Clark Little was born in California but grew up surfing in Hawaii, becoming renowned for pioneering surfing huge shorebreak waves at Waimea Bay. In 2007, he began photographing the waves from within the surf after his wife requested a photo, finding a passion for capturing the power and beauty of shorebreak. Using his surfing experience and specialized waterproof camera equipment, Little now photographs waves as his career, spending several hours daily in the ocean at various North Shore spots in Hawaii.
The document describes the speaker's vacation plans and activities at the beach. They like to surf, lay in a hammock, visit the aquarium to see turtles and sharks, collect seashells, and build sandcastles. While at the beach, some people sunbathe and swim, though the speaker prefers to wear a life jacket since they are not a strong swimmer. They enjoy documenting their beach vacation by taking pictures.
This document discusses various facts about sharks, including that there are over 350 types of sharks, some can live up to 25 years, they have existed for over 300 million years, they are not mammals but animals, and their eyes are a weakness. Sharks also help keep water clean by eating dead animals and fish, which benefits other sea life.
The document discusses the author's passion for windsurfing. Some key points:
- The author discovered windsurfing through their parents who practiced it before they were born.
- Windsurfing involves a board, mast, sail, wishbone, and underwater rudder. Going faster requires closing the sail more but uses more stamina.
- Different types of windsurfing include formula racing, slalom, speed racing, freestyle, and wave windsurfing which involves jumps and tricks.
The document invites the recipient to a barbecue at the sender's rustic house near the Pacific ocean this weekend. It provides details about guest quarters, fishing equipment, and offers to arrange transportation via boat. It requests a response confirming attendance and the number of guests, and expresses disappointment but well-wishes if the recipient cannot make it.
Carnavalul de la Rio 2010 was the annual carnival celebration held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010. One of the highlights was a performance by the samba school Gavioes da Fiel, led by Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo. Thousands of spectators dressed in colorful costumes and masks watched the carnival parade.
AKiyoshi KITAOKA is a professor of psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in 1991. His research focuses on visual illusions, and in 2006 he won the L'Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize for his work on the rotating snakes illusion.
The document describes the speaker's vacation plans and activities at the beach. They like to surf, lay in a hammock, visit the aquarium to see turtles and sharks, collect seashells, and build sandcastles. While at the beach, some people sunbathe and swim, though the speaker prefers to wear a life jacket since they are not a strong swimmer. They enjoy documenting their beach vacation by taking pictures.
This document discusses various facts about sharks, including that there are over 350 types of sharks, some can live up to 25 years, they have existed for over 300 million years, they are not mammals but animals, and their eyes are a weakness. Sharks also help keep water clean by eating dead animals and fish, which benefits other sea life.
The document discusses the author's passion for windsurfing. Some key points:
- The author discovered windsurfing through their parents who practiced it before they were born.
- Windsurfing involves a board, mast, sail, wishbone, and underwater rudder. Going faster requires closing the sail more but uses more stamina.
- Different types of windsurfing include formula racing, slalom, speed racing, freestyle, and wave windsurfing which involves jumps and tricks.
The document invites the recipient to a barbecue at the sender's rustic house near the Pacific ocean this weekend. It provides details about guest quarters, fishing equipment, and offers to arrange transportation via boat. It requests a response confirming attendance and the number of guests, and expresses disappointment but well-wishes if the recipient cannot make it.
Carnavalul de la Rio 2010 was the annual carnival celebration held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010. One of the highlights was a performance by the samba school Gavioes da Fiel, led by Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo. Thousands of spectators dressed in colorful costumes and masks watched the carnival parade.
AKiyoshi KITAOKA is a professor of psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in 1991. His research focuses on visual illusions, and in 2006 he won the L'Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize for his work on the rotating snakes illusion.
The document outlines a pre-production plan for a surfing trailer. It will include footage from various locations in Thailand and the UK of underwater wildlife, surfing, and travel. Close and medium shots will be used to showcase details. Potential issues addressed include losing footage from phone damage, injury from waves or wildlife, and following a production schedule to edit and finalize the trailer over 3 weeks.
This document outlines Jack Scott's pre-production plan for a surfing trailer. The trailer will include footage from Thailand and the UK of underwater wildlife, travel scenes, and surfing. It is aimed at a wide audience including surfers, nature lovers, and photographers. Jack will film using his iPhone and appear in some clips. He has scheduled production over 5 weeks to film footage, edit clips into a story, add music, and finalize the trailer. Safety precautions are outlined for the ocean filming.
The document provides details about Jack Scott's pre-production process for a surfing trailer. It will include footage from underwater wildlife in Thailand and Scarborough, as well as scenes depicting Jack's journey. The trailer aims to appeal to both surfers and non-surfers by including beautiful natural scenery. It will feature shots of Jack both in and out of the water. His production schedule outlines the editing and finalization process over 4 weeks.
Laura Bombier is an experienced photographer who has spent over 20 years working in the industry. She specializes in underwater photography but also enjoys documenting her travels with Les Stroud to remote locations around the world. Her favorite photographs to take are of wildlife in rugged environments like Alaska and Argentina. Bombier shared some tips for outdoor photography in different conditions and cultures, such as bringing backup batteries, dark chocolate, and a travel espresso machine to keep her going. She discussed some of her challenging experiences photographing remote tribes in places like Papua New Guinea.
1) The document is a senior speech by Amber Regitschnig about learning white water kayaking, including dangerous mistakes made as a beginner and important safety lessons learned over time with guidance from facilitators.
2) Regitschnig discusses gaining experience on rivers like the Nantahala and Chattooga, learning rolls, braces, and other techniques through practice.
3) She hopes to get her instructor's license and teach kayaking at Columbus State University near the future world's largest white water park.
This document contains interviews with two surfers in Cornwall, UK - Shaun Kneebone (51) and Tara Glanfield (24). Both discuss learning to surf as teenagers and their continued passion for the sport. They find surfing provides exercise, quality time with friends, and an escape from stress. However, they note the unpredictable weather and cold conditions in the UK make surfing more challenging compared to warmer locales. Getting changed in and out of wetsuits in public places or the cold is particularly difficult.
This document discusses what is needed to go surfing, including different types of waves, surfboards, and accessories. The most important thing needed is waves, which come in all sizes from small to large. Recreational surfers prefer small waves. To enjoy the waves available, surfers need different boards and devices depending on conditions. Accessories like fins allow surfers to swim faster and catch waves earlier to ride the shoulder. Bodyboarding can be done in small waves and allows beginners and kids to enjoy riding waves. Fins, boards, and other gear help surfers have fun in the water even without large waves.
Bilgola Beach is a suburb located in northeast Sydney, Australia. It has a population of around 3,900 people. The main attractions are the beach and scenic views. Safety risks are minimal, with only potential drowning in the water. Local transportation is walking, as the suburb is only about 4km across. Swimming, surfing, and watching the sunset are popular activities to enjoy at Bilgola Beach.
This document provides various activities for students to engage in pirate-themed learning, including:
1) Sketching themselves as pirates and adding digital effects to self-portraits.
2) Creating maps of treasure locations and designing pirate flags and wanted posters.
3) Inventing codes of conduct for pirate crews and designing pirate ships.
4) Learning and performing a sea shanty, creating a pirate dictionary, and writing math problems and narratives about pirate life.
The document discusses surfing and trend spotting by drawing comparisons between the behaviors of surfers and those who watch trends. It notes that surfers carefully observe wave conditions rather than trying to control the waves, and they work together in groups despite the solitary nature of surfing. Similarly, trend spotters must observe social and cultural changes emerging from interactions rather than trying to dictate or predict trends from a place of expertise. Both activities cultivate awareness, reflexes, vision and an innovative perspective when approached with an open mind.
The document discusses surfing and trend spotting by drawing comparisons between the behaviors of surfers and those who watch trends. It notes that surfers carefully observe wave conditions rather than trying to control the waves, and they work together in groups despite the solitary nature of surfing. Similarly, trend spotters must observe social and cultural changes emerging from interactions rather than trying to dictate or predict trends from a place of expertise. Both activities cultivate awareness, reflexes, vision and an innovative perspective when approached with an open mind.
The document describes the fictional lost city of Atlantis, which has four seasons at once. It is possible to go skiing in the snowy mountains or to the sunny beaches where bikini-clad girls live in a commune. Accommodations include an underwater hotel in the ocean. Visitors can also experience the Amazon jungle and native culture or relax in the grassy mountains.
The document describes the fictional lost city of Atlantis, which has four seasons at once. It is possible to go skiing in the snowy mountains or to the nearby tropical beaches wearing flower bikinis. There is an underwater hotel in the middle of the sea with rare fish. Native Amazon people live a 2 hour trip from the hotel and will teach visitors their way of life if visitors adopt their clothing and do not bring outside items for a week. The north of the island has snowy mountains where people can ski and graze animals simultaneously.
Oceania Legasea is a mermaid who moves to land to start an independent legacy. She struggles at first but works hard as an EMT and nurse. She meets and falls in love with Song Del Mar, a water sprite. After saving money and advancing her career to a surgeon, Oceania has a son named Caspian with Song. She gets pregnant again as she cares for Caspian and awaits the birth of her second child.
The document summarizes an underwater film called Oceans for Pathi that took 4 years and £45 million to produce. It used various filming techniques like remote controlled mini helicopters, divers with cameras, and cameras dragged behind boats. Over 500 hours of footage was recorded of 80 species of marine life in 50 locations worldwide. The film aims to tell the story of the oceans in a magical way, showing dolphins, whales, fish and other sea creatures from new intimate perspectives.
The document provides 10 tips for beach photography. It suggests looking for focal points within beach landscapes to make them more interesting. It also recommends timing your photos for the early morning or evening for better lighting. Maintaining a level horizon and using a polarizing filter, spot metering, or bracketing exposures can improve beach photos in challenging lighting conditions. Converting colorful beach photos to black and white is also presented as a technique for changing the mood.
Do you know how to swim? If yes, then this summer have fun and impress yourself as well as everyone else with these crazy cool water sports, which are easy-to-learn even for absolute beginners. You might ask: “Why water sports?” Well, there are several motivating reasons for being on, in and under water and for loving it. Apart from the adrenaline rush while getting toned and tanned, the key benefits of water sports can be summarized as improved mental health, increased bone density, prevention of heart disease and diabetes, providing a natural treatment against arthritis, enhanced metabolism of the body, as well as ensuring that you can stay rejuvenated throughout the day. One thing is for sure: water sports are always fun-filled.
The document is a collection of rhetorical questions that highlight how suffering, difficulties, mistakes and problems in life help people learn to depend on God and appreciate God's role as a comforter, healer, deliverer, forgiver and problem solver. It suggests that without ever experiencing pain, sadness, troubles or suffering, people would not understand God's love and role in their lives. The questions are meant to convey that hardship and adversity help people grow closer to God and pure.
This document provides a timeline of artists and their works related to depictions of the Nativity from the 13th century to the early 20th century. It includes over 100 entries listing the artist's name, dates of life, and in some cases the title and date of a specific Nativity-related work. The entries are grouped into sections on general Nativity scenes, Adoration of the Shepherds, and Adoration of the Magi. Major artists represented include Giotto, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Murillo, and Blake among many others from different periods and locations in Europe.
The document contains the titles of over 60 paintings by artist Margaret Kent. It also includes a short biography where the artist explains that her paintings are an emotional response to her subjects and are meant to invoke the same emotions in the viewer as she experienced. She aims to allow the viewer to understand her thought process through her rendering of the subject. The document concludes with music credits.
The pictures were taken in September of 2008 and 2010. In 2010, it was rainy when the photographs were captured. The photos were taken by Viorica Munteanu.
The document outlines a pre-production plan for a surfing trailer. It will include footage from various locations in Thailand and the UK of underwater wildlife, surfing, and travel. Close and medium shots will be used to showcase details. Potential issues addressed include losing footage from phone damage, injury from waves or wildlife, and following a production schedule to edit and finalize the trailer over 3 weeks.
This document outlines Jack Scott's pre-production plan for a surfing trailer. The trailer will include footage from Thailand and the UK of underwater wildlife, travel scenes, and surfing. It is aimed at a wide audience including surfers, nature lovers, and photographers. Jack will film using his iPhone and appear in some clips. He has scheduled production over 5 weeks to film footage, edit clips into a story, add music, and finalize the trailer. Safety precautions are outlined for the ocean filming.
The document provides details about Jack Scott's pre-production process for a surfing trailer. It will include footage from underwater wildlife in Thailand and Scarborough, as well as scenes depicting Jack's journey. The trailer aims to appeal to both surfers and non-surfers by including beautiful natural scenery. It will feature shots of Jack both in and out of the water. His production schedule outlines the editing and finalization process over 4 weeks.
Laura Bombier is an experienced photographer who has spent over 20 years working in the industry. She specializes in underwater photography but also enjoys documenting her travels with Les Stroud to remote locations around the world. Her favorite photographs to take are of wildlife in rugged environments like Alaska and Argentina. Bombier shared some tips for outdoor photography in different conditions and cultures, such as bringing backup batteries, dark chocolate, and a travel espresso machine to keep her going. She discussed some of her challenging experiences photographing remote tribes in places like Papua New Guinea.
1) The document is a senior speech by Amber Regitschnig about learning white water kayaking, including dangerous mistakes made as a beginner and important safety lessons learned over time with guidance from facilitators.
2) Regitschnig discusses gaining experience on rivers like the Nantahala and Chattooga, learning rolls, braces, and other techniques through practice.
3) She hopes to get her instructor's license and teach kayaking at Columbus State University near the future world's largest white water park.
This document contains interviews with two surfers in Cornwall, UK - Shaun Kneebone (51) and Tara Glanfield (24). Both discuss learning to surf as teenagers and their continued passion for the sport. They find surfing provides exercise, quality time with friends, and an escape from stress. However, they note the unpredictable weather and cold conditions in the UK make surfing more challenging compared to warmer locales. Getting changed in and out of wetsuits in public places or the cold is particularly difficult.
This document discusses what is needed to go surfing, including different types of waves, surfboards, and accessories. The most important thing needed is waves, which come in all sizes from small to large. Recreational surfers prefer small waves. To enjoy the waves available, surfers need different boards and devices depending on conditions. Accessories like fins allow surfers to swim faster and catch waves earlier to ride the shoulder. Bodyboarding can be done in small waves and allows beginners and kids to enjoy riding waves. Fins, boards, and other gear help surfers have fun in the water even without large waves.
Bilgola Beach is a suburb located in northeast Sydney, Australia. It has a population of around 3,900 people. The main attractions are the beach and scenic views. Safety risks are minimal, with only potential drowning in the water. Local transportation is walking, as the suburb is only about 4km across. Swimming, surfing, and watching the sunset are popular activities to enjoy at Bilgola Beach.
This document provides various activities for students to engage in pirate-themed learning, including:
1) Sketching themselves as pirates and adding digital effects to self-portraits.
2) Creating maps of treasure locations and designing pirate flags and wanted posters.
3) Inventing codes of conduct for pirate crews and designing pirate ships.
4) Learning and performing a sea shanty, creating a pirate dictionary, and writing math problems and narratives about pirate life.
The document discusses surfing and trend spotting by drawing comparisons between the behaviors of surfers and those who watch trends. It notes that surfers carefully observe wave conditions rather than trying to control the waves, and they work together in groups despite the solitary nature of surfing. Similarly, trend spotters must observe social and cultural changes emerging from interactions rather than trying to dictate or predict trends from a place of expertise. Both activities cultivate awareness, reflexes, vision and an innovative perspective when approached with an open mind.
The document discusses surfing and trend spotting by drawing comparisons between the behaviors of surfers and those who watch trends. It notes that surfers carefully observe wave conditions rather than trying to control the waves, and they work together in groups despite the solitary nature of surfing. Similarly, trend spotters must observe social and cultural changes emerging from interactions rather than trying to dictate or predict trends from a place of expertise. Both activities cultivate awareness, reflexes, vision and an innovative perspective when approached with an open mind.
The document describes the fictional lost city of Atlantis, which has four seasons at once. It is possible to go skiing in the snowy mountains or to the sunny beaches where bikini-clad girls live in a commune. Accommodations include an underwater hotel in the ocean. Visitors can also experience the Amazon jungle and native culture or relax in the grassy mountains.
The document describes the fictional lost city of Atlantis, which has four seasons at once. It is possible to go skiing in the snowy mountains or to the nearby tropical beaches wearing flower bikinis. There is an underwater hotel in the middle of the sea with rare fish. Native Amazon people live a 2 hour trip from the hotel and will teach visitors their way of life if visitors adopt their clothing and do not bring outside items for a week. The north of the island has snowy mountains where people can ski and graze animals simultaneously.
Oceania Legasea is a mermaid who moves to land to start an independent legacy. She struggles at first but works hard as an EMT and nurse. She meets and falls in love with Song Del Mar, a water sprite. After saving money and advancing her career to a surgeon, Oceania has a son named Caspian with Song. She gets pregnant again as she cares for Caspian and awaits the birth of her second child.
The document summarizes an underwater film called Oceans for Pathi that took 4 years and £45 million to produce. It used various filming techniques like remote controlled mini helicopters, divers with cameras, and cameras dragged behind boats. Over 500 hours of footage was recorded of 80 species of marine life in 50 locations worldwide. The film aims to tell the story of the oceans in a magical way, showing dolphins, whales, fish and other sea creatures from new intimate perspectives.
The document provides 10 tips for beach photography. It suggests looking for focal points within beach landscapes to make them more interesting. It also recommends timing your photos for the early morning or evening for better lighting. Maintaining a level horizon and using a polarizing filter, spot metering, or bracketing exposures can improve beach photos in challenging lighting conditions. Converting colorful beach photos to black and white is also presented as a technique for changing the mood.
Do you know how to swim? If yes, then this summer have fun and impress yourself as well as everyone else with these crazy cool water sports, which are easy-to-learn even for absolute beginners. You might ask: “Why water sports?” Well, there are several motivating reasons for being on, in and under water and for loving it. Apart from the adrenaline rush while getting toned and tanned, the key benefits of water sports can be summarized as improved mental health, increased bone density, prevention of heart disease and diabetes, providing a natural treatment against arthritis, enhanced metabolism of the body, as well as ensuring that you can stay rejuvenated throughout the day. One thing is for sure: water sports are always fun-filled.
The document is a collection of rhetorical questions that highlight how suffering, difficulties, mistakes and problems in life help people learn to depend on God and appreciate God's role as a comforter, healer, deliverer, forgiver and problem solver. It suggests that without ever experiencing pain, sadness, troubles or suffering, people would not understand God's love and role in their lives. The questions are meant to convey that hardship and adversity help people grow closer to God and pure.
This document provides a timeline of artists and their works related to depictions of the Nativity from the 13th century to the early 20th century. It includes over 100 entries listing the artist's name, dates of life, and in some cases the title and date of a specific Nativity-related work. The entries are grouped into sections on general Nativity scenes, Adoration of the Shepherds, and Adoration of the Magi. Major artists represented include Giotto, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Murillo, and Blake among many others from different periods and locations in Europe.
The document contains the titles of over 60 paintings by artist Margaret Kent. It also includes a short biography where the artist explains that her paintings are an emotional response to her subjects and are meant to invoke the same emotions in the viewer as she experienced. She aims to allow the viewer to understand her thought process through her rendering of the subject. The document concludes with music credits.
The pictures were taken in September of 2008 and 2010. In 2010, it was rainy when the photographs were captured. The photos were taken by Viorica Munteanu.
Automatic is a company that develops advanced artificial intelligence technologies. They aim to build AI systems that are helpful, harmless, and honest using techniques like constitutional AI. Automatic's goal is to ensure AI has a positive impact on humanity as the technology continues to progress and become more widely used.
Alexei Antonov is an artist who was born in Russia in 1957 and has studied art in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Italy. He has been living in the US since 1990 where he promotes the Ecology of Culture through his visual artworks. His main goal is to reestablish the link between technology/industry and beauty/grace through his classical oil paintings and drawings.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is located in Cork City, Ireland. It was constructed in the mid-19th century to accommodate the growing Catholic population in the city. Designed by London architect Edward Welby Pugin and Irish architect George Ashlin, the church was built between 1859 and 1866 in the neo-Gothic style. The church features include a 36 ton marble altar referencing the crucifixion, a decorated apse with stained glass windows of saints, and a pulpit and confessionals carved from Russian oak.
The rock located under the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem holds great significance for Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahá'í Faith according to religious traditions and scriptures. It is believed to be the site where Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac, where both Jewish temples once stood, and where Muhammad ascended to heaven in Islamic tradition. The rock's importance has led to ongoing religious and political disputes over its ownership and use.
Nyiragongo crater - journey to the center of the worldViorica Munteanu
A team of scientists and explorers embarked on an expedition to walk on the shores of Nyiragongo Crater's lava lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest lava lake in the world. After extensive training and preparation, they established a base camp 400 feet above the lava lake. Expedition members made multiple descents to collect gas samples and take measurements in order to better understand the volcano's activity and predict future eruptions, with the goal of reaching the rim of the lava lake, which no one had survived before. During their close encounters with the lava, they had to take precautions against heat and gases, communicating by radio to stay safe in the dynamic conditions.
This document features images and descriptions of various scenic locations in the state of Kerala, India. It highlights natural attractions like waterfalls such as Athirappilli and Manalar waterfalls. It also features plantation areas like the tea gardens of Munnar and forests like Chinnar. Beaches along the coast of Kerala including Varkkala Papanasam beach and views of the backwaters in Alleppey are presented. Golden sand beaches and rolling waves on the Kerala coast are also depicted.
The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in southern Chile erupted on Saturday, spewing ash up to six miles high and forcing the evacuation of 3,500 people. Winds carried the thick ash plume as far as 62 miles away to the town of San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina, coating it in grey ash and sulfur fumes. The eruption prompted the closure of borders between Chile and Argentina and warnings for local residents to remain indoors due to the heavy ashfall.
Kerala is a state located on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. It is known for its diverse geography and extensive greenery. The state has a narrow fertile coastal strip sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, with a long coastline that has encouraged contact with other parts of the world. Houseboats are a unique feature of the state, allowing visitors to explore the extensive network of lakes and canals known as backwaters while enjoying local cuisine and culture.
The document contains a series of aerial photographs of buildings, landmarks, and infrastructure in New York City, including:
- Office and residential buildings in Manhattan's financial district.
- Views of Lower Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, and Central Park.
- Landmarks like the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and United Nations Headquarters.
- Infrastructure like the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges.
1. http://www.clarklittlephotography.com/bio.php Clark Little was born in Napa, California in 1968. Two years later, a move to the North Shore of Oahu (Hawaii) dramatically changed his future. In the 80’s and 90’s he made his name as a pioneer of surfing at the Waimea Bay shorebreak. Clark had a unique talent for taking off on hopeless closeout shorebreak waves and surviving in one piece. Click to advance
3. In 2007, Clark discovered his ability and passion to capture the extraordinary beauty of the shorebreak when his wife asked him for a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. With his shorebreak surfing experience in mind, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the ocean, and starting snapping away recording the beauty and power of Hawaiian waves for all to enjoy. “Clark’s view” is a unique view of the waves from the inside out that most people would only be able to experience safely on land while viewing one of Clark’s photos. With several camera upgrades, new underwater housings and a compulsion to get that better shot, photography has become his career and the ocean has become his office.
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51. You're a surfer who has gained fame as a photographer—what exactly is your background? I've been on Oahu's North Shore for over thirty years—so I'm kind of raised here on the shore and in the Waimea Bay shorebreak. I've surfed the shorebreak off and on for years, and the love and joy for the oceans has always been with me. So, a couple years ago—maybe two and a half years ago—I decided to bring a camera. My wife wanted a picture for the house and I went and did it. What I do when I go out is use my surfing experience with the camera. There's a photo of you inside this overhead barrel and you're kind of just standing there, with camera in a hard casing with a dome for the lens and a handle on the bottom. Why do people use that setup in the water?
52. I preset everything before I go out in the water. When you're out there and the big waves are coming in you don't have time to look through a hole and be fiddling with things. You just point and shoot—once you have that sweet spot on all the settings it's pretty much keeping the drops from the dome. It's a matter of being in the right place at the right time. That's where the knowledge comes in, so you can get into the most gnarliest impact zone as possible but you don't get hammered. For the most part, I try to stake out the back. I get doughnuts and get beat-up sometimes for sure, but at the same time I love to be in there and feel the thunder and the bass and the turbulence. It's pretty cool. Mother nature has a lot of beautiful things to offer. It can get scary also—don't get me wrong—but the ocean is my comfort zone fortunately, and I want to be out there. It's not like I have to be out there, but I want to be out in the ocean, you know?
53. When you've got a camera in your hand and a big wave is coming, explain what your body does. What do you do with your body to make sure that you don't lose your camera and you don't get hurt? First of all you get a good breath. It's just anticipating. If I'm standing knee deep and a ten-foot wave is coming in, I'm actually going towards the beach because it's sucking me out. You want to get in towards shore because you don't want to miss the wave. If you get sucked out, sometimes it's past the wave. You want to be in the impact zone, so you're going the other way, knowing kind of where it's going to break for the most part—you're anticipating the sweet spot. And so you're going the other way, and right when it breaks, you're going to pull the trigger and try to get as many frames of that gnarliest barrel shot as possible. Of course after it breaks, for the most part, you try to sneak out the back of the wave.
54. You're wearing fins? Yeah you're wearing fins for sure. That's my life vest to be honest. I wouldn't go anywhere without swim fins. Is that because you have to carry a camera in your hands, so you can't be paddling? Yeah, the camera definitely is not light. It's a chunk. When the waves are big, you forget about it, believe it or not. When you're rocking and the waves are huge and you're excited, you don't even know. It's like instinct, the hand goes up and click click click, and down and back and behind the wave, it turns in to an instinctive kind of thing.
55. Sometimes I run up and down the shore to get into position to get those weird ones that break right on the sand. For those I don't wear fins because I gotta be fast—move in, move out. You get toasted every time you get the ones that are on the dry sand because there's no way out, you can't really get out the back of them. You just have to roll with it up the beach 30 feet or 40 feet. Without giving away your secrets, can you tell us about your camera and your settings? I use a Nikon D3 with a 16mm fisheye lens, and then I also use a D200 and D300 with a 10.5mm lens. I preset the focus—there's like a sweet spot on that. Depth of field is insane with that setup, so, pretty much everyone else can figure out the rest of it.
56. I'd like to see you with a Canon 5D Mark II and get some video to be honest. There's also the Nikon D300s. I could use my same waterproof housing and lenses and go out there and get some footage, I don't know what 24fps would look like, but at least we could get an idea with this new camera. All right so, just imagine you've got this buddy with no experience. How does someone with a point-and-shoot camera take pictures of waves? For me with experience it's different, but for the inexperienced, to start off I would just go with like a little SD Canon and a little underwater housing that costs around $150. [Ed. note: You can also buy one of the new waterproof point-and-shoots from Pentax, Canon, Panasonic or Olympus.] You definitely gotta know how to swim, and you gotta have swim fins. You obviously gotta know your limits.
57. Be familiar with the ocean. Watch the waves prior to going out for at least 20 to 30 minutes, because sometimes there will be lulls or periods when there are no sets and then out of the blue a big 6 to 8 foot wave can come in and clean house. So you have to respect the Mother Nature, that's huge. Once you get out there, you just give it a whirl and try to take some images. You gotta keep the lens clear, the front of the case. You can use Rain-X or you can spit on it. There are different methods that people use to keep it clear. How many hours a week do you shoot? It all depends—when the waves are good I'll go out for a five-hour session and pretty much be fried all day. Or I'll even do two two-hour sessions. On average, I would say at least a couple hours a day. When it's good, I'm out there five hours.
58. Are you hunting waves the way surfers hunt waves? Going to places looking for hidden breaks? I have a couple spots that I'll call secret. There are maybe one or two guys that have found them. In general, I'm lucky to get everything right here in my home, and when I'm home shooting big Waimea shorebreaks or Waikiki shorebreaks, for the most part I'm by myself, which is good. A lot of photographers don't want to get into the big shorebreaks and shoot waves. So I'm lucky in that aspect and I can just feel the motion of the ocean and play. It's like a playground for me. I'm like a kid in candy store, just having fun getting these images and coming home and looking at them and then sharing them with the world. It's hopefully a win-win situation and, besides my family, it's my joy.
59. Some people are painters, and they paint—it's cool and it's amazing and their talents are awesome. But it's kind of neat to add that extreme factor to the art, trying to capture the art of the wave. I enjoy the power and beauty of the thick bombs that roll through. Now I can capture some of those heavy moments without getting slammed. Well, most of the time. - Clark Little From: http://www.kijo.co.uk/gadget-news/ask-a-pro-clark-little-on-photographing-waves-ask-a-pro