Watermen's Retreat Shoot

Today, I followed up the REAL Flagship Retail Store shoot with an interior shoot of Watermen’s Retreat. I took a couple images of the two different sized rooms.

The Glassy Pamlico Sound

It was a beautiful day in Cape Hatteras, NC today. It was 50 degrees and sunny today. On top of that the sun was still up as I left work today! That means next week we should be able to session after work. Here are a few shots from this afternoon of the glassy Pamlico Sound.

Morning Surf Session

Following up with yesterday’s great surf, I was up at sunrise to get the leftover waves. I met up with Zack, Lulu, Jeremy and Joel for a dawn patrol session. The waves were glassy and shoulder high, which made for a terrific morning surf.

Sunday Surf and Sunset

It was another stellar weekend in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The surf was amazing today. After a morning walk on the beach, I met up with Tommie, Greg K. (who was in town), Joel and Zack for really fun surf. We followed up the surf with a short skate session, then a sunset shoot and finished off with a great dinner with friends (thanks lu!).

South Side Surf Session in Hatteras

The wind was cranking today but it was still a bit cold to kite, so I meet up with Tommie and Trip on the South Side of the Island for a surf session. There were some fun waves that came through. I rode my Takyama longboard and caught a couple fun waves. On my way home, I stopped at the lighthouse and took some pictures along the way.

The REAL Retail Floor Series

I finished a series of photos for REAL Watersports today. In line with the rugged, grungy and industrial look, these photos bring the store floor to life by adding depth and feel to the images.

Retail Shoot & Tilt Shift Sunset

I did a shoot at the REAL Flagship Store for a local promotion that will be going on shortly. The shot really brings the store to life and gives it a little attitude and a 3D look. I’m pretty excited on how this image turned out as it’s a bit of a different feel than what I have done in the past.

This evening I played with the Tilt Shift Lens. The sunset photos were taken off the VIP Deck at REAL over looking the Pamlico Sound.

BVI Photo Book Arrives!

The REAL BVI Photo Book showed up today! It’s the largest book I have had published. I must say it couldn’t have turned out any better! With 80 pages of gorgeous photos its will be a great keepsake from the British Virgin Islands. Pick up your copy today!

Sunset at Pea Island

It was a rather chilly day with a brisk NW wind in Cape Hatteras, NC. I headed out for sunset to take pictures with the Tilt Shift Lens again this evening. This time I headed north to the Pea Island Nature Preserve. Pea Island is a really great place to visit, especially when all the birds are there.  Its quite an incredible sight with thousands of birds.



This lens is really pretty fun to play with because you never really know what you’re going to get. There are so many different ways to change the controls over the lens that it is always something different.



As we finished up the shoot, we started to head back south, when we saw the moon rise from the horizon. I slammed on the brakes and I got out the big lens and took a couple photos of the moon rising.

Canon Tilt Shift & Surf Session

I borrowed two lenses to test out this week. They arrived yesterday and I quickly put them to work. The two lens I received are the Canon EF 500mm /4.0L I.S. USM & EF TS-E 24mm /3.5L II. I have only briefly used these two lenses. I headed out for a 2 hour shoot this morning at sunrise. The Tilt Shift was the lens I was most interested in checking out. I have heard lots of talk on the web about these lenses and had to find out for myself.



What’s so cool about the Tilt Shift lens? The TS changes the perspective of the image. In addition, a regular lens with a small aperture gives you great depth of field, this lens does this and more, by changing the focal planes. This gives the images some crazy effects. One of the effect you get give the image a miniature feel:



After a great and fun morning shoot I meet up with Zack, Tommie and Julien for a very fun surf session at the pier. We surfed for a couple hours in the 45 degree air and the slightly chilly water, but with my killer O'Neill 5/4/3 Mutant wetsuit it was no problem. Mel took a couple photos while we were out there, including this one of me:

REAL BVI 2010 Book

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REAL BVI 2010 Video

REAL BVI 2010 from Real Watersports on Vimeo.

Check out some of the action from the REAL BVI 2010 trip to the British Virgin Islands. I took the entire video with a Go Pro Surf HD video camera. The camera was great to just keep in my pocket while I wasn’t shooting stills, so I could share some of the adventure with you. For the full REAL BVI 2010 Session Report #2, REAL BVI 2010 Session Report #1.

Matt Lusk's 2010 Calendar

I would like you all to check out Matt Lusk’s 2010 Calendar. It has some stellar images from the Outer Banks. Please check it out and support another local photographer.

Cane Garden Surf Session

We were to spend the last full day on the island cleaning and packing up the boat. However to our delight a good swell was to hit so we changed all the plans. We took the truck over to Cane Garden for a surf. It was small when we got there, about waist high. By the end of the day it was a couple feet over head.




The crew had some amazing waves at this great spot. We met a couple really cool local rippers. They were taking some insane drops right next to the rocks. The barrel section was pretty tiny but some guys were getting in the slot.




I shot from the beach for a while then grabbed some waves, I headed back in to get the waterhousing and went back out for a long swim with the camera. Then I paddled out again with the crew for an amazing sunset session with head high right point break! A day to remember!

REAL BVI 2010 Day 9

Woke up early for a dawn patrol but there were no waves so we headed to the baths again. We arrived at the baths and we all did a few jumps from the top of the boat and swam around for a while. Jason, Sammy, Matt and I headed into the baths and climbed around on the gaint boulders for a while which was insane!



Then I took some more Standup photos. We grabbed a quick bit to eat and then headed to a bay to drop anchor and party for the last night! Our boat again held a thumping party to finish off an amazing trip in the British Virgin Islands