#15 - shoot

i'm starting a new label category = shoot

this category will be for my endeavors in photography. nothing serious, i always wanted to take an actual photography class in high school/college, but never got the chance and i've been looking for some like community classes or whatever, but haven't found anything beyond "digital camera photoshop for beginners" so... not quite. so i figure i'd teach myself some basic photography skills. maybe i'll get a book about basic lighting, focus, apeture, whatever, i don't even know what those terms mean.

but anyway, i think photography is great. it's about the only art form that i'll actually pay money for and have on a few occassions. pretty much because it's no about creating something "artificial," but about capturing a single instance of what's already here before us (albeit from different viewpoints). one of the first things that will go in my new house (whenever that happens) will be photography on the walls. i would really love to buy one of those big tri-pic works of like ocean surf or light and water, but right now i've got nowhere to put it. since i moved back home i've put up a few in my room, but i'm kinda running out of places to put them. right now i've got a couple of surf pics up (one of some bambucha crushing waimea wave and one of the blue sky through a crystal clear shorebreak wave-manini view). i just bought a panoramic slice of waimea bay during winter and last weekend i bought one from a new photographer i found of some early morning north shore breaks. here's a preview:


this one i picked out of about 20 crystal clear waves and perfect curls because of the lighting. the early morning lighting gives it some kinda substance that caught my attention. but anyway, i'm thinking i might buy another one or two of this guy's work, if you're interested, check it out at www.zaknoyle.com

a few of my other faves are called "viewout" and "waianae wall," if you check it out...

anyway, so i'll be testing out some of my own photographs (i wish i could get myself a little waterproof digital camera or something) under this category and posting in the future, hope you like!