More surfing (in 85 degree water)

It does not get any better than this, we just got back from a little side trip to the Caribbean and now back on the west coast, the water over here on this side is about 85. Crazy!
So I geared up my water housing for my camera (its been about 12 months since I've used it!) and headed out to catch all of us surfing. I think that Luke won the "coolest shot" today. Here are just a few fav's I wanted to post as I'm sleep-typing. Its late and I need to get to bed, we wake at 5:00am to hit it up and surf again in the morning.

Tonight, we surfed under moonlight and not only was that super cool, but it(water & air) was hot too! I cannot believe how soothing it was. It felt about as warm as when your in bed in the morning, and you don't want to leave the warmth to get up. Dan & I came paddled out last, wishing we could stay out all night and surf!

Always gotta get the self portrait!

Just as we were about to drive away , the moon came out above the clouds and lit up the night sky! We ended up taking photos for about 20-30 minutes and came away with some sweet ones, I think this is one of my fav's. Camera Details: ISO 1250, Shutter speed 1/2 second to one second, and the aperture was at 2.8. I was laying on the sand to get the shot. It was surreal tonight. God painted the most amazing sunset and moon rise at the same time. For a Photographer, having the same quantity of light come from opposite horizons was pretty cool!

Have a great week...

International Day of Surfing

I love to surf, as most of my friends know. So today, in the heat, get out and get wet, surf, learn to surf, spend this weekend having fun.

Montage Laguna Beach Wedding Photography | Mark & Christyn Wilkins

We just did an amazing wedding at the Montage in Laguna Beach

We started off the day early at 9am and the guys invited me to go surf with them, it was really a fun 2 hours, however i got a little bit sunburned, so the rest of the day i was a bit warm, We managed to pull some sweet maneuvers with the guys on the beach here, I LOVE these stunts!

Christyn's girls came fully prepared for a great time, its was sweet!

So.... you cant have a pillow fight without the feathers, and i will let your imagination run as far as where we came up with the feathers. This was priceless, literally.

I think the Montage is an AMAZING for its backdrops.

Mark & Christyn had a great time getting away to take some shots down by the beach. We had like 8 minutes, but they pulled it off, I was proud of them!

Montage wedding and Surfing?

Yea, the best combo you can get. We had a great morning of surfing with the groomsmen for a couple of hours, then a wedding at the Montage later in the day. One of the sweetest places to get married in the OC is quite possibly at the Montage in Laguna Beach. This last weekend, I had an amazing time shooting a wedding and I will fill in more details later this week. But I am spending a lot of time surfing here with a new swell that is coming in, but once I edit the images, I will get them online I will present the reception highlights show with it show web.

Epic Surf...

Those of you who surf, know these days, at the right spots, the swell is going off. There is a North/South swell combo in the water and we left early enough to be at Jalama @ 7am hitting the waves as the sun broke throught the clouds. Dan, my buddy and I scored some sweet waves, and spite of my lighly sprained ankle, was able to ride my share. (Anna & Keone, if your reading this, dont worry, it will be better by your wedding on saturday!) Here are some images i pulled offline, to give you an idea of what an amazing spot this is. Get out and visit it if you have never been out there! Have a great rest of your weekend!


Above, you can see how glassy and peaky it gets, blow, a glimpse of the whole bay/beach area, sitting below the coastal mountains.