hawaii time

I apologize for the lack of updates lately..It's been a very busy week in Hawaii since arriving just after Thanksgiving.  I worked on a really cool shoot for Quiksilver with some of their key surfers as well as a campaign for a new headphone company which should be out next summer.  Shoot all day, edit all night..A lot of images, a lot of editing, no complaints.  For now I leave you with this image from the first day I arrived. Big, North Swell Pipeline, 3 guys out..Howling North East winds.

Behind the scenes Tahiti

At times when documenting trips I find what is going on behind the scenes to be more interesting than the waveriding itself.  On this particular trip that didn't quite apply...the waves we had were by far the scariest things I had ever seen.  The night we flew into Tahiti happened to be mere hours before one of, if not, the heaviest sessions took place at Teahupoo.  While everyone was trying to sleep a couple hours before the sun came up.  Beren Hall and Taylor Steele were up nearly the whole night prepping for the shoot ahead.

Billabong Pro Security house. The end of the Road Tahiti. 1am. August 2011

bookstore in amsterdam

amsterdam 2011 on ilford HP5.

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

Wednesday

Josh Morse. Ocean Beach. July 2011

Taylor Knox portrait outtake

Today I shot a portrait of Taylor Knox for an upcoming article in Surfer Magazine...We met up early, went surfing, and than came back to my house where my good friend and amazing photographer Grey Lockwood had setup a studio in the house.  This is just an outtake from the shoot.  A light test at best, but thought it came out pretty cool.  I owe a big thank you to Taylor for his time and Grey for being an awesome assistant!  You can check out some of his work here:

http://www.greylockwood.com/

Taylor Knox. Del Mar 2011. outtakes...

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.

Mavericks on tuesday

Half Moon Bay, California

Shane Dorian for Surfer Magazine

Shane Dorian Kona, Hawaii

I love winter...Below are a couple snapshots from last winter in the snow

Jenna and I on the chairlift

windy at the top of the mountain

fresh snow

tree