Well, where do I start. I have not blogged for ages, do people still even blog or read blogs? I guess the cool kids are all still blogging and just trying to get money for it using words like community on substack. So Im being truly retro here by doing this. I have been trying to spend less time on screens before skynet enevitibly goes live and after binning my photography Facebook and Tik Tok accounts I'm one step closer to my dream of only having this webpage to occasionally connect with the on line world after spending the rest of my time outdoors.
We all experience things differently, that’s something I have learned throughout my time and although some are calling this last winter “one of the best they can remember” etc, with the Atlantic although almost constantly active. When it was when big, it was pretty messy most of the time. Great for those who ride smaller waves but on those rare occasions when the planets align and the conditions are firing (and there were many this winter) in my own eyes there was always something missing. Maybe I was just in the wrong spot but when you stare at the ocean as often as I do and keep a record of any better than average days you start to notice patterns and although there were many times I stood on the shoreline laughing out loud at how incredible the surf was their was no day of days, no 10 out of 10s just alot of strong 8s.
Despite no day of days, I believe my photography is becoming more in tune with my inner vision and I am finding it easier to show how I feel with the camera as opposed to what I see. Something I have always strived towards and for a long time did not think was possible. Im growing more confident in my use of black and white images too. Believe me if I wasn't so hideously colourblind I would be shooting in colour but I dint see the world in that way so I choose to look at tones, contrast and light and leave the colours to those who can see more than three primary colours when looking at a rainbow. I know black and white wave and surf photography is not for everyone and not cool in most of the mags but that’s not where I want to be anyway.
My favourite part of the last few months has been meeting some truly inspirational people. Mostly surfers, some of whom I have been watching from the sidelines for many years.
Ive got a really exciting exhibition coming up in a couple of months. I will add more about that later. In the meantime here are a couple of pics from the wave season just past.
