The latest news from Sydney-based photographer Richard McGibbon as he travels up and down the East coast of Australia covering athletes on adventures and high-action sports events and races.
The swell came in again to Narrabeen Beach on Sydney’s Northern beaches. Big, hollow waves brought out surfers out again. These shots were taken on Tuesday morning so although there was a few people out the working day kept the crowds away.
I went for a bit of a shoot at Oxford Falls on Sydney’s Northern Beaches today. It’s quite a tricky place to shoot at due to the mixed lighting conditions, strong sunlight filtering through the trees makes everything heavily contrasted. If you are lucky though you can find spots where the sunlight will work well to light the rider. A little bit of flash to separate the rider from the background and these are the results.
A big thanks to Josh from walking up and down for me all day.
I spent this morning up shooting dirt jumping at Castle Cove again. This week the big line was up and running again so I concentrated on shooting that. I’ve tried to include a shot or two from everyone. Hope I haven’t missed anyone. The thing about shooting at a new place is that when the shoot is over I always end up leaving with plenty of new angles and shots to think about. Guess I shall just have to go back again when I next get the chance.
A few shots from a short shoot at Castle Cove dirt jumps on the weekend. These were just really a bit of a test run for next weekend. I used a very lazy light set-up by just throwing a couple of flashes on the ground and pointing them up. Not optimal but I quite like the way a couple of them turned out.
Next week I am hoping to shoot the big kickers and spend a bit more time getting things set.
The morning brought with it smooth hollow waves. I spent the first couple of hours shooting again at Marquesas at Narrabeen. It was a beautiful sunrise with only a couple of clouds on the horizon, a nice change after all the rain over the last few days.
Marquesas can be a quite heavy shore break and a couple of people have come out of the water with snapped boards over the last couple of days but for those that pull it off the rewards can be great. In case you missed yesterdays post you can find the shots here
Recent storms have whipped up a solid swell here in Sydney. I got down to Marqesas at Narrabeen Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and got a few shots done. The light conditions was quite variable. It was grey when I first got there but right at sunset a beautiful golden light shone through for a few minutes. I tried to keep shooting after sunset but it got dark quite quickly I’m hoping to get down there also early tomorrow morning and pick up the sunrise with a nice swell. Hopefully there will be plenty of people out surfing..
