Summary: More surf photos are taken on phones than cameras. Smart people are taking action. GoPro and Nikon are struggling, Canon keep releasing mediocre mid range cameras. What are you, the next generation of amateur surf photographers, going to use to create awesome surf images? Your phone! (once you’ve got your waterproof iPhone housing of course) Here’s my very […]
Over/under or split level types of shots have becoming very popular with the release of products like the KNEKT KSD6 GoPro dome port and the SPL GoPro Dome Port, but this over/under shot wasn’t taken with a Gopro, Zak Noyle shot it with an iPhone 6 and the Watershot Over Under Dome Port: Makapu'u glass. […]
I’m watching the Volcom Pipe Pro right now, live, and I can hear Chris Cote plugging Red Bull’s Instagram account: @redbullaloha: Photographer Zak Noyle is sending live updates from the channel and beach via his iPhone, it’s something I’ve written about before and it’s good to see it happening, some of the shots in the […]
Check out this documentary by featuring Zak Noyle, a Hawaii based surf photographer, I saw it on the Desillusion magazine newsletter. Kidnappers of Moment – Zak Noyle from Desillusion Magazine on Vimeo. He shoots a lot with his iPhone, and the video he gets from it is awesome, but as I mentioned in the post […]
Whilst I hope to provide some more how-to style posts myself in the future there’s a host of stuff out there to learn from already, the resources category is the place to look for these type of posts, so if you want something more than inspiration check out the resources tab for some lessons in […]
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, […]
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I've been shooting photos and video of surfing for over 20 years.
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