

Fun Day Shooting with TripFilms

Shooting at the roof pool of the luxurious Gansevoort Hotel in the Meat Packing district of New York City with Kelley Ferro and Ryan Van Duzer.

I Am The Voice of Hotel Confidential

Morgan's edit and voice over for the new Hotel Confidential video.

http://www.hotelconfidential.com/

85 Photos of Bier, Pretzels and Travel Professionals

Nomadic Frames shoots the Hipmunk/TripFilms NYC Travel Meetup. 85 selects from 830 photos. Great night at The Standard Hotel Biergarten.


view photos here.

10th Editor's Pick Out of Ten

We don't take it for granted as the quality of videos on TripFilms.com is getting better and better by the day, but we just received our 10th Editor's Pick for the tenth video we uploaded. 

Traveling With The Locals: Aruba can be viewed here.