For every amazing barrel photo you see inside surf publications the world over there are dozens sitting in pixelDUMP13. For those back in the day shot on film there were assigned to the floor to be stood on, stomped on, smeared with dog poo and swept into the bin. Today with digital I can shoot it yesterday and blog it today.
For some images it is plain to see the cause of their fate. Simply put they are not pretty but they do reveal the work it takes to achieve that single frame and at times what happens after THE shot. Surfers are either decapitated by cascading chandeliers or the lip of the wave refuses to throw how we thought it would or want it to.
Yesterday I went shooting at a place known by many but regarded as secret by few so for the sake of being welcomed with camera in hand I will say no names. If you know you know, if you don't you still do. Gavin Roberts and Rudy Palmboom Jnr are two surfers I managed to make a half decent photograph of all while getting the pixelDUMP13 allocation too. Conditions were very good with a glassy ocean and windless sky but the inviting barrels where hard to find making it a tricky session. Some days it's like shooting the proverbial fish in a barrel while others are spent flapping around like a wounded penguin.
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