
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 »

That’s it now, the last batch of surf photos from the last big day, maybe we’ll get another good swell now that they are all gone.
Jun 11, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »

Part Five of the ‘you should have been here yesterday’ photo blog from February 6th at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
May 28, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, Stand Up Paddle Board Surfing, SUP, SUP Surfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »

I’m not even pretending there’s a link to surfing anymore
May 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 2010, 7d, advert, anthropomorphism, Avian, barn owl, barred owl, beak, bird, birds, blog, canon, canon 7d, captive, captivity, cumbria, endangered, england, European Eagle Owl, eyes, Feather, Feathers, great horned owl, jason swain, lake district, natural, Natural History, nature, Nature Watching, Owl, owls, Photograph, photography, photos, Picture, Pictures, prey, sigma, snowy owl, sooc, Strigiformes, wildlife | Leave A Comment »

I called the first shot ‘Sun Worship’ because that’s what it felt like to me
May 12, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 7d, blea tarn, blog, canon, castlerigg, cat bells, cumbria, derwent water, england, english, eskdale, fells, hardknott, hiking, hills, jason swain, keswick, lake district, lakes, landscape, maiden moor, mountain, mountains, natural, nature, panorama, panoramic, photography, photos, roman fort, scafell, scafell pike, skiddaw, soulsurfing, stone circle, treking, valley, vertorama, walking | Leave A Comment »

the first time i can remember going anywhere without a surfboard or wetsuit in a very long time
May 07, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, cumbria, england, english, fells, glencoyne, harrison stickle, hiking, hills, isle-of-wight, jason swain, lake district, lakes, landscape, langdale, langdales, mountain, mountains, natural, nature, panorama, panoramic, Pavey Ark, paveys ark, photography, photos, pikes, soulsurfing, stickle, tarn, treking, Ullswater, valley, vertorama, walking | 1 Comment »

for the last few days, dawn patrol has been in my back garden with red, and i’ve been more excited about that than i remember being watching the action at Compton or Freshwater Bay.
Apr 20, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 7d, action, blog, canon, canon 7d, jason swain, lightroom, photography, photos, raw, red, red squirrel, sooc, squirrels, wildlife | 9 Comments »

It was the swell that kept on coming for days
Feb 17, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: B&W, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »

the offshore winds created plenty of critical sections
Feb 13, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, soulsurfing, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight, wipeout | Leave A Comment »

Its not very often a surfing shot makes it to the front page of Flickr explore these days
Feb 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: big-wave, canon, explore, flickr, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, published, screengrab, screenshot, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »

Another random selection from the swell on Saturday 6th Feb
Feb 10, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: B&W, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, mono, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, swell, wave, waves, wight, wipeout | Leave A Comment »

a random selection of shots from the hundreds i took on Saturday
Feb 08, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | 10 Comments »

More from the day when it was ‘just right’
Feb 02, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, paul blackley, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »

Still finding photos from the good swell of a few weeks ago
Jan 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »

more of the pictures from last weeks big swell
Dec 16, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wipeout | Leave A Comment »

The big swell continued through thursday and the sun came out too
Dec 11, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »

double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them
Dec 10, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: "big wednesday", big-wave, blog, canon, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | 1 Comment »

‘Light Waves’ featured in Canon advertisement
Oct 26, 2009 | Categories: In print | Tags: advert, canon, magazine, published, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »

“Light waves” in advert for ‘Canon Pro Photo Solutions’ in Amateur Photographer Magazine
Oct 19, 2009 | Categories: In print | Tags: advert, canon, magazine, published, wave, waves | 1 Comment »