Recently I’ve been deep in skate photos, but believe it or not, skating isn’t everything. Here are three photographers, that over the last decade or so, I’ve drawn inspiration from in one way or another. These three shoot in an easily discernible documentary style, as… More ›
I’ve got some pics this week, no crooked opinion or stream of consciousness from me. I seem to be shooting all my photos on Instagram lately, so for a change here are some pics that have either been in print, or on the flip side,… More ›
I started to write a blog about what I felt was missing from the excellent video Jake posted earlier this week, from skate photographer Michael Burnett. I was going to say he didn’t really touch on how mind numbingly boring a centred composition is, but… More ›
I remember vividly the last time I fanned out on a pro skater. The Circa team came out to NZ in 2001/2 and did a decent tour around the country. I bumped into Jamie Thomas and Adrian Lopez at the departure terminal in Auckland Airport… More ›
“We spend more time in schools than most paedophiles” This quote from Jake Mein regarding skate photographers made me laugh. He’s right though. Going into schools to skate is probably my least favourite thing to do. I’m hyper aware of the damage caused by skating,… More ›
I am often asked what gear I use by eager young skate photographers, especially my flash equipment, so I thought I’d try my best to talk a bit about the lighting gear I have, and where I think is a good place to start. The… More ›
I just got back from a trip to New Zealand for a wedding, so it’s been a bit quiet on the blog front. My friends Hayden and Lucy got married last Saturday in Katikati, so it was awesome to head back there to see them… More ›
So the Issue of SLAM with my Creature Tour coverage is on the shelves today. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that it rained a lot of the time, so here are a few of the left over shots of us chilling and… More ›
So it was Bjorn’s pro board release party last Friday night at Ambush Gallery in Waterloo. From what I can recall it was good as. All I remember was pretty much as soon as it ended we stole all of the boards that were on… More ›
Jase Morice, Ben “Puff” Morice and I sat down with Bjorn Johnston and had a quick talk about changing sponsors and getting his name on a board. I think by the time it got to questions the three of us had worked our way… More ›
Why not start the year off right by complaining about something I don’t like: The sequence. Whether it’s the whole technical difficulty factor or the lack of artistic merit, the whole thing stinks. I mean, what’s the point of the sequence? If you’re gonna go… More ›
This has been a year of ups and downs. Having moved to Sydney with the crazy dream of shooting skateboarding full-time and earning a living from doing just that, it’s been a trial by fire. I’ve had to pack snowboards into boxes at Burton, shoot… More ›