San Onofre State Surfing Beach CA (cont)
Mar 5, 2018 11:05:48 #
Another UHH member (Brent Harder) and I got together the shoot surfers at San Onofre. Besides being an extremely nice person, he's also been photographing surfers for a very long time. So I'm looking for pointers and advice on shooting this sport. It also doesn't hurt that one of his favorite spots for shooting surfers is fairly close to my home; convenient.
We caught a beautiful day between two storms. We got to San Onofre well before sunrise and before the surfers began to arrive. The waves were very calm, but it didn't stay that way as you'll see in some of the photos below. Surfers began arriving as the sun and waves began to rise. They had a window of a few hours of good conditions before the winds picked up turning the waves to chop. It was a great day and I learned quite a few things from Brent. This is only my second foray into surf photography and there's a lot to learn. Hope you enjoy.
BTW, for those that missed Brents San Onofre post, it can be found here:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-516491-1.html
Mike
We caught a beautiful day between two storms. We got to San Onofre well before sunrise and before the surfers began to arrive. The waves were very calm, but it didn't stay that way as you'll see in some of the photos below. Surfers began arriving as the sun and waves began to rise. They had a window of a few hours of good conditions before the winds picked up turning the waves to chop. It was a great day and I learned quite a few things from Brent. This is only my second foray into surf photography and there's a lot to learn. Hope you enjoy.
BTW, for those that missed Brents San Onofre post, it can be found here:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-516491-1.html
Mike
As we arrived at SanO
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Surfing conditions did improve
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Photobombed by a surfer
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Colors
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Obvious this guy was enjoying himself
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A friend patiently waiting on the beach
Mar 5, 2018 11:25:07 #
Very nice Mike. If you'd timed your visit right, you might run into Brent Harder.
Mar 5, 2018 11:27:07 #
Mar 5, 2018 11:57:02 #
vicksart wrote:
Very nice Mike. If you'd timed your visit right, you might run into Brent Harder.
Thanks Vicky for visiting. Brent and I met up and drove down to SanO together and had a great day photographing the surfers.
Mike
Mar 5, 2018 12:01:09 #
angler wrote:
Great set.
Thanks Jim for visiting. Had a lot of fun out there that day.
Mar 5, 2018 14:13:21 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
Another UHH member (Brent Harder) and I got togeth... (show quote)
Mike, I think you have some excellent photos here. I love the photobomb photo! Very rare shot!
It was great to shoot the surfers with you. Vicki also joined me at San Onofre quite a while ago to photograph the surfers, but we didn't get there at dawn. We will have to do this again sometime.
Mar 6, 2018 07:27:13 #
Mar 6, 2018 10:24:28 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
Wonderful set....that looks so hard to do.
Thanks for visiting. Yep, its much easier to point the camera than ride the waves. Tried it in my much younger days, but didn't stay with it long enough to get any good at it.
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