Adrian

Hi Guys n gals. I'm Adrian (name meaning man of the sea apparently how did my parents know?), from West Wales in the UK. First and foremost I'm a surfer, second a photographer. I've been taking surf pix for years, but I'm now taking the brave/foolish step of trying to earn some income from it. I've upgraded my kit to a Nikon D300 for land based pix, but as I've never ventured into the sea with a camera, wasn't quite ready to take the full step of getting a housing for my land based gear, so went down the DX1G route to test the water, and upgrade in the future if it works out. My local breaks are pretty heavy set-ups, so I'm a leeeetle bit nervous of taking the camera gear out, I'll let you know if it survives, as long as I do ;-)

The local leisure centres have asked me to take some underwater shots in the swimming pools as well, water babies etc. Should be fun! If any of you have any experience or advice you'd like to pass on in any (water based ;-) )environment, I'm willing to listen!

Did I mention that the ocean temperature over here has dropped to 5 degrees C? I just thought you should know that, having browsed all those wonderful shots from the Maldives etc.....

Hi Guys, I'm a surfer/surf photographer and I've been shooting land based surf photo's for a while, over here in the UK. I've recently purchased a Sea&Sea DX1G to try my hand at water based surf photography. Just wanted to try it out before shelling out for the expensive gear for my dSLR! My problem is this. The majority of breaks I surf are heavy beach breaks. There is no channel to paddle out in, no point to jump off into the water, and no jet-ski's to get me outback. So I'll have to pay my dues duck-diving with everyone else. I was planning to leash my camera to me with a body-board wrist leash, but any ideas for a waist-pack or similar style harness that can hold the camera while i'm paddling out? Trying to duck dive while holding a camera seems like a recipe for disaster? I've been looking for ages on the net and can't seem to find anything suitable to keep my hands free on the long paddle out. Any suggestions would be really appreciated!