I had the chance to get a few water shots at a popular reef/point set-up this week, and I had my 70-200mm port on my housing so I thought I’d chuck the camera in the car just in case the light got good in the evening. After surfing for a while the sun was threatening […]
In the first part I discussed my first couple of outings on my 12’6″ inflatable SUP, since then I’ve taken my camera out on it plenty of times and I’m almost ready to put together a little dos and don’ts about using a water housing on your board, but firstly I wanted to write about […]
I haven’t done a post like this in a while, where I explain a mistake or issue I had on a recent shoot that you can learn from, I have definitely still been making mistakes though so I’ll try and dig up the painful memories and do a few more of these soon. A couple […]
I recently shot a session at a shorebreak wedge, there were plenty of people around so I got to put a new technique to the test, in the past I’ve pretty much just pointed by camera at the surfer straight on and fired away as they come close enough. When writing a caption for a […]
I started out looking for a second prime that would fit in my Aquatech housing with the LP-5 flat port, I have the Canon 50mm f1.8, which is a great lens for the price, and works well with the port too, but many surf photographers like to shoot with even longer primes, the 85mm f […]
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I've been shooting photos and video of surfing for over 20 years.
I want to help surf photographers like me get the right gear and improve their surf photography.
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