Barrelled
A body surfer at Zuma Beach in Los Angeles takes one last breath before the "barrel" of the wave closes on him. It looks violent, but is actually one of the safer places to be when a wave is breaking....besides the shore.
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Studio work with MMA fighter
A studio shot with an aspiring MMA fighter - in B&W to capture all of the detail and grit of his personality
Last game of the season
As the boys warm up in typical fashion with a little 'sewer ball', for what would be the last game of the season.
Waves were pumping on Father's Day (6/15) in Newport Beach, CA
Black ball flag was up so it was bodysurfing and bodyboarding only. And they took full advantage! body surfer in a foamy wavebodyboarder finds an open facebodyboarder turning hardbodysurfer coasting in to shore
Things that fly, but have no feathers or wings
Today I went to the British round of the World Sidecar Cross & European Quad Cross Championships. I took along an EOS R1 and my well used EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens Also had some fun with the panning shots too. Now to remove a fine layer of ...
Zuma Beach - 25 May 2025
Waves were pumping and this bodyboarder was enjoying every minute of it. I normally shoot surfers at a high frame rate (2500+), but dialed it back on these shots to 1/600 and 1/2000 (resp.) to get a smoother look out of the water
Panning with quad bike racers
I wanted to capture the dynamic nature of the racer on their quad bike. I used a slow 1/50th shutter speed in Tv mode with auto ISO. Camera selected ISO 100 and f/11 to get the correct exposure. EOS R6 Mark II with EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens ...
EOS R6 Mark II vehicle tracking works well
I took these yesterday at a quad bike and sidecar motocross event. EOS R6 Mark II vehicle tracking with spot detection is very good as even with these somewhat unusual shaped vehicles the camera invariably finds the riders helmet and locks on while t...
