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I took this shot in the middle of the night with a flash light and my camera's pop up flash (before I had a flash housing). The image was not touched up or photo shopped in any way. The fire looking stuff on the right side of the image is actually the street lamps in the parking lot, the camera was moving so much (slow shutter) and it created this effect. I thought it was pretty cool since the wave was in focus. Image: Croman
There are so many great surf photographers in Hawaii that the competition is very high. I try to separate myself from the rest by using the slow shutter speed technique that you see here. I want people to see a beautiful wave in motion or a surfer on a wave and interpret their movement with your mind rather than your eyes. Further, I want people to associate these photos with my style. As tough as nailing a good slow shutter speed image is, in my opinion, I would rather risk not getting a shot than miss out on a good one done correctly.
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