Tyler of goodlifephotography.com grabbed a couple shots while we were out in The Slick over the weekend. I was very excited as i’m usually the one behind the glass. These were just the sneakers hopefully more to come soon. Thanks Tyler
Category: Photography
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Summer in November
Summer was back for a day in November. The SoutWest wind picked up around 1pm. Just before that Claire and I dragged out half of the REAL Slider Park up into The Slick. As the day went on the wind filled in more and more. It was a great day! The entire REAL Crew was out sessioning along with some out of towner’s having a ball. At one point I counted over 35 kites from The Slick as far north as I could see.
I pumped up early to take a few hits on the JWCF Slider before heading in to change my kite gear for a camera. I took a couple good shots before the sunset. This was a session needed by all, since the cold settled in the last few weeks.
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Jason Slezak Influence Portrait
I had a couple minutes to shoot after work. I took a quick HDR shot of the sunset as it was going down. After, I grabbed Jason and his new Pro Model Board the Liquid Force Influence and we were off to shoot. We grabbed a couple safe shots where I shot Trevor’s portraits a few days ago. We then headed to a different spot to try and get something a bit different. It was well a bit chilly during this shoot, about 50 degrees and 30 knot WNW winds.
I have had my eye on the elevator shaft going in, but really wanted to try a different shot than what we had tired. But I thought this set up worked rather well. There is room for text on the left if the shot is for an editorial. The strobe to cam left light up Jason well, though though if i added a snoot to the strobe it would have made for a little better effect. Also if i had another strobe would have been nice to light the board from behind to try and separate it from background little more. Over all i was happy with how this image turned out. It has been much easier to set up all the gear and ready to shoot with much less test shots than a few months ago. This allows me to try out different shot and locations with more time while keeping the subjects attention.
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Trevor Murchie’s Portrait
After a rather long day of shooting surfing I was headed out to my truck when I looked over to see the sun about to set yet again. It was another great Cape Hatteras Sunset. As I kept walking Trevor and Lulu pulled up so I was sold on shooting a couple photos. I had Trevor grab his board while I ran up to the top of The Waterman’s Retreat to shoot a sunset shot. After I had Trevor do a couple portraits with his board just because. I was very excited on how a couple of them turned out. I really tried to play and experiment with the shadows using the strobes while keeping a soft glow from the sunset in the background for a little flavor.
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Waves and Collapsed Houses
The angry ocean was back at it again. Other than washing over Highway 12 at the north of town, the ocean claimed a house. Hwy. 12 was closed for over 2 hours due to all the sand and water flowing in. I drove my car as far as I could then grabbed the bike out of the bed of the truck and biked the rest of the way up wind in 30 knots. But it was worth it. The waves were cracking foundations, sand burring cars and filling swimming pools.
Over on Sea Haven one of the houses was knocked over and was getting pounded by the waves. The said thing was that the owner had to leave all the stuff in it to claim insurance. So now the beach and water is scattered with debris. So next time your out in the line up at Sea Haven watch out for the toaster and refrigerator when you are going down the line. I was able to grab a couple shots before they started to put up barriers to the property.
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Portraits with Dustin
I worked with Dustin, a buddy of mine, on a project of his. He needed a couple photos taken and so I obliged. I am still having some issue with posing people for photos that have not done much modeling. It took us a while to get going, but I think we came out with a couple keepers. I really liked how the image turned out. The black and white works pretty well with these images as you eye seems to have a rather easy time navigating the image.
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Dawn Patrol
Well after last night’s escapades I didn’t think I was up for a sunrise session. Zack rang early as I told him I would surf with him in the morning. We rolled into Sea Haven to see Neil, JoJo and Trip about to head out. It was an amazing session. I rode the 9’9 Jimmy Lewis noserider in chest + waves. It was a perfect combo for the session. I also made the mistake of wearing my shorty. It turned out to be way too warm for rubber this morning, but I guess its better to be to warm than too cold. They were really long waves all the way to the beach. So glad I got up extra early this morning.
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Blue Waves in Hatteras
It was a full moon tonight. Carrie, Scott, Judith and I headed to the beach to check it out. The Bioluminescence were out in force. As the wave broke, it looked like a fountain with blue lights glowing where the white water usually was. It was a very cool thing to see. I have heard people talk about going out and kayaking when that happens but to see the waves break with them glowing was something really cool. I tried to grab a couple shots but without a tripod proved difficult.
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Fall Cape Hatteras Sunset
Fall Cape Hatteras Sunsets are back. Mojo’s had an all you can eat dinner last night to get rid of all their food and beverages. As we all ate to our hearts content an amazing sunset occurred. So as always I had my camera with me and grabbed a couple shots. I was particularly excited about the portrait of Jason and the photo of Zack and Beth SUPing at dusk. The sunset seemed to last longer than most leaving a lengthy bright glow in the sky.
