Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hurricane Katia: How I got the shot. Brian Noel, Sebastian Inlet, FL run on ESM.com

                                                                                     Photo: by Shane Leon

The shot above really shows how a fisheye lens can really distort wave size and make things look a lot different than shooting other angles.  The top photo was ran in ESM as a feature on Hurricane Katia along with the ones below.  Brian Noel, Tanner Strohmenger, Matt Oberman, Cheyne Cottrell and I traveled up to Sebastian Inlet very early in anticipation of the rising swell of Hurricane Katia.  Upon arriving at the beach we were pretty disappointed with the dismal conditions and nearly drove back home.  Instead we made the most of it and I went out for a swim with the crew.  Only to find out that the moon jellies infestation was in full effect and all of us were itching within minutes.  I had to get creative and told Tanner and Brian to pull in on the inside bowls.  My friend Shane Leon, caught a shot at the same time of the shot published above, so you can really see how it went down and how tiny the waves were.   Shot with a Canon Mark 3, Tokina 10-17 mm lens inside an Aquatech DV4 housing and LP1 port,  1/1000 sec f10 manual focus, ISO400.  Good work Brian!


Monday, September 5, 2011

Product shots: Butterflies from around the world















I was recently asked to shoot an entire product line for a small company that imports butterflies from around the world.  Encased by a clear acrylic box and meticulously arranged and mounted to perfection, each box is an art piece in itself.  Here are couple of the different butterflies that were shot from the 130 versions. 

Thursday, September 1, 2011

This weeks published images on Hurricane Irene...







Here are some shots from Hurricane Irene that have been published so far.  Cheyne Cottrell, Tanner Strohmenger and Matt Oberman.  They can be found on ESPN.com, Surfline.com and Easternsurf.com