Healey goes left

What is the left like at Mavericks?

Really heavy [laughs]. I went to Mavericks on this trip with that in mind—to just really focus on the left, and watch it and try to get some good ones. I think a lot of it has to do with how the water was moving in there and it’s just a really, really violent wave. You really have to pick your battles and commit if you want to get a good one.

Healey is a freak of nature..He goes left at Waimea, left at Mavericks, and can hold his breath longer than the average human being..You can read about the lefts he rode at Mavericks last week in this web gallery we made for Surfer...

http://www.surfermag.com/features/healey’s-mavericks-lefts/

Beautiful Monsters

On a last minute swell chase to Half Moon Bay we drove into one of the biggest and cleanest days of the year..The boys charged and here's a web gallery of some of the images from the day..We saved the best for the mag!

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/beautiful-monsters/

behind the scenes at surfer poll

grant ellis shooting kelly slater. surfer poll2011

journey of a lifetime

see more here: 

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/across-the-pacific/

fold out cover of Kelly Slater in New Surfer Mag

Kelly at Restaurants. July 2011

Bruce Irons Wallpaper

Surfer Magazine September 2011

Cover of Kelly Slater from our April trip to Tavarua.  We flew down there for 2 1/2 days and this was shot on the first day of our trip.  I went from the airport straight to the lineup at Cloudbreak.  Never been there before and it was quite a memorable day.

Rob Machado Hurley ad photographed at Oceanside in June

Same day as the photo above but this image was held for editorial for the magazine.  Rob Gilley shot an amazing image about 10 years ago in Oceanside and I've always wanted to shoot in light like that.  This day Rob had gotten home at 2am from a portrait shoot in Los Angeles and after 3 hours of sleep I was at his door picking him up.  We surfed from around 5:45-7:30.  It was really cold, but the light was as good as light gets.  Rob was really cool about getting up early and knew that this day was going to be a special one when we checked the buoys.

This day was a fun day at lowers, nothing epic, just rippable and clean.  Kinda cloudy actually.  While Dane and I were shooting, Kelly came down and surfed too.  Walking back to the car at the end of the day I couldn't resist but snap this photo of the two of them on the tracks.

Taylor Knox ad for Dragon shot at Backdoor in Hawaii this year

Kelly Slater photographed for Quiksilver Wetsuits in Santa Barbara in February of this year.

This months issue of Surfer Magazine just came out and had a collection of photos that I was lucky enough to shoot and be a part of..It's always cool to see your images printed in the magazine and not just on a computer screen..It's on the newsstands now..check it out!

how big is your quiver?

eric "Bird" Huffman. Bird's Shed. 2011

March 2011 Surfer Mag cover!!

This months cover of Surfer Magazine is a photo I shot of Alex Gray at Log Cabins this past winter in Hawaii!!!  The day started off slow at Rocky Point, than around 11the wind came on strong onshore.  My girlfriend and I went on a bikeride to foodland to get lunch and decided to check the waves on the way back to Rocky Point.  The wind had switched and it was pumping!  6-8 feet with a couple bigger sets and because of the on and off again rains, the water was a deep blue.  I was going back and forth between shooting film and digital.  This wave that Alex caught was one of the most perfect waves I have ever seen break there and luckily he rode it with ease.  Below is the original photo, the cover, and a video of the wave...Check it out!  Thanks to the guys at Surfer for running my image, Alex for catching the wave, and Jenna for hanging it out on the beach while it rained that afternoon!!

Friends covers

My good friend, teacher and mentor Chris Orwig (www.chrisorwig.com) shot the cover of this months Triathlete Magazine.  I went on his blog to check it out and saw that he had set both of our covers up at the newsstand...Check it out!

surfer magazine online portfolio

                                          

The kind folks at Surfer Mag have started an online portfolio gallery for there photographers...here is mine.  I hope you like it...Enjoy!

http://surfermag.com/photos/flash/portfolio_todd_glaser_surfer/

Surfer April 2010 Cover

Last month I wrote about doing a quick strike mission down to Cabo to escape the rains and bad weather of Southern California.  As it turns out one of the photos I shot of Tanner G, ended up on the cover of the new issue of Surfer!  I am really stoked!!!  It was Tanners first cover of any Magazine..Check this clip of his reaction!!!

http://surfermag.com/av/flash/behind_the_april_2010_cover_with_tanner_gudauskas/

Womans Rights as seen in Surfer Magazine March 2010

http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/womens-rights/

February 2010 Surfer Mag cover

Grant Ellis and I went down to Nicaragua earlier in the year to shoot photos of Kolohe Andino and Julian Wilson while they filmed for "Scratching the Surface."  Inside this issue we shot a 6 spread feature and the cover...I will upload the inside story as soon as I get it...For now, this is a sneak peak at the cover.  Grant shot the land photo and I shot the water shot!