{"id":771,"date":"2013-01-14T19:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2013-01-15T09:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T07:20:37","slug":"happy-new-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/2013\/01\/14\/happy-new-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
2013 certainly did start with a bang.
\nA solid swell hitting the East Coast of South Africa and this could only mean one thing\u2026
\nSurf mission time.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Waves were flipping pumping<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I had a good few preconceived ideas for this trip but nothing went according to plan. <\/a><\/p>\n Steven Sawyer went to town in the perfect waves<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I had originally planned to leave my big lens at home and only shoot water with the two setups I had with me and some short land based work with my favorite 70-200mm lens. <\/a><\/p>\n Dylan Lightfoot smashes the 2nd swell of the trip<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Being forced to shoot land presented some photographic challenges in terms of the light I had available to create pictures. <\/a><\/p>\n Early morning magic<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Even though there were a number of challenges, we got waves. <\/a><\/p>\n Bianca Buitendag was going mental on her insane backhand<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n There were some outstanding performances from the guys I had at my disposal. <\/a><\/p>\n Emma Smith, always impressive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n For the girls, I was blessed with the talents of Faye Zoetmulder<\/strong>, Emma Smith<\/strong> and Bianca Buitendag<\/strong>. <\/a><\/p>\n Not a bad sight, first thing in the morning<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This was yet another epic surf mission! <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remi Petersen cracks one off the top\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Shooting in warm water has got to be right up there with my favorite things to do. <\/a><\/p>\n Family time: Emma and Zoe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A super fun trip with many ups and downs\u2026
\nEven the swell was bigger and better than expected.
\nThings started to go wrong on the drive up where I some how caught a hideous throat infection that removed my voice by sundown.<\/p>\n
\nLucky for me, I decided to take my long lens at the last minute as I did not plan on getting sick on this trip.<\/p>\n
\nThe light was often harsh, scattered and flat and was a challenge getting nice images.
\nThe other major annoyance was the hideous watercolor, which does not help for eye pleasing images.<\/p>\n
\nWe got very good waves and I had a great group of talented surfers that were frothing on the perfect waves.<\/p>\n
\nSteven Sawyer, Dylan Lightfoot<\/strong> and Dave Richards<\/strong> all blew up and nailed shots.
\nSteven, in particular was deadly on his backhand and smashed many a section.<\/p>\n
\nFaye and Bianca surfed as good as any guy in the lineup. Their backhand attacks were lethal and stylish.
\nEmma Smith, suffering the flu, showed the talent and class that this beautiful sufer girl is.<\/p>\n
\nWe scored two decent swells in the week.
\nEven the \u201cleft-over\u2019s\u201d were super fun and allowed me to get into the water and be a target for the kooks in the lineup.<\/p>\n
\nThe one session I shot with Emma and her little sister, Zoe, was possible the best moment of the trip.
\nIt was also the scariest as Emma decided to do an \u201coff-the-top\u201d pretty much over me.<\/p>\n
\nIt was so good too see the Lightfoot\u2019s Sawyer\u2019s and McGillivray\u2019s again.<\/p>\n