Fisheye photography has always interested me, I got a snap on wide angle adapter for my video camera as soon as I could, at the time I was influenced by skate videos like Misled Youth and the water footage in bodyboarding videos like No Friends, I like the distortion, the extreme close-up nature of the […]
I just received the last ever issue of Movement magazine, it’s got a hard cover and has some great features. The one that will be most interesting to anyone learning surf photography will be the first part of the evolution of a revolution article. Movement Issue 41 from Movement Magazine on Vimeo. In it some […]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was inspired by Trent Mitchell to take some longer exposure shots of empty waves, as my Aquatech housing gives me access to the top dial I usually shoot in shutter priority mode and make sure the shutter speed is at least 1/1000 of a second to get […]
Back in November I took a trip up to North Cornwall with a couple of mates, we checked a few spots before hitting a little sheltered beach somewhere with surprisingly only a couple of other people in. It was pretty small but nice and hollow so it was the perfect opportunity to get some shots […]
This video is a teaser for a possible future documentary on Russel Ord, in it he comes across as a bit of a lunatic who is not satisfied with taking average surf photo’s and wants to risk his life to take ridiculous shots in mental waves. It sounds pretty entertaining and you can donate to […]
I got up early this morning to go and take some photo’s at Bantham at sunrise, rather than rush in the morning I set up my camera in the housing the night before. The last few times I’ve used it I have been in manual focus with the wide angle lens, this time I knew […]
If you’re after some feedback on your own surf photo’s, or just some inspiration, these are my top 5 sites for trainee surf photographers. 1: Flickr I sense quite a lot of snobbery around peoples view of Flickr, it’s definitely got a lot of average photo’s on it, I pretty much use it as an […]
Chris Burkard talks about his surf photography, some good video of him shooting in the water, it definitely highlights the ability of the surfers. At some point I will be posting a top 5 Youtube videos which also features Chris Burkard. (Source: http://vimeo.com/)
After posting about my top 5 inspirational books and magazines for anyone learning surf photography I did a bit of searching for other books that might be worth a read, Jim Russi’s Flying through the clouds seemed like a popular one so I treated myself to a copy. First off – it’s not got any […]
This popped up on my Facebook feed via Aquatech, Chris Bryan with what appears to be a 7D housing strapped to his brilliantly no frills Phantom camera housing, so he can shoot stills whilst shooting ultra high frames per second footage with the Phantom. I assume this is just messing about, I doubt he’ll actually […]
Last week at work I put together a buyers guide for GoPro HD cameras, in the style of a DP review comparison table, it features the GoPro Hero 3 range and my current camera of choice, the GoPro Hero 2. Here’s the link to the full buyers guide with some more FAQ’s and links to […]
If you have checked out my recent post you will have seen the kit I currently have, if I manage to save some cash (or actually make some money from this hobby) my kit bag will eventually include this: Canon EOS 7D body, it uses the same chip but it’s faster, better and stronger than […]
I happened to be checking out Taylor Steele’s new DVD double disc special featuring Sipping Jetstreams and Castles in the Sky today at work, I’ve seen Castles in the sky and was pretty impressed with the India section, this article on Surfer Magazine’s web site has some more background to the spots they surf and […]
There’s some good information out there on which water housing to buy for surfing, I would particularly recommend Roger Sharps Blog post on the subject here: http://www.surfphoto.co/surfphoto/2011/09/surf-water-housing-buyers-guide.html But they tend to focus on what the options are for buying a new housing, which pretty much all cost over £1000, not that it’s easy to find […]
I’ve been researching and generally looking into the kind of gear that most keen amateur surf photographers use, not the pro’s who make a living out of it necessarily but people like me who have a full time job and want to pursue surf photography as a hobby and get decent results without breaking the […]
This list of surf photographers websites will be updated on a semi regular basis, whenever I mention a new surf photographer in a post I will put their website address here. They are presented in alphabetical order (by surname) so it’s easy to find a name if you’re looking for it. It’s been a couple […]
I started surfing before the internet, it was rubbish, it’s better now, but I did get used to magazines, books and videos being the only form of surf media I could consume. One night George Greenough’s Crystal Voyager was on Channel 4 and my friends dad taped it, we watched it about 20 times, The […]
I just saw a link to Trent Mitchell’s website, it’s very slick with a nice portfolio of great photo’s, it looks like it was launched on the 9th of November according to the first blog post. The second post in the blog is really interesting to me because of the images used, it shows the […]
I’m always on the lookout for some inspiration and having visited Portugal a few times for surf trips I know Vert bodyboarding magazine is a quality production with some great photo’s. They have just released a digital copy on Issuu, a web publishing platform which also has an Android (and probably Ios) App, so I’ll […]
I’ve just received an 18″x12″ print from Truprint, they often have deals on and I’d bought a print of one of my surf shots before as a present for a friend, this time I wanted to see how a photo taken on my new Canon 60D came out, it’s all well and good seeing it […]
I do like a good photo feature that is told form the photographers perspective, this series on the Surfer Magazine website features their staff photographers describing their experiences on photo trips. The first features Todd Glaser talking about Mexico: http://www.surfermag.com/features/behind-the-lens/ I was a little disappointed that it wasn’t a bit more technical, I understand that […]
Think back to the first surf photo that you stared at and thought, I want to take a photo like that. That’s what myInspiring Top 5’s posts are about, finding the photographs that make you want to get out there and create your own. I will add some more top 5 lists in different categories, […]
My name is Ben Pascoe, I have been surfing for around 20 years and for about 15 years I have been documenting my hobby with a variety of cameras and camcorders, most recently I have been using GoPro cameras and Canon DSLR’s. I’ve recently got myself a decent water housing and upgraded my DSLR so […]
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