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Some boats have video guys on all the time as a part of the package - just depends where you are in the world, and on what boat.
Souns like you had a guy who honestly didn't know what they were doing really. I've shot all sorts of video on land and am just about to start underwater (at least I hope I am if the funding comes through). When you are shooting "reality" like a wedding, doco, live performance or sports one of the first things you learn is that the majority of the time you want the subject to have no interaction with the camera, you should be shooting stuff without the subject even being aware that you have pressed the button. Once oyu have that sorted you can get them playing up to the camera.
I suspect that this guy was new and/or filming for two reasons at once - one to get a few $'s selling dive tour vids to people on the dive and two to build up a library of stock footage that he no doubt thinks will be worth millions to someone.
There is no reaosn why someone making a video that's main purpose is to entertain the divers on the trip should get in your face at all - in fact it should be the opposite most of the time. It should also be fun to have them around so you actually want to see what they shot at the end. Lots of times this is the case, you just got a duffer.
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