Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: 28-80mm L, Canon 20D, jetty, long exposure, ocean, slow shutter | 5 Comments »
Today’s target: the Gillis Jetty. Actually, it’s more like a pile of big rocks and some rusty metal. It’s kind of a sorry excuse for a jetty. It seems that the folks who built it didn’t even finish building it. I’m sure there is some good story around why it looks the way it does, but I’m not aware of it. Whatever the case, it’s still called the Gillis Jetty and I was going to shoot it.
I got rained on a bit at the beginning of the shoot, but after running for shelter on the lifeguard tower a couple times I was able to get the shots I wanted for today’s shoot.
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 1
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 2
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 3
Looking Towards D&W
Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography, Surfing | Tags: black + white, El Porto, Hasselblad, Ilford Delta 100, portraits, surfers, Ted Robinson | No Comments »
My old site had a bunch of portraits that I had taken of some of the surfers that call El Porto their home break. I removed that old gallery of images when I went to this blog format for the site and figured that I would slowly begin adding the portraits back while mixing in some other images from my archives.
These are all portraits that I had taken several years ago using my Hasselblad and the standard 80mm lens with Ilford Delta 100 film. Charley and Rick are still out at El Porto on a regular basis. Ted Robinson moved to Orange County a few years back and we don’t get to see him out in the lineup very much unfortunately.
Rick Noguchi
Ted and Jordan Robinson
Charley Finney
Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: 28-80mm L, Canon 20D, jetty, long exposure, ocean, rain, surf, waves | 3 Comments »
I have this habit of turning left when I get to the beach because that is how I go to head down to my local spot. In fact, when I think about it, that is kind of how I surf. I probably go left on waves 90% of the time.
This morning, I decided to break from my habit and I turned right and I was happy I did. I was pretty happy with my results from this morning’s shoot. It started to rain just as I started walking back to the car so I timed it pretty nicely. Lucky me.
Cement Jetty Perspective 1
Cement Jetty Perspective 2
Posted: January 20th, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: 28-80mm L, Canon 5D, long exposure, ocean, slow shutter, surf | No Comments »
I wasn’t sure if I was going to get a chance to shoot this morning, but luckily there was enough of a break in the rain that I got to snap a few shots. The surf was considerably bigger than yesterday. There were a couple times when I thought I was going to get drenched by the waves crashing against the jetty, but I got lucky today.
Long Exposure at the Grand Jetty
Morning Light
Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: dawn patrol, ocean, smoke stacks, surf check, waves | 1 Comment »
Headed out early this morning for a quick surf check and was treated to this!
Smoke Stacks in Pink
Lonely Peak
View from Grand
Posted: January 18th, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: archive, black + white, cold water, freezing, Merced River, Yosemite | No Comments »
Every so often, when I’m up in the mountains, I get this crazy idea in my head that it would be fun to go into freezing cold water (and I mean freezing). Back in January of 2005, I was up in Yosemite with my wife and some photographer friends. There was plenty of snow that particular month and we lucked into some beautiful wintery landscapes. I decided to do a crazy self portrait where I got into the Merced river. So after setting up the camera, I waded into the icy cold water and had my wife click the shutter a few times. The picture below was the result.
Freezing my nuts off in the Merced River