surfing

anyone here take pictures of surfing or other fast action water sports. im not really intrested in the guys who sit on the beach with those 20lbs lenses but i want to talk to the guys who get out in the danger zone and get those crazy water shots. i would like to also know of any sites that i can go to to learn more about this type of photography.

mike

Well we decided to have a little fun one day when one of our surfboards was in the shop...so we took our camera/housing (D100 in Titan Housing) along with the 12-24mm lens for some fun in the surf. You can see some of our pictures (sorry don't know how to upload) at www.homepage.mac.com/echorowe under Summer Fun. With the dome port/housing it was a bit heavy but since you are up to your neck in water wasn't too big of a deal. Getting CLOSE was key (just be wary of lifeguards and other surfers). Then of course trying to avoid water spots was a challenge...but all in all a great experiment!

Surfing at Scripps/La Jolla Shores - too cool! I can actually see my dad's office window in some of those pictures...:-)

I like this shot - what style!

Cheers

James

Now I am just a little embarrassed! Just another fun way to use your underwater housing ; )

Thanks, James!

Echo

No problem! I just clicked on the little button that says "img" and then entered the URL of the photo. Then I clicked the button that now said "*ing" Try it, it's easy!

I wish I was there surfing w/ you guys. I am from San Diego but I live in Texas now where the water is brown. We do get some big surf when the hurricanes hit though...:-) I have always wanted to take my housing out, but the water is just too brown...

Cheers

James

I am from San Diego but I live in Texas now where the water is brown.

Have you seen the footage of the desperate Texas surfers riding the wake of a supertanker off Galveston beach

Look here, the footage is about 1min 52 seconds in to the trailer, it's only a couple of seconds

This movie has some gnarrrly footage of people surfing Jaws in Maui and the first tow-ins on the Cortez Banks... some scary waves there.

Hey Echo, I surfed a bit, was never very good, but would love to get the housing out there someday.....

SO is that Gina as in Gina and Marc Hall? Sorry, don't know her last name but I can tell by her trim underwater...... my DIR buddies dive with her occasionally, ad I was on a boat with her in LA a couple months ago.

Chris

Hi Chris,

Yes the Gina in my photos is the same...Gina Castillo, my best dive buddy and a great friend! She ROCKS! She is learning to put up with a newbie photographer : ) I might have to get her out in the surf taking pictures while Andrew and I surf...hmmmm.

Echo

Actually, I knew her nickname last name,,, tank b***h - self annointed, by the way, NOT my description, LOL

Tell her ChrisM (from the Sundiver) says hi :-)