Surf Photography
Padang Padang in Bali is a rare gem. It looks like it could be breaking this week. I love to shoot here as much as Sean Moody likes to pull in.
As the winter solstice and the holidays approach, I thought we could all use a warm summer wave (even if you live on the other side of the equator you can always use a warm wave). This one is courtesy of one of my favorite places to shoot – Padang Padang. I remember I was [...]
You may have seen this shot in Surfer Mag’s ’50 greatest Surfers’ issue. I would have been stoked to have it in their mag, but they never gave me the courtesy to tell me, used it in the mag without photo credit and tried to get away without paying me! They also didn’t identify Jimbo [...]
I have been going through my archive of surf images lately in hopes of someday getting it all online. It is a long process. Lately, I have been working through the Bali section and keep finding some epic images that I forgot about. This shot is just an average line up photo taken from the [...]
Yes, this is Jessica Simpson getting shacked off her head at Padang Padang! Is it real? Ok course not, but through the power of Photoshop you too can pull into the gnarliest barrels and make the most incredible Waimea drops! We are now offering ‘Fun Photos’ with some of our best wave shots and you [...]
This is a pulled back view of the stage I am working on at the Studio. I find a lot of times I get really obsessed with the close up and need to get further back and away from all the action to really capture what is going on. This goes for everything from surf [...]
Holy smokes, I forgot to post a session from Padang Padang that I shot right before I left. It got mixed up with some stock that I was working on and when I got a chance to go through it I found some good stuff from June 28, 2008- See it here! The attached shot [...]
Padang Padang from June 17, 2008 is now online and ready for your perusal! Yes the long anticipated first new SickShot gallery is up and running with some amazing new features. The first thing you will notice is that the website has a clean new look from start to finish. It took a long time, [...]
Timed it with the low tide today and managed to get a few shots of the small crowd pulling into the green room. Yes, it was small, but fun and about the day of the year anywhere else in the world. Just another reminder. I am returning to LA in a few days and [...]
Every time I write the blog it is late at night and I just want to go to bed! I have been up every morning at the Dawn patrol surfing with my wife and then the evenings have been spent swimming on the Bukit taking photos. Tonight was pretty special. The swell was clean and [...]
Hey everyone and thanks for checking in to SickShots. We had a good day for surf around Bali again with head high waves and bigger sets. My wife and I had a beachy surf at our favorite ‘secret spot’ and took turns watching our son who was much more interested in the kites! Here is [...]
The swell dropped, but we still had overhead waves with bigger sets out here on the Bukit Peninsula. Looks like tomorrow will drop off again, but another swell will fill in by Friday/Saturday to keep us in good surf! I swam for a few hours during mid day and got some nice wide angle water [...]
How thick is this one? We had some good waves at Padang Padang today, so Uluwatu must have been firing with some bombs! Some of the Pros were out including Local Rizal Tanjung and WCT top 10 Taj Burrow. There were double overhead waves and I shot from the bodyboard and swam the evening with [...]
The SickShots blog is written by Dave Collyer and features his photographs. It covers his favorite topics of Surfing, Travel, Photography and Life. Dave has taken more shots in the Mentawai Islands than anyone and can be hired for your surf charter or for your surf trip anywhere in the world. He also shoots weddings and portraits in his studio or on location. Dave maintains a huge image archive online of his best work. When he is not on assignment he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
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