Play that Funky SUP – Stand up paddle surfing on the Isle of Wight
A slightly different view of Stand up paddle surfing on the Isle of Wight. Shot with the 500mm sigma zoon lens, this tight crop makes me think of playing funky bass guitar for some reason, and i really like the bokeh caused by the light on the breaking wave. Play that Funky SUP – Stand [...]
The Sweeper – Isle of Wight SUP
Another Isle of Wight SUP photo, and again its looking at stand up paddle boarding in Compton Bay. This 2 frame vertorama (vertical panorama) composition is all about reinforcing the space and sense of freedom. The Sweeper – Isle of Wight SUP, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos [...]
Isle of Wight Water Sports
It’s pouring down with rain here again this morning so i’m forced to dig out a bit of sunshine and Isle of Wight Water Sports from the archives. I found a few more different views of stand-up-paddle boarding in Compton Bay from that time when the sun was shining (seems like longer than a few weeks [...]
One man and his gull – Stand up Paddle Surfing
Another from the Stand up Paddle Surfing (SUP) shoot at Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, on a gloriously sunny and warm spring evening. Using the sigma 50-500mm telephoto lens and deliberately shot into the sun for a silhouette and maximum shimmering sea. It was then edited up into a Vertorama (vertical panorama), and finished off using [...]
We are sailing (well stand up paddle boarding actually)
A bit more stand up paddle boarding (SUP) action from Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, on a gloriously sunny and warm spring evening last week. Bit of luck getting the yacht in the background! Deliberately shot into the sun for a silhouette and maximum shimmering sea, and then edited up into a Vertical panorama, and [...]
On golden pond ( SUP on the Isle of Wight )
A bit of stand-up paddle board action from Compton Bay (SUP on the Isle of Wight). On a gloriously sunny and warm spring evening earlier this week. Using the Sigma 50-500mm I deliberately shot it into the sun for a silhouette and maximum shimmering sea effect. I then edited up into a Vertorama, and finally used [...]
“I am just going in for a surf and may be some time” Isle of Wight Surfer – Ian Pacey
Deliberate pun on the old “Scott of the Antarctic” quote here. This is my mate and Isle of Wight Surfer – Ian Pacey, going in for a surf at Compton Bay back in 2009. I always meant to post this shot the day he headed off on his travels (he went round the world surfing for [...]
Mustang Sally – Lady Surfer
This shot was conceived as an idea to update one of my all time fave photos “Portrait of a Psychedelic Surfer” but this time with a female perspective and a lady surfer. Of course it has nothing like the same spark, as this was contrived where the original was a spontaneous reaction to the way [...]
The Surf on the Isle of Wight is head high (if you squat right down)
To be honest, the Surf on the Isle of Wight is probably not even that big today, but i’m just daydreaming of summer days at the beach and found this old shot of longboarding a lovely little wave at Compton Bay from back in 2009. Real waves on their way though, there’s a nice big deep [...]
Freshwater Bay Monday Blues
First day out with the camera in 2012 and it was a trip to my old stomping ground of Freshwater Bay to catch some winter waves. Bit of a paddle out if you fancied a surf on this particular day at Freshwater Bay! Not surprisingly there were no takers with the strong onshore winds and massive close-out sets that [...]
Porthcurno Beach – Waves and clouds are just like snowflakes
Waves and clouds are just like snowflakes… Every one is different. Continuing to raid the archives for my summer theme, on the wettest and wildest week of this winter so far. This morning its another little trip back in time to September 2010 and a glorious late summers day at Porthcurno beach in Cornwall. Porthcurno [...]
Sunset Surfer
Sunset Surfer, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. little bit of texture fun with flypapers adds a bit of extra warmth to a summery surfing scene from Watergate Bay in Cornwall. More Vertoramas to come this week as promised, but it is so cold and wet and grey and miserable outside today that i had to dish [...]
Wonderful West Wight
Wonderful West Wight, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Finally got back to doing what i love best, and here’s a dose of wonderful West Wight big sky goodness to brighten up your day, taken last weekend at Compton Bay with the sun shining and a decent swell coming in, I couldn’t think of anywhere else i’d [...]
Dear Huey, thank you for the waves…
Dear Huey, thank you for the waves…, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. This swell has departed and It’s all over now, but we’ve had a nice little run of surf in the sunshine, it’s fixed my cold and left me with that good super-tired ‘surfed out’ feeling you get after 4-5 days in a row (well [...]
Salt Water Therapy
Salt Water Therapy, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Had to be a wave shot this morning, I couldn’t really post anything else after yesterdays “kill or cure”, seeing as it didn’t kill me and i actually feel better. This one’s from the archive in 2008, but they always seem to be beautiful days at Porthcurno. ———————————– [...]
Kill or Cure
Kill or Cure, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Had a request for more surf photos yesterday, so here you go. Hoping i might find a wave myself later on too, i still got the cough, and its probably not what a doc would prescribe for me, but i’m gonna go anyway and hope for the best, [...]
Man-flu Bank Holiday Monday Blues
Man-flu Bank Holiday Monday Blues, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Similar to a few shot’s i’ve posted before where a running surfer silhouetted against the sky was the focal point, this one was taken moments earlier and is all about the clouds and reflections (which is what i was looking at before the surfer ran through [...]
How to find head-high waves in summertime on the Isle of Wight.
How to find head-high waves in summertime on the Isle of Wight., originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Endless summer at Compton Bay
Luminescent
Luminescent, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Digging real deep in the archives now, its way back to 2007 for this shot of a wave breaking at Freshwater Bay. ———————————– ©2007 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Surfing low tide at Freshwater Bay
Surfing low tide at Freshwater Bay, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Shot from the last good swell of the winter 2011
Blogged: COLONY
Blogged: COLONY, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Small toot on the PR trumpet as I got an email today to say that the good people at Colony had chosen to feature me in their “photo tuesday blog” You can check it out here if you so wish, lots of surf related stuff to be found there. [...]
Surf Generations.
Surf Generations., originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Given the choice, this is what i’d be doing right now… Surfers head for the sea at Gwithian, Cornwall. ———————————– ©2008 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Wave Forms.
Wave Forms., originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Waves. Hypnotic in all their various shapes and sizes, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. ———————————– ©2007 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Godrevy dreaming.
Godrevy dreaming. The not quite scraping the bottom of the barrel yet coastal archive event. upload #75, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Autumn swells and Cumulus clouds at Godrevy, West Cornwall. ———————————– ©2010 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission [...]