A quick photo-blog about the beach clean that took place earlier today at Compton Fields on the Isle of Wight. The bad news is the sheer amount of crap, the good news is that people are prepared to do something about it, so well done to all those that turned up on a cold and [...]
May 05, 2012 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, beach-clean, blog, Britain, compton, compton fields, iow, iphone, isle-of-wight, jason swain, litter, paradise lost, photos, pollution, rubbish, trash, UK, wight | 2 Comments »
So, its five days and counting now that this spring swell has hung around, and thats pretty good going for the south coast, especially accompanied by offshore winds. Only had time for a really quick surf at lunchtime, and no photos either, but i did get back in the evening to shoot a few SUP’s [...]
Mar 28, 2012 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, Compton bay, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, west wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
Following up on the theme of my last surf blog, where i’d missed out on the good swell at Freshwater Bay because i had to stay in and have my broadband line fixed. This time i’m happy to write about the waves I did get on a glorious days surfing at Compton Bay, on the [...]
Mar 26, 2012 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, Compton bay, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, 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 »
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 [...]
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: Online | Tags: backlit, cornwall, gold, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, silhouette, sun, surf, surfing, watergate bay, waves | Leave A Comment »
Isle of Wight Surfing. Returning to a familiar theme for this blog, and probably for most people who ever done a bit of Isle of Wight surfing too, the old ‘you should have been here yesterday’ routine. Over the last 20 years I’ve built my life next to the sea and the West Wight in [...]
Dec 20, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, silhouette, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, west wight, 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 »
Following on from yesterdays post, where the camera lied a bit and made it all look very good with beautiful backlit waves and no close-outs or drop-ins, here’s the other side of the coin and a few wipeouts / bailouts and even one in the pouring rain!
Nov 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: backlit, cold, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
UK Surf photography So i’ve finally had a chance to get out and shoot some surfing at Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight again. Finally a chance to test out the Sigma 50-500mm telephoto lens in action. I got the lens with UK Surf photography in mind almost a year ago now, and I have [...]
Nov 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: backlit, cold, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | Leave A Comment »
I found a few shots that got overlooked, neglected, or fell down the back of the sofa
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: archive, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
every now and again I managed to grab a fast little section and escape the close-outs so no complaints about a surf session in the sun with only two other people out!
Jan 21, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: cold, compton, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, paul blackley, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | Leave A Comment »
44 photos in about 10 seconds, no time to get bored
Jan 21, 2011 | Categories: Surf Videos | Tags: fast, intense, movie, photo, photographs, photos, Pummelvision, quick, rapid, vid, video, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
…one of those choice set waves that made the whole thing worthwhile.
Jan 10, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: cold, compton, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, paul blackley, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | 1 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 »
iphone blog taken during yesterdays 2010 Walk the Wight, in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
May 17, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, Earl Mountbatten Hospice, hipstamatic, iphone, jason swain, moblog, photography, photos, walk, Walk the Wight, wight | 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 »
Get 25% off all photo products (prints, cards, canvases etc) in my spring promotion. Use the coupon code ‘SPRUNG’ at the checkout to get your discount! The offer runs to the end of May 2010.
Mar 18, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, discount, flat, jason swain, offer, photographs, photography, photos, prints, promotion, spring, sprung | Leave A Comment »
Sit back and enjoy a slide-show of beautiful surfing photography.
Oct 21, 2008 | Categories: Surf Gallery | Tags: canvas, england, flash, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, promotion, slideshow, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
A slide-show of beautiful wave studies from around our coast.
Oct 01, 2008 | Categories: Empty Waves | Tags: canvas, empty, england, flash, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, promotion, slideshow, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »