Spot M

I had an eventful day on the north coast yesterday. I travelled once again to spot M, it was going to be my last opportunity with the late tide times and with a bigger swell forecasted I was hoping for some good waves to document. Driving down I knew Aaron was already en route and on arrival Buckle and Hawkens were gathered in the car park with a few others about to get ready to go in. Worried about missing any action I rushed down and bumped into Aaron who was walking back from a pre surf photography session to kill some time as the tide was still too high, you can see some of his photos HERE. Looking at the beach the wait wasn’t going to be too long.

The surf was a heavy 4ft+ with a slight cross shore wind which wasn’t affecting it too much. I decided to shoot with my land gear and was pleased with the decision not to water shoot,it would have been a lot of swimming with the amount of water moving and probably not as productive.

The shoot didn’t get off to the best start when I decided to walk out along some rocks at the water’s edge to scout out a shooting view point, only to get soaked by a crashing wave. Maybe it was a sign of things to come.

Sure enough, after waiting 10 minutes, people started getting in and the session really kicked off with Aaron Dinham, Alex Alen, Ben Chandler, Pete Kingwell, Craig Langmead, Damian Prisk, Taylor Prisk, Hilly and a few others I didn’t recognise all getting some good waves. There were also a fair few people filming and shooting including KBB Matt Hawkens, Sam Buckle and Corsey

After about 20 minutes of getting some nice photographs the heavens opened and it was a scramble to get the camera’s sheltered. Luckily I had an umbrella to keep mine dry but it was a hindrance to say the least to try and take shots at the same time. Maybe thirty minutes later, and after getting completely soaked, the rain eased off and we were able to continue shooting for the remainder of the session before the light finally faded. 2012 has gone off to a great start, hopefully it will continue!

The the full collection will be uploaded and on-line HERE tomorrow. A few highlights below.

Alex Allen

Aaron Dinham

Aaron Dinham

Aaron Dinham

Pete Kingwell

Damian Prisk

Damian Prisk

Andrew Hill

Spot M New Years Day 2012

Had a fun surf trip today to spot M with Matty Allen, Craig Langmead and Scott Rickard. Conditions where about 2-3ft and although the light wasn’t great for photographs I decided to take my camera in and document the session anyway. A great way to spend the New Years day. You can view the full collections HERE. A few of my favourite photographs from the trip below.

Scott Rickard.

Matty Allen.

Spot M

Took a trip after work to Spot M today. Been a week since I last got in the sea and had to get in somewhere. It actually ended up being a decent day on the north coast with good surf reports from all over the place. On reflection I don’t think the M was the best place but I’m over driving miles and miles around the coast checking different places so with just a handful of people in and 2-3ft swell with a few barrels breaking through I decided to settle with that.

The state of the water temp did cause problems with the photography, feet and hands where numb after around 60 minutes and couldn’t stay in for much longer after that due to not being able to press the shutter button. I did get a few fun photos from this short session, some of my favourites below with the full collection HERE.

Hopefully more waves through the week!

Keith Short.

Mark Duignan

Wedding Shoot

Photographed a fabulous wedding at The Penzance Hotel on the 17th of December. Nina & Tom had asked for the hotel to make the arrangements regarding their photography and when the hotel manager contacted me through a referral from fellow photographer Jacob Crockle I was only to happy to photograph their day.

They got ready, married and had the evening function at the Hotel, which made for a great atmosphere. Nina and Tom both had great personalities, and the ceremony was beautiful with the rest of the days going great with laughter and good times. A selection of photographs below with the full collection being online shortly HERE.