I expect you will have already seen this TED talk by Chris Burkard, but it is worth a watch if you’re into surf photography: To be clear, I really like Chris Burkards photography, the surf stuff and the landscape/adventure style stuff too, I own The California Surf Project and Distant Shores, I even enjoyed Come […]
I know readers of this site relish any opportunity to improve their surf photography and one way to really accelerate your progression is to attend a workshop. If you’re in the USA and can get to Portland, Oregon, you might be interested in Chris Burkards 2-day workshop: For European readers check out Tim Nunn’s surf […]
Chris Burkard does some real world testing of the Sony a6000, as part of DP reviews video series. I urge you to watch the video if you’re interested in how the a6000 performs for surf photography, here’s some excerpts to take away from the video: Always shoot Raw Use the cloudy white balance setting for […]
I remember seeing the photo’s and some press stuff about Cradle of Storms when it was released about a year ago, and I stumbled across this long form talk and slide show, clear an hour in your schedule and check it out. The video features Chris Burkard and Ben Weiland. I used it as […]
There’s a couple of opportunities to participate in surf photography workshops coming up. Tim Nunn Workshops and Surf Photography Talk One for the UK readers: timnunnsurfandadventurephotography.com/2014/09/30/what-happens-on-a-photography-workshop/ Follow the link above or click on the photo to read about what goes on during the workshop and to sign up for it. On top of the workshops […]
This could turn into an interesting video/article, part of the High Line festival was a dinner meeting of “some of the most influential surf filmmakers and photographers” where they could eat and chat about surf media stuff. The High Line’s “Surfing’s Storytellers” from High Line on Vimeo. There’s a couple of posts about it, one […]
Chris Burkard is a name you will be familiar with if you’ve spent any time looking into surf photography gear on line, and this is the latest video featuring his work, it’s for Smug Mug and it features Chris and several pro surfers exploring Norway and documenting it as they go. It’s filmed and edited […]
Sometimes photo competitions annoy me, they have a vague theme and to enter you just have to tag your photo with something and like two different instagram/facebook feeds, but occasionally there’s a good one with a proper theme you need to think about and prize that makes you want to try your best. https://preorder.lytro.com/lytro-illum-pre-order This […]
This is a bit of an odd one, the latest post from surf_porn says: I’m proud to announce that @chrisburkard will be driving @surf_porn account for the next 3 days ! #chrisburkard_surf_porn #guesteditor I mentioned the surf_porn account in my best of Instagram post back in November 2012 (Chris Burkard’s account also featured), luckily I […]
I read about the launch of this latest surf photo book on Chris Burkards Facebook page, I enjoyed his first book, The California Surf Project, and this one looks like it will be a bit more varied with featuring surf photography and travel across the globe, rather than just the sunshine state. EDIT: This is […]
By now you’ve probably seen quite a few best of 2013 style posts, I’ve already mentioned The inertia and Stab Mag’s offerings on learningsurfphotography.com, but this one from Surfer magazine is especially interesting to budding surf photographers and definitely warrants a deeper analysis: http://www.surfermag.com/photos/best-photos-2013 For starters, all the images are first class, with many of […]
Every now and then I stumble across a feature on a website that I can’t believe I haven’t seen before, this time it’s Grind TV’s How I Got The Shot, and there’s a fair bit of content there that is going to be useful for learning surf photography. Here’s a quick list of the features […]
I’ve posted before about the excellent galleries and photographer interviews in 18 seconds magazine, well Issue number 19, titled Dark Chambers, is a full photographer special, featuring an introduction by Lee Pegus, and interviews with Jon Frank, Ted Grambeau, Peter “Joli” Wilson, Sean Davey, Nate Smith, Andrew Shield, Andrew “Shorty” Buckley, Chris Burkard and Bill […]
I’ve had this book under my coffee table for a while now and have flicked through it quite a few times after the initial cover to cover read through, so it’s about time I did a proper review of it. The California Surf Project by Eric Soderquist & Chris Burkard The first read through left […]
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/)
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 […]
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, […]
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