{"id":95,"date":"2011-11-21T00:53:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2011-11-21T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T08:40:00","slug":"falsebay-the-onshore-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/2011\/11\/21\/falsebay-the-onshore-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"FalseBay: The onshore sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 10 to 12 years of shooting surf photos in False Bay I have never bothered with the onshore sessions, until last season.
\nThe previous winter was terrible for us in the Bay and I can only remember 3 days of good swell that was worth shooting and hence my image count was down.<\/p>\n

The main reason I generally don\u2019t bother shooting the onshore is that the photo\u2019s usually come out pretty bad and are not suitable for editorial use.
\nThe images tend to have a horrible texture because of the messy conditions. There is also a lot going on in the image with lots of spray and waves breaking in the foreground.
\nIn short it is difficult to get a good clean image suitable for publication.<\/p>\n

To counter these negative conditions one needs to adapt their technique.
\nThis means one generally shoots tighter to focus on the action. Also one needs to shoot from a higher angle and a bit more of a side on angle helps too.
\nMost importantly though, is you need to have surfers that can give you action packed images.<\/p>\n

These 25 images are some of my favorite from last season\u2019s attempt to shoot the onshore sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n \t

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