Umhlanga Rocks Hospital Smoking Area. Biggest Oxymoron if ever there was.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Oxymoron of the decade
Umhlanga Rocks Hospital Smoking Area. Biggest Oxymoron if ever there was.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Greg Ewing - SA Surf Photographer of the Year
An update regarding the 2010 South African Surf Photographer of the Year is long overdue and while I have some minutes available I'm getting it done.
As you can see Greg Ewing won the award, I didn't shed any tears or loose sleep over not winning. Greg fully deserved the recognition not for only the year gone by but for the many years gone by with the Sheriff doing his thing.
The legend Chris Van Lennep was on hand to congratulate Greg with a canvas print of one of his own photos.
** THIS PHOTO IS NOT MINE, I PINCHED IT FROM GREGS BLOG. PABLO PONZONE WAS THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE NIGHT AND SO THE IMAGE IS HIS **
Monday, July 12, 2010
Mr Price Pro Ballito Jordy WINS
Well the 2010 edition of the Mr Price Pro Ballito came to an end on Saturday with Jordy Smith being crowned the winner. Only the second South African to win the event in 32 years, the third in its history. Shaun Tompson and Ricky Basnett were the previous winners.
Jordy defeated South Coast Bruce Ironsish ripper Casey Grant. Casey supposedly could afford neither a cup of coffee or sandwich throughout the event, perhaps the literal hunger that drove him to the final. From Quarter Final to Semi Final to Final I was saying Casey is the only one who has what it takes to stop the reigning ASP #2 Jordy Smith. Were the ASP running its one tier system Jordy would be #1 in the World, a fact misquoted by the mass media now claiming he has overtaken Kelly Slater.
These are just a handful of images of Jordy through the event.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Mr Price Pro Ballito Day 7
The 2010 Mr Price Pro Ballito had been trudging along till this morning. I say trudging as the waves were not the greatest, the photos I was producing were not the greatest and moods were certainly not the greatest. Yesterday hit trough bottom when I attempted a shortcut across the storm water drain slipped ended feet first knee second and gear bag third in water I would corner off with hazard tape. Only thing damaged being my pride and I quickly figured laugh it off and so I carried on walking back to my office laughing. Moral of the story, shortcuts don't always save time.
This morning we expected good waves, I didn't expect anything as beautiful as the conditions on offer. Barrelfest, sheet glass, aquatic gold, amazing. Just a few of the adjectives used. Happy is an understatement when describing the photos.
Greg Emslie needed an 8.50 to advance, he was awarded an 8.2something and he was eliminated. My opinion and that of many - Greg was robbed and deserved at least second place.
Monday, July 5, 2010
The Making of Page 8
The Winter 2010 issue of theBOMBsurf Magazine has been delivered and readers are pouring over content from the past three months. One of the photographs, page 8, is an image stemming from a vision John and Iain had and asked for my help in creating.
The issue is full Black and White, something we think has never been done before and something John and Iain say they will never be doing again. So much was learnt about color management in the production of this magazine that they are looking forward to bringing brighter more vibrant issues in the future.
I have built a bracket that allows me to mount my HD Go Pro camera to my housing to capture high definition video at the same time I create stills. A simple contraption with wonderful results at times from which my plan of developing a series of videos called "Making of" which goes about explaining how a photograph was created. The title explains itself. At the moment my video skills are very limited. As I progress and the learning curve takes an uphill turn I will redo each video. Here is a link to watch the video for the "Making of Page 8".
I also prefer the color version of the image.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Mr Price Pro Ballito Day 2
Today, 3 July 2010, was Day 2 of the Mr Price Pro Ballito, of which I am the event photog, and the conditions last years edition was blessed with have failed to make a repeat show BUT that has not stopped the top South African junior surfers from showing they don't need perfect conditions to show a perfect repertoire. Morning conditions were more favorable than yesterday and a feast of airs, wafts, drops and flops were delivered.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Shark Freediving . . Again
Last week Friday saw me spending more time underwater with my big fishy friends at their home of Aliwal Shoal. This time I'd talked a friend into joining me. Slowly they will see there is nothing to fear but fear itself.
My friends at theBOMBsurf are running a slideshow.
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