Too often photographers are ultra-secretive of their not-so-secret techniques. There are indeed trade secrets a photographer may have learned and/or crafted over the course of their career to give them a unique, competitive edge. There is no harm in a photographer...
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...
The fishing vessel Pamela Rose, part of the historic Dory Fleet based out of Newport Beach, CA, heads out of Newport Bay as the light just begins to break through the early morning fog. In an area so close to the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, and known for...
After visiting the French, Swiss, and Italian Alps I can say one thing with certainty: overall the Alps as a region have a very distinctive architectural style (regardless of what side of a line drawn on a piece of paper they happen to now be on). This trip found me...
Get out and travel. Don’t sit at home. Find any excuse, any resources, any means, and hit the road. Home is amazing. You most likely have everything you need close by. It’s comfortable. It’s familiar. And that’s why you need to leave it behind...
I’ve really been enjoying shooting BMX the past few weeks at Sheep Hills. It’s amazing to see everyone chip in to shape, build, and maintain the jumps before riding. Every sport has it’s own etiquette. In a nut shell, that’s BMX dirt riding. I...
There’s nothing like grabbing a shovel and building a jump. For most of my life this meant snow and ice, rock salt, water, and lots of chopping. Turns out building dirt jumps on a BMX trail isn’t much different (minus the snow, ice, and cold). The Red Bull...
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...
It’s been a busy few months for DriftwoodFoto. November saw travel from the home base in Orange County, CA to Arizona for more involvement with the Red Bull Illume action sports photography contest/image exhibition, and a whirlwind trek from Boston, to southern...
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...
