Surfing in Vietnam - Article from Foam Symmetry

Just over a year ago Foam Symmetry published their first issue and I was lucky enough to be a part of the launch issue, a magazine which has gone from being sold at select surf stores to now being sold in newsagencies all around. The magazine is great, its a great mix of surfing and travel, but the look and feel of the magazine is what sets it apart. It prides itself on great design and stunning photography. Issue one was great, but 12 months down the track and the magazine is just getting better and better!

So i finally got around to getting the pdfs of the pages of issue one that i shot an article for. It was luck that mine and Jordy's (the author of the article) paths crossed in Vietnam, as he was supposed to be doing an article but his photographer bailed on him, and lucky we ran into each other.

I wasn't exactly well equipped for surfing photography, no housing, and my longest zoom was 105mm, so i spent a lot of the time chest deep in the sea with my camera wrapped in a plastic bag. In the end though it was great fun and travelling with Jordy was an adventure and we had a ball. Vietnam is a brilliant country and I can not wait to get back there!

Josh and Tip's Music Inspired Wedding

I met Josh at the end of last year when shooting an event he was having, and not long after the event he asked me to shoot his wedding in 9 months time, which came around stupidly fast! When Josh asked me I jumped at the chance as he was a fun, laid back guy and I knew a guy like this would have a lady just like him, and these kind of people are always great fun to shoot with!

So the date came around and I got ready for their big day. Being the nice chilled couple they were, their instructions, get photos however you want and think will work, and edit them (majority) in a vintage feel (which was nice as most other clients I have had want a huge mix of vintage, vibrant, bright, dull, contrasty etc). Simple instructions, should be a walk in the park, and it was that indeed, a walk in McKell Park in Darling Point, Sydney.

The car was a stunning old Merc belonging to ,best man. The ceremony was intimate with some very clever written readings, the sun was shining and most of all the happy couple were smiling! After the ceremony and an hour or so taking some snaps, we ventured to Verdi where the reception kicked off, and from what I heard, went well into the night!