November Wipeouts
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!
Surf photography with the Sigma 50-500mm
Finally had a chance to shoot some surfing at Freshwater Bay again and test out the Sigma 50-500mm. I got the lens with surfing in mind almost a year ago a now and have barely had a chance to catch any waves with it till the last few days! The bay looked pretty bumpy and [...]
Surfing Compton Bay, 18th Jan 2011
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!
First Surf of 2011. Nice swell at Compton Bay.
…one of those choice set waves that made the whole thing worthwhile.
I should have been here yesterday.
Seems like every week since that first september swell arrived here on the isle of wight that we’ve been blessed with decent waves, and I think i’ve been spoilt this autumn by an unusually high number of days with good surfing conditions.
The shameless ‘psychofreak wetsuit for sale’ blog
a sort of nostalgic wetsuit review, comparing all the types of suit i’ve worn over the years