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 [...]
Feb 24, 2012 | Categories: Online | Tags: blog, Britain, british, compton, england, female, figure, isle-of-wight, jason swain, Lady Surfer, minimal, Mustang Sally, nature, ocean, photography, portrait, pose, s0ulsurfing, soulsurfing, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, UK, waves, wellington boots, west wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Feb 22, 2012 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, british, canon, coast, compton, Compton bay, england, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, ocean, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Sitting here today, on a miserable grey December day, looking out the window at howling on-shores blowing out any chance of getting any decent waves, and i’m looking back over a few pics from a surf session that i voluntarily missed out on a few weeks back. I wasn’t too busy, i didn’t have to be somewhere [...]
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, british, canon, coast, compton, england, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, ocean, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, surfer, surfers, surfing, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Surfing under beautiful skies at Gwithian, Cornwall
Dec 29, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, clouds, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, people, photography, reflected, reflections, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, silhouette, sunset, surf, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Finally remembered to upload some photos from my iphone, here’s a SOOC hipstamatic view of the lighthouse and beach at Godrevy with little fluffy clouds and surfers.
Dec 17, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, camphone, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, hipstamatic, hipster, holiday, humans, iphone, kernow, mobile phone, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Godrevy Surf School, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ©2010 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.
Nov 25, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, learning, lessons, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf lesson, surf school, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall 0 | Leave A Comment »
Empty cornish waves, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Fragments from a beautiful day at Porthcurno. ———————————– ©2010 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.
Nov 15, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beach-break, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, spray, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
OK, maybe its not THE perfect wave 
but its definitely a really nice one coming through at Godrevy, Cornwall.
Oct 28, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beach-break, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, spray, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Welcome to the weekend, have fun doing whatever you do.
Oct 23, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, learning, lessons, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf lesson, surf school, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
A bit of fun with shifting focus at 300mm, i like how this shot from Godrevy, Cornwall has a slight tilt-shift feel about it.
Oct 14, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, lighthouse, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Post surf sunset at Gwithian in Cornwall, no photoshop flood filter required, nature does it for you.
Oct 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, dusk, English channel, evening, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, reflected, reflections, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Two hours of getting pounded in closing out UK beach-break (still wearing a summer wetsuit in October) followed by a large hot-toddy!
Oct 06, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-light, backlit, beach, beach-break, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dusk, evening, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, green, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, silhouettes, spray, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Backlit Gwithian
Oct 05, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-light, backlit, beach, beach-break, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dusk, evening, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, green, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, silhouettes, spray, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
surfing under these skies at Gwithian was really something special
Oct 04, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, la manche, landscape, Logan’s Rock, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, porthcurno, pristine, relax, Rock Formation, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall, wide-angle | Leave A Comment »
I dont think i take and share enough line-up shots, so here’s one from one of my favourite beaches, Porthcurno in Cornwall.
Sep 20, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, la manche, landscape, Logan's Rock, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, porthcurno, pristine, relax, Rock Formation, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water's Edge, waves, west cornwall, wide-angle | 1 Comment »
Johnny Fryer was crowned the 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion on August Bank Holiday weekend.
Sep 16, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, action, Annemarie Hughes, bay, beach, blog, Britain, british, British Champion, British Championships, British National Surfing Championships, British Surfing Championships, coast, cornwall, england, english, Fistral Beach, goofy-footer, holiday, Image, iow, IOW Surf Club, isle-of-wight, Johnny Fryer, Newquay, NewquaySurfer, photo, photographs, photography, Picture, Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships, Roxy, sea, stoked, surf, surfers, surfing, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Surfing backlit waves at Compton Bay on a late summers evening.
Sep 16, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: action, back-lit, bay, beach, Britain, british, coast, compton, england, english, holiday, Image, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, Picture, sea, silhouette, speed, summer, surf, surfers, surfing, tourist, UK, vacation, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Last weekends swell seems a lifetime away already, there’s been no decent waves since then, and there’s none on the horizon, we’re definitely having a boom-bust cycle with surf this year!
Sep 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: action, back-lit, bay, beach, Britain, british, coast, compton, england, english, holiday, Image, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, Picture, sea, silhouette, speed, summer, surf, surfers, surfing, tourist, UK, vacation, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
A nice little summer swell rolls into Compton Bay
Jun 29, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, compton, Compton bay, cumulus, English channel, foreground, hanover, isle-of-wight, la manche, landscape, ocean, panorama, panoramic, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, summer, UK, vertorama, vista, water, waves, wide-angle | Leave A Comment »