I am drawn toward images on people’s walls that evoke an emotion; especially positive ones. So when I go out to shoot, I am always keeping an eye out for the opportunity to capture a single moment that communicates my feelings at that time.
Continue readingWhat an amazing run of swell we have enjoyed here in Southern California. Pundits call it a once in 50 years kind of swell. I call it “busy time.” As a surf photographer, the opportunities have been broad and the toughest part has been choosing where to shoot every morning.
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Every image has a story behind it and “The Scavenger” is no exception. I absolutely love this little image as much as for the symmetry as the moment in time. Here’s the story….
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A lemon shark silently glides through the shallows. The tip of its caudal making just the smallest of ripples on the surface of the water. A yellow pilot fish effortless mimics the movement just off the right pectoral fin. The texture of the sand is fine, ground up coral. It’s color is white, but reflects the green of the jungle just meters away. The moment passes quickly, but fortunately the image lasts forever. How was it captured?
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I was honored to be asked to create an image for the annual fund raising gala held by No Limits for Deaf Children and Families to be held on October 15. This image, called “The Graduate,” is created by thumbnail-sized headshots of all the 2022 graduates of this incredible organization. Graduates you might ask? Indeed! Here is the story
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One of the awesome benefits of surf photography is the opportunity to travel. You get to go to unique corners of the world and experience and see things that are full of wonder. When the boys are resting between sessions, I like to do a little exploring. There may be no better place for this than Latin America. Let me give you an example…
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Photographers in San Diego know that a wonderful secret exists in the southern reaches of the San Diego Bay. With the ocean on your west, there is only a thin strip of road called “The Strand” that separates the ocean from the wetlands, which host an amazing assortment of water birds, from skimmers to osprey. There is one particular feathered friend that dazzles and surprises. Yes, we play host to a wild flamingo. He is a brilliant shade of pink with a wingspan of nearly five feet and has made himself at home in the expansive shallows between the Cays and Imperial Beach. The locals have given him several names, but Pink Floyd, or simply “Floyd” seems to have stuck.
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I was pleased to be invited to the annual San Diego Humane Society “Furball” on October 1 of this year and even more pleased to be asked to create a special piece for their auction. But what could I create that would pay tribute to the mission and the successes of this organization? Well, allow me to share my journey and the story of this image.
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One of the joys of being a photographer is the opportunity to create. I was recently commissioned to create an 11foot image for the conference room of a biotech company in Torrey Pines. The parameters were to create something relevant to the business, but give it a distinctively San Diego vibe. Hmmmm.
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I confess to having a life long affinity for the gangly pelican. Memories of my childhood include watching great flocks of pelicans swooping along the tops of the waves during vacations in Baja and beach days at Huntington Beach. One part prehistoric and the other part grace in motion, these giant birds usher in feelings of effortless freedom and it seems that my gaze is always pulled toward them when they soar by.
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When I was in college in the 1980’s and studying “abroad” in Vienna for a semester, I took a weekend trip to Switzerland. The landscape was phenomenal. Lush green valleys with clusters of yellow daffodils blooming everywhere. Snow topped mountains released dozens of waterfalls that cascaded into the valleys below. I spent the first two days snapping pictures left and right. On my final day, I took the train to Zermatt to see the might Matterhorn. It was one of the places I had always wanted to visit and it proved to be stunning. However, in one of my biggest photographic fails, I had left my camera behind in the hostel back in Interlaken. I was devastated and although Zermatt was incredible, I had no images from the trip (remember, cell phones were not a thing back then). I knew that someday, I would have to make my way back and try again.
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As a photographer who has spent thousands of hours in the ocean, I most relish the time spent in the barrel when, amongst the chaos and churning, there is that idyllic moment when everything lines up just so. The inside of a wave as it curves up and launches over your head becomes smooth, translucent and flowing. The texture here is like glass, even if the rest of the ocean is churning in a wind-swept frenzy. Here, in the barrel, gravity and movement reshape and recolor your environment. It is often just a fleeting moment, but a moment in time so perfect, so special, that time slows just enough for nature to imprint this vista on your soul.
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I get a lot of questions about “Left Wing:” Is this a painting or a photograph; how did you create it; why didn’t you do a right wing” what kind of bird is this; etc”. So here’s the story behind this image:
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