DriftwoodFoto Tips: Prevent water drops with a Dry Port

DriftwoodFoto Tips: Prevent water drops with a Dry Port

Welcome to the first installment of my tech tips/shooting skills/professional tricks-of-the-trade section of the DriftwoodFotoBlog! As I eluded to in the previous post, there are too many tip/skill articles out there claiming pro-level advice, but in reality...
Exposure feature by The Surf Channel

Exposure feature by The Surf Channel

I’m really excited to share with everyone the fifth installment of Exposure, by The Surf Channel, featuring yours truly of Driftwood Photography Studios! I sat down with the crew at The Surf Channel in their Pacific Palisades office just before last Thanksgiving...

Super Saturday at Maverick’s

It’s the time of year when things typically go bat-shit-crazy in the surf world. The world’s best migrate to Hawaii for the start of the winter season yearning warm waters, big waves, and career defining contests. People plan their surf holidays to the Mentawais and...

2013 Wrap-Up

This year has been a whirlwind for sure. Ups and downs, stress and excitement, worry and pure joy. Over the course of this year I had to fight the hardest to stay going since I started shooting full-time four years ago, yet on the other hand 2013 saw my biggest...

Santa Ana Winds

The fall season means heavy off-shore winds in the southern California region. Long, sustained winds blowing all the way from the hot desert/mountains inland, ripping through the canyons, out to the coast. And when those winds coincide with a swell, that means...