This is a well produced video featuring award winning surf photographer Ray Collins, there’s nothing new, no technical details or behind the scenes secrets, just a very nice video about why he likes taking photos of surf and surfers more than mining, something anyone reading this website can relate to (apart from the mining, probably). […]
The latest Surfer magazine cover is pretty unique, featuring a birds eye view of a wave that’s pitched and broken with no surfer or even a mind surfable wave to look at. Photographer Ray Collins explains the story behind it on the Surfer website here: http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/photo-blog/behind-the-cover-ray-collins/ It’s obviously a great shot and the use of […]
I’m just re-acclimatising to the UK after a month away in sunnier climes, once the jet-lag and fin rubs have worn off I’ll be back to posting regularly here and catching up on al the surf photography related news, and adding more tutorial style posts, for now enjoy this awesome video featuring Ray Collins. Being […]
Bodyboarding magazine Riptide has announced the nominees for their photographer of the year: http://www.riptidemag.com.au/news/1921-riptide-2013-photographer-of-the-year They are: Rod Owen, Luke Shadbolt, Sacha Specker, Phil Gallagher and Ray Collins. If you like any of the photo’s I’d recommend right clicking on them and selecting “view image”, this will open them up a bit bigger than the default […]
The surf has been so consistently decent for the last few weeks that I’ve not had much time to write any posts, I’m definitely not complaining as it’s given me the opportunity to do some surfing myself and to put into practice some of the lessons I’ve learnt recently too. This post is just a […]
Nikon Surf Photo of the year 2013 These are the top 20 finalists in the Nikon Surf Photo of the Year which will be announced at the Australian Surfing Awards in Sydney on 20th February, 2013. The award is for the best single surfing-themed image taken during 2012. While the image must be taken by […]
Here are a couple of time killing end of year features that you will find interesting if you’re learning surf photography like me, it’s always nice to get some inspiration for the new year, personally I’m going to try something a little bit new for tomorrows dawny session. Surfer Magazine’s best photo’s of 2012 There […]
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 […]
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