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Play that Funky SUP – Stand up paddle surfing on the Isle of Wight

s0ulsurfing — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:44:57 +0000

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 up paddle surfing on the Isle of Wight, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

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©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved
This and the other photos on the site are all ©Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer. Please contact me via email photo@jasonswain.co.uk if you want to use it in any way or license it for your own project.

The Sweeper – Isle of Wight SUP

s0ulsurfing — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:55:25 +0000

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.

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©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved
This and the other photos on the site are all ©Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer. Please contact me via email photo@jasonswain.co.uk if you want to use it in any way or license it for your own project.

Isle of Wight Water Sports

s0ulsurfing — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:42:48 +0000

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 ago), this one showing the SUP’s and some other water users (sailing and regular surfing)

Isle of Wight Water Sports, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

One man and his gull – Stand up Paddle Surfing

s0ulsurfing — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:17:11 +0000

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 some flypaper textures to complete the painterly style i had first imagined when I saw them out there and visualised the image.

One man and his gull – Stand up Paddle Surfing., originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

We are sailing (well stand up paddle boarding actually)

s0ulsurfing — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:37:20 +0000

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 finished off using some flypaper textures to complete the style i was looking for when I first visualised the finished result.

We are sailing – well stand up paddle boarding actually, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

On golden pond ( SUP on the Isle of Wight )

s0ulsurfing — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:20:18 +0000

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 some flypaper textures to complete the style i was looking for when I visualised the image.

On golden pond – SUP on the Isle of Wight, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

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©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved

This and the other photos on the site are all ©Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer. Please contact me via email photo@jasonswain.co.uk if you want to use it in any way or license it for your own project.

“I am just going in for a surf and may be some time” Isle of Wight Surfer – Ian Pacey

s0ulsurfing — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:27:19 +0000

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 a year) but somehow it fell through the cracks. Anyway, better late than never i suppose, he’s been back ages now and will probably enjoy the memories

“I am just going in for a surf and may be some time” Isle of Wight Surfer – Ian Pacey, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

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Mustang Sally – Lady Surfer

s0ulsurfing — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:10:21 +0000

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 elements combined on a special day.

But it has a certain something that i like, the quirky englishness of the way she’s standing there in her stripy pink wellies! and the way the long shadow anchors her to the corner of the frame.

It was hastily arranged (in a few hours) with the first willing female i could find in reaction to a request from a potential client who was on a deadline, i don’t think it will come to fruition with that particular customer, but I thought it was worth giving the shot its moment in the spotlight here.

Massive thanks to Sally for being game to turn up at short notice and wade about in a very cold english channel (the boots came off a bit later) whilst i tried to figure out the best way to deal with shooting almost directly into about a billion megawatts of direct sunlight.

Mustang Sally – Lady Surfer, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

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©2012 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.

This and the other photos on the site are all ©2012 Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer. Please contact me via email photo@jasonswain.co.uk if you want to use it in any way or license it for your own project.

The Surf on the Isle of Wight is head high (if you squat right down)

s0ulsurfing — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:48:49 +0000

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 low pressure system in the North Atlantic heading our way soon!

The Surf on the Isle of Wight is head high (if you squat right down), originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

This and the other photos on the site are all © Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer. Please contact me via email photo@jasonswain.co.uk if you want to use it in any way or license it for your own project.

Freshwater Bay Monday Blues

s0ulsurfing — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:16:07 +0000

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 were pounding the coast that day. Here we have a vertical panorama (vertorama) made up from two shots with the Canon 24-70L lens on the 7d body. One exposure for the bright sky and a slighter longer one for the darker foreground, put together with a graduated mask in photoshop.

Freshwater Bay Monday Blues, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

Porthcurno Beach – Waves and clouds are just like snowflakes

s0ulsurfing — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:17:12 +0000

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 Beach – Waves and clouds are just like snowflakes, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing.

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Sunset Surfer

s0ulsurfing — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:23:15 +0000

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 out a big dose of sunshine this morning with 4 summery images to brighten things up a bit.