Summer Bowls

It's that time of year again when the easterly is up and we wait for the high tide and bowls to start working in town. There have been a few opportunities to shoot in the past week but mainly pretty small stuff with the odd good set coming through. Here Beyrick De Vries shows some style on a little insider.

Pterygiums X 2

After a frustrating two weeks of lying low and avoiding the sun due to having my pterygiums removed, this morning I decided enough was enough and I called fellow recent eye patient, Dan Redman for a shoot. It was Dan's first surf since his operation but I'm not blaming him for the lack of shots HAHA! In the end I think we were both a little over eager and the little Umhlanga shorey just didn't produce. Till next time...

Transkei Tripping

I was fortunate enough to go on a photo trip to the Transkei earlier this year to explore a part of the country i have always wanted to visit. We may not have scored epic waves but it was a really great trip and fun surf was had by everyone. It is truly a beautiful and interesting part of the country. It is also true what they say, the people make the trip and you just need to put Frankie O near a fireplace with a drink in his hand and the classic stories of his Search day with Curren and the boys will come out. Frankie was joined by Bluff surfers Rudy Jnr. and Matt Daniel along with Rory Beach and recent Durban transplant Keegan Nel. My good friend Jason Hearn came along to cover the trip for Boardriders TV, and Brandon Bradley and I covered the story for Zigzag Surfing Magazine. Check the article out in the latest Zigzag as well as going to the link below for a slideshow of extra pics and a You Tube video post by Brandon.
http://www.zigzag.co.za/site/awdep.asp&depnum=26285_reefgroms_transkei

When it's Flat...

I have been amping to use my new little macro set-up, (thanks to my beautiful girlfriend) and with not much surf to shoot i found myself crawling around the garden looking for a good subject. The most co-operative model of the day was Mr. fly and for some reason he didn't mind me sticking a big lens in his face, literally. Look at your fingernail, now think how big a fly is. It would be like the Hubbell telescope in your face, ha ha! I cropped in just to show the incredible detail. It's a whole new world out there, and something fun to shoot when its flat.

Kruger Pictures

I spent some time this past week going through the Kruger images - so awesome because it brings back all the memories and excitement of the sightings. We were very lucky and saw so much in our 8 days. Have kept a couple which i will be updating on my website soon, as well as distributing and selling, but below are a few so you can get the idea of what we saw.