Texas Sunrise
I had to drive 6+ hours to be able to stay on Galveston for an extra day but when there are waves you do what you have to do, especially since I won’t see the ocean for 30+ days. I got up super early and drove the coast till I saw surfers at 37th Street. Couple of long boarders and one fun boarder but it was more then enough for me to get suited up. (I would swim out if it was an old guy in a row boat as long as he was riding waves).
Luckily for me there was a lot of style in the water and some amazing color the brown water was a great contrast for the morning light.
Here’s Mike!!! a Texas A&M student and a super nice kid, he was riding this wide twin fin and it was the perfect board for early morning chop, this ended up being my favorite sequence from Texas. I feel it represents the majority of TX surfers, people who enjoy just being out there dong what they love. Riding waves is fun and doesn’t have to be more then that
This angle was the only one working early in the morning, it was too grey shooting away from the sun.
Found a frothy barrel on the inside sand bar… really brown
David Voigt the local pro/surf shop employee that I met the day before showed up to grab a few more shots, surf photographers don’t show up everyday in Galveston.
The sun finally came up and so did the waves. Still a little grey but when you got talent in the water you make it work.
The best photos come when the surfer actually works with me to get the shots. He knew I was shooting fisheye and that means the closer the better.
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This entry was posted on May 7, 2012 by the surfing photog. It was filed under ART, Barrel, Galveston, Photography, Pro's, SURF, surf photography, surfing, Texas, Texas surf, Water Angles .
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Awesome shots dude
May 8, 2012 at 4:52 am
Thanks mate, getting up super early in really dark water is a little sketchy but it’s all good
May 8, 2012 at 6:28 am
keep shooting
May 10, 2012 at 4:49 pm
No problem, I love it…
May 10, 2012 at 6:14 pm
Great Shots!!
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July 30, 2012 at 11:11 am
Every once and awhile I add a little more about my life or in depth info about the surf spot but I really want it to be about the surfing. Thank you for the kind words not sure what direction I’ll take my blog for know I’m just excited people are noticing it
July 30, 2012 at 11:20 am