Water. To me, water is the source of life. We would of course literally die without it. We need it to drink and without the rivers and oceans in the world, well we would be a very sad sad place. The reason I first moved to California was because I wanted to be a surf photographer. I know, what?!?!??! Well what else would a girl born and raised in the capital of Scotland want to be, but a surf photographer? Duh! We did not have a pool at our house, (its kind of laughable to have one in Scotland) but we did go on holiday once a year to warmer climes and I would get up and go in the pool. My parents would drag me out for lunch and then dinner and I would always make them wait for dinner until I had seen the sunset over the ocean.
Fast forward several years and you find me traveling the world for a year and visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Bali, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. As you do. When I was traveling I just had my small point and shoot advantix film camera. But boy did that get used! One of the things I loved shooting the most was of course nature, and the seas, oceans, glaciers and rivers I came across. After studying a mix of subject and stumbling upon photography, that is when I decided surf photography was for me. My room was painted all the blues of the seas and I had surf posters on the walls. I was in.
Skip a little ahead again and I am at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, with a waterproof housing for my camera and a rash guard. Oh, I was a pro for sure! But then the actual act of surf photography came into play and I soon realized that my dream might have to be adjusted slightly. Just a wee bit. I was not a strong enough swimmer to compete with the Californian coast line. I was more of a floater! (I still am and proud of it!) I slowly started to divert to shooting surfers portraits and equipment on dry land. Sure I could stand on the beach with a long lens, but so could 50 other people. I was not devastated as I knew I would still shoot in some way. It just changed. I changed and my priorities and interests changed.
I absolutely love what I do now. Capturing The Beauty In You and all that fun stuff, but there is still something about the waves of the world that drags me in like a strong current. I was surfing (the web, LOL!) and came across Clark’s site and remember having seen his gallery in Laguna a few years ago, and found myself mesmerized by his opening slideshow on his website and just staring for a while. I wanted to make sure to post this as it brought me a lot of joy and peace watching these waves and seeing the way he really, and I mean really, gets in there to Capture The Beauty in those waves. Please go check out his site and stay a while. Click through, buy a poster, or a t-shirt and just revel in the beauty that he captures that most of us miss everyday.
http://www.clarklittlephotography.com/
Go on..click it, I know you want to!
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P.S Clark if you happen to see this post, you rock and deserve every award you get!
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