Derek Dunfee

Derek Dunfee..2007

Hurley pro lowers snapshots

hi-5's

a wall

morning lineup

ks turn

bookstore in amsterdam

amsterdam 2011 on ilford HP5.

the man behind the camera

vans filmer and all around great guy Regan Ritchie in France

Tavarua rd 2

Surfer Magazine just put up a slideshow of some of the photos from my last trip to Fiji..You can check it out on the link below...

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/fiji-fires/#ee36fcdb52

Surfer Web Gallery for Independence Day

Below are a couple images that Surfer put together of the teams files for a new web gallery..

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/independence-day/

Jack Coleman loves cupcakes and super 8

jack. oaxaca mexico. june 2011

angles...

Jack COleman Surf Films from jack Coleman on Vimeo.

New portfolio on Surfermag.com

Surfer Magazine lent me some world wide web space to share with you some of my favorite images..Below are a few and the rest can be seen on the link below...They are from my travels in California, Hawaii, Australia, and beyond....

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/exposure-4/

clouds in tavarua

tavarua. fiji. april 2011

New web photos on surfermag.com

Surfer Magazine just built a cool new website that's clean and much easier to navigate than the original one...They put together a collection of all the staff photographers work from the past month and put them up..Here are a few of mine that were chosen..I went with an all film submission this month.

You can check the rest out here...

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/exposure/

more snapshots from more places

I have been very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to travel the world photographing some of the best surfers and waves around.  Usually for the surf magazines and advertisers, they request digital because it is easier for them to see the images the day the were shot and apply them to the layouts and whatever other needs they are after at the time.  The reason above, along with many more are why so many photographers have gone entirely digital.  Aesthetics aside, digital is great.  It serves it's purpose for some looks.  That is not to say that we should throw all our film cameras away.  I always keep a film camera or two in my bag for when the surfing is over and all the megapixels in the world couldn't show what a roll of Tmax can show...So here, below this is a sample of some snapshots (straight out of the camera) from the past few months of chasing waves with my friends and what in my opinion looks far better than any digital image would look like with or without photoshop

Jenna at home

Looking out the window of my friends house in Hawaii...The wind just switched offshore

Mick Fanning at home in Hawaii checking the score of the Charger game

Board cemetery at the Quiksilver house on the Northshore

Joel Tudor cleaning the dust off an old 1963 Bing we borrowed to surf when it was small in Hawaii

Derek Dunfee waxing up his 10'0's at a motel in Half Moon Bay before a big day in November of this year

Barbwire in Big Sur

Sunset reeds in Big Sur

6 trees

My friend Pat and I decided to go skate down in San Diego about a month ago on a rainy day...He nearly broke his arm after I zigged instead of zagged with the camera...we had fun and this kid was laughing at us..he ripped.

Pat again

Dane almost made the final this year..he was sooooo close. His semi against Jeremy Flores had 3 waves break in the 30 minutes the heat went on..This is him waxing his board just before he went out.

The Gudauskas brothers along with Dylan Graves and Nolan Hall at there house at Sunset this winter

Joel riding down to go surf sunset one evening

Weird light leak makes for an interesting effect...Not too sure how I feel about it, but there's something about this photo that I like so I'm putting it up anyways

Joel organizing his boards...I think the tape on my film came undone on this roll as there are a few lightleaks and such.

Korduroy.tv web interview

                 

My friend Cyrus Sutton runs this cool blog called Korduroy TV.  It's kind of like an all around do it yourself kind of blog with how-tos, the latest shred clips, and interviews.  He asked me to do an interview with him and I said yes.  He has made some really great films in the past so I was stoked to be a part of it.  We filmed this at my house as I was packing to go to Hawaii that night...I kind of just rambled on and hopefully I don't sound like too much of a jackass, but thought Cyrus did a great job with the editing of my 40 minute ramblings...

http://www.korduroy.tv/2010/todd-glaser-innerviews

Hasselblad snapshots

Below is a series of 6 photos I shot on my Hasselblad from my last trip to Half Moon Bay with Derek Dunfee and from New York last September.  I'm kind of a photo nerd and froth out on always shooting in different mediums and formats dependant on the situation..It's not so great for the simplistic approach or keeping my camera bag light, but whats a couple extra lb's on your back when each moment is so unique to itself.  On the trip to Half moon bay I brought a digital camera for the action, a hasselblad for lineups, lifestyle, and whatever else crossed our paths and a pocket point and shoot for those inbetween moments..seems like a lot, but at the very least it keeps me entertained and keeps me shooting...The photos from NY were taken on our last day as Jenna and I were walking around the town seeing the city...Theres something I find interesting about the film I get back and what I choose to shoot when there's only 12 images in a roll...

New York

driving over the Brooklyn Bridge from Long Island to Manhattan I looked out the window to see the New York skyline for the first time and this endless graveyard leading to it. 

Public Enemy

Public Enemy in Brooklyn NY

more wanderings with my film camera

As great as digital is and for so many reasons it makes my life easier, I can't help but go back to using my film cameras.  I really enjoy the look, feel, and overall ease of use.  Sure, sometimes the film takes a few weeks to get developed or the film back leaks light, or a double exposure happens on accident, but it's these spontaneous moments of time captured on film that keep it exciting and fresh.  Below are a few more scans of some film I have shot over the past month.  The digital images are great for clients when you have a specified timeline/deadline and need to ensure you nailed it.  But for shooting on the side and capturing moments off the clock, I wouldn't think of any other medium but film...Enjoy!

half frame flying to Kona from LAX

half frame kayaks in Kona

half frame palm trees

half frame outtakes of Shane Dorian for his profile in Surfer

hasselblad flower

alex knost and tanner prairie doing the trestles walk

Machado outtakes from Dragon optics shoot in wherehouse