Just finished choosing 12 photos for a calender to send to my Mum for Christmas. It’s a bit of a chore to sort through through a years worth of photos but a useful exercise nonetheless; not only does it secure my next years supply of socks and cake, it also acts like a ‘taking stock’… [Read more…]
November 18, 2011
or in this case, seascapes. The pulled back line-up photo has been an industry standard since the beginning of surf photography, usually taken with a short telephoto (100mm – 200mm) but more recently with a long tom (400mm – 800mm), this has allowed enterprising fotohogs to combine the pulled-back shot with some insanely hot surfing… [Read more…]
November 11, 2011
Congratulations to Russell Winter who won three titles yesterday in one epic day of surfing at a thumping Fistral Beach, which was a strength-sapping and grinding 4 – 8 feet and classic conditions for the season deciding final event on the UK Pro Surf Tour. Russ won the final Relentless Energy Drink Super Series contest… [Read more…]
November 7, 2011
The new issue of Carve is out and I have been lucky enough to have a few shots published in the issue (thanks uncle Roge). Amazingly they are all from the same session, a nice three foot day at Croyde in September, which is quite unusual (for me). There are a myriad of reasons why… [Read more…]
November 3, 2011
The evenings are getting darker and darker, literally and not as a consequence of all the ridiculous moustaches starting to sprout everywhere! The water is slowly getting colder and the surf is becoming bigger and meatier (is that a word?). Here’s a few pictures of wild and woolly local beach in all it’s pre winter… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
Reubyn Ash smashed his way to victory in the inaugural Relentless Lynmouth Super Series today with a mixture of old school grunt and new school cool. He combo’d Russell who sat on a 9.17 and a 8.60 in the final at Blacklands, which was perfect 3-4 foot, running and glassy, with a double alley-oop 9.77… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
I must have done the 2 hour trip to Newquay from North Devon along the A39 hundreds of times over the past 20 years. I’m always in a hurry and concentrating on overtaking a tractor, caravan or milk tanker but I have also seen some beautiful landscapes, sunrises and sights (especially in the misty season… [Read more…]
October 1, 2011
FINAL DAY and we were greeted by a maelstrom at Rest bay, but despite the very difficult conditions there was some excellent surfing, some drama and upsets and a fairytale win for Jayce Robinson, who finally made the breakthrough with a well deserved victory. Beth Mason kept her cool to do the job in the… [Read more…]
September 23, 2011
Getting amped for the UKProTour event at Lynmouth this autumn and cant wait to see Britain’s best surfers hacking into one of Britain’s best waves. The event will be run in one day and the UKPST has allotted three wildcards from the 32 man draw to the local surf clubs; Croyde, Woolacombe and Westward Ho!… [Read more…]
September 2, 2011
I am really enjoying using the ‘hit and miss’ Holga lens at the mo. The exposures are all over the shop, and the focus is agricultural – to say the least but, the massive vignetting and softness force you into a different mindset to get a result. The technique I have developed so far is… [Read more…]
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