Merry Christmas

A Woman, A Board, And A Pickup Truck

If you go there, you probably know her. She was there every time I went this summer. A woman, a board, and a pickup truck.

Soon

I must go to the beach and take Christmas surfing photos. Soon. Soon.

Condo

Pool Gazing

Beach Ready

Sand

Family Holiday

In Chairs

Oh my. I need to go back to the beach.

Shark Attack

Water's Edge

Not Surfing

I haven't posted for a few days. I don't have many more surfer portraits left, and I have not gone to that stretch of beach since the end of summer. I must go again and see what I can do. It seems a far-fetched fantasy now, somehow, a man with a camera walking up to strangers on a beach and asking to take their photograph. It is daunting.

I am afraid of ruining things by posting so many non-surfer images, but I have more of them by far, and some of the imagery is pretty good, I think. And so. . . .

Board Walkers

Found

Somehow, I think I managed to lose this in the files. Glad to find it today.

Keeping Watch

Beach Watching

I haven't been to the beach for over a month, so my photo supply is running slim. I want to go back now and see what the autumn scene is like with its shorter days and longer shadows. Look for me soon.

Refreshments

Girl and Boards

Pretending's Fun

Surf Day

Sun

A Different Beach

Friends

A day at the beach. Two friends at surf competition.

Puddles

Not Surfing

I have many photos of people not surfing, and I've told people that I would post them. It is time.

Flubs

Working with a toy camera has a lot of drawbacks. Sometimes things just don't work out. Here are a couple of examples.

Can I Take Your Picture?

"Hurry up, man." He wanted to get in the water.

Family of Surfers Redux

I am not making these photos fast enough to post one every day, though I'd like to. I get excited when I see them on the proof sheet and want to post them all right away. I need to make the trip over again this week.

Here is a nice family of surfers. I had to cajole dad into being in the photograph, but I like the family of surfers theme.

Ready

Surfing Lineage

I met her the first time I went over to work on this project alone. She was the first person I photographed. She had been working at a surf camp that summer. The next time I saw her, she was with her daughter. A surfing lineage, of sorts. Mother and daughter. Surfing.

Deserted Beach

The day of high tide, no cars, a fellow and his board walking along the beach. He is with a girl who has a camera. I take some photos. He goes surfing.

Back to that Little Stretch of Beach

I went back to that little stretch of beach between the jetties and the big condo last week. The tide was high and cars were waiting, so we parked at the little county park and walked the long boardwalk for a mile or so. The beach was different then with no cars and only the occasional surfer. Later in the day, after the tide went down, the cars returned.

A father teaching his daughter how to surf.

Surf Friends

Impromptu

On Labor Day, I took a few impromptu photos rather than asking the subject to pose. After a heat, a Parade of Surfers.

Not a Toy

The photos I took on Labor Day weekend were not made with the little toy Holga camera. You can tell the difference. The images are sharper and cropped tighter. The Holga has a slightly wider lens, so there is more space around the subjects. It is something to think about. I like the Mamiya 6 that I used here, but its images have a different feel. Somehow, though, I still manage to get light streaks on the film.

Right after I took this photograph, I thought that I knew one of the girls. Somehow. It is driving me crazy now looking at the photo. Where did I know her from? An unsettling mystery.

Winner

This fellow was coming out of the water after a heat in the surf competition on Labor Day. Another man who was taking his photograph was congratulating him. I think he won the heat, but I am not certain. If someone knows, please let me know. I didn't get his email address and he might like a copy of the photo.

A Busy Beach

Labor Day Surf Competition.

Last Day of Summer

Officially, it is the last day of summer, 2009, but I still have many images to post from the season. Besides, this is the land of the Endless Summer, no? These are two images from Labor Day.