How Surf Photographer Jeff Flindt Shoots the Curl!
Surf photographer Jeff Flindt, Senior Staff Photographer for Surfing Magazine, has the bummer job of traveling all over the globe getting shots like you see here. He sent these over today with some notes about how he shot them. As you read them imagine that you’re behind the shutter of each:
This photo was shot at Pipeline photo in 2008, but seems like yesterday. Canon Mark III 1D with 16-35mm 2.8L probably set at 29mm. Shutter speed was 1/2000 (for action) and F/4 ISO 200. It’s about 1/2 – 2/3 stop overexposed to expose to the right. I like exposing to the right with raw files. I never shoot jpegs, never with my professional cameras. I am forced to shoot jpegs with my iPhone 4 though. =)
This picture in the Galapagos is one of those shots that not everyone is going to get. This was while we were surfing the islands of the Galapago and the surfer was waiting for a set wave.
Both are shot with a hand made custom water housing to fit my camera.
The sea lions had no fear of us, it was actually fun, they reminded me of puppy dogs. Very playful and curious. This is another shot that I exposed to the right. I had to slow the shutter speed down to bring in more light because the sea lions are pretty dark and you start to lose a lot of light as you go under water. This was shot at 1/125 F/6.3 ISO200 Raw, with my Canon Mark III 1D 16-35mm 2.8L
Now that you’re envious of him, be sure to check out Jeff’s site on his Facebook and follow him on Twitter. Who knows, maybe some warm island breeze will come your way.