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The Chronicles of a photographer

 

I am a freelance photographer living in Southern California. I don't think there is a better feeling on the planet than traveling to another country, exploring it, & documenting life with my camera.

 

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls & interesting people. Forget yourself." - Henry Miller

The Wedge, Newport Beach, CA

18 ft monsters rolling in at the Wedge (breaking in about 5 to 7 ft of water) Does this wave come with its own Pantera song?

~dw

Tilt shift & roller derby

I was just messing around with photoshop on a few roller derby pics I took.

~dw

Bring it on home

Love this.

~dw

New roller derby video

I made another roller derby video. Bout was in San Diego. Lots of good hits.

Tornado off Huntington Beach pier

I found this picture yesterday & I’m wondering if its real or not. If it is, its pretty cool- this is normally where I shoot surf photography/video. Its the Huntington Beach pier in Huntington Beach Ca. Damn, I wish I was there while this tornado was zipping around. Think of all the severe storm footage I miss rotting in a warm, cozy office.

So now we got earthquakes and now tornados. What’s next? Locusts?

~dw

Kyoto, Japan

I wanted to have a Sapporo under that beautiful tree.

Instead, I took a picture.

~dw

Surfing video- Huntington Beach, CA

I’ve been a machine lately- shooting HD vid until the fingers begin to bleed a bit. Hah. Love every second of it.

I made another vid- this time a surfing vid from Huntington Beach.

~dw

OC Rollergirls

Here’s the Jan 9th OC Rollergirl movie I made.

I love Bukowski

One of those rare youtube finds that is just pure genius.

~dw

More tilt shift

Here are some more tilt shift photos. I took this in ‘09 at the Hurley Open in Huntington Beach, CA:

~dw