The craziest surf photographs you have ever seen are made by a sixteen year old called Leroy Bellet. He wasn’t the first to get this angle, that honour goes to Laurent Pujol (although East coast US photographer Seth Stafford got some similar results without a tow assist which might have been even earlier?). And the […]
I’m planning on writing up the full how-to for flash surf photography with the Sony a6000, but it’s going to be a while until it’s ready, this should get you most of the way there if you’re happy to experiment with some trial and error. What Do I Need for Flash Surf Photography? First you’ll […]
I had a go at flash fisheye photography with my Sony a6000 for the first time the other day, I spent a good part of my evening preparing my set-up, I had to work around the limitations of the Sony a6000’s pop up flash and it involved a lot of trial and error. The physical […]
This is pretty bonkers, I don’t know why it popped up on my feed recently as it was published on line in 2011 and in print in 2010 I think, but it’s pretty topical for me personally because I’ve been experimenting with flash again recently thanks to the extra long run of extra small swell […]
I had a little go at flash surf photography with my DIY flash set up the other night, I need to tweak my settings to get it more consistent and get rid of the red reflection of the housing in the image (UPDATE – check out the bottom of the post for how to fix […]
They now make TV’s that project lights from the back to match the edge of the screen, to illustrate this Phillips had Sweetgrass Productions shoot this advert with Chippa Wilson and Damien Hobgood surfing in a wave pool and the Maldives with what I assume were a crap-load of high powered coloured lights. It’s pretty […]
In this two part post on iso1200.com photographer Pete Webb talks about the gear and techniques involved with shooting remote flash in the water, this isn’t specifically surf related, but it’s easily transferable to surf situations too. Part 1: http://www.iso1200.com/2012/02/strobist-in-water-with-powerwizard-and.html Part 2: http://www.iso1200.com/2012/02/wet-strobist-with-sport-photographer.html 4º Sea Swimmers from Pete Webb on Vimeo. That video shows the […]
This short video from Hurley’s Youtube channel features Clark Little shooting images in the shorebreak, talking about his photo’s and Instagram: What I find most interesting is the little snippet where he’s editing the photo’s at home after the shoot, he’s using a Mac and we see him looking at an underwater shot in Adobe […]
I hope everyone reading this got what they wanted for Christmas, I had a few uncrowded surfs in between pressies, food and family time so here’s a couple of images to keep things ticking over until I get back into the swing of regular posts in the new year. There will definitely be a full […]
This is the last part on flash photography in surf for now, I have got a new project which is coming together nicely at the moment and should allow me to get some better in-housing flash shots in the future, as soon as I’ve figured it out I’ll add another post. In Part 1 I […]
Perhaps you’ve seen my video on the basics of incorporating flash into your surf photography, if not it’s a good primer for the following discussion on the remote flash shot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kfwnNjxyHqA Just in case you haven’t read the Behind the Shot feature in issue 220 (November 2012) of Wavelength, the remote flash traditionally involves someone […]
This is the first video for Learning Surf Photography, it goes through the basics of incorporating flash into your surf photography. Parts 2 and 3 are up now and go into detail on the two basic types of flash shot that I show in the video. https://learningsurfphotography.com/post/43341085101/how-to-flash-surf-photography-part-1-waterproof-your (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
The Flash I had been thinking about getting a flash for my DSLR for a while, when I got some Amazon vouchers for Christmas I decided to put them to good use and pick up a budget flash gun. The Yongnuo YN460 II has good reviews and comes in at around £42, it’s manual and […]
I will be going in to much more detail, including producing a video, in some future posts, but here’s a taster of the flash set-up I’ve botched together this weekend. Using some cheap radio triggers, a couple of butchered cables and a modestly priced flash gun I am now able to trigger a flash in […]
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