white horses equinox...

After the success of last year's "Winterfell" issue, the team at White Horses this year proposed another timeline based project, this time surrounding the Equinox. The Equinox is essentially the day in the year when there are approximately equal hours of day and night...

Unfortunately, the forces of nature did not conspire to produce much in the way of waves, but they sure did produce some beautiful scenes! Here's what I shot during the 100 hours surrounding the autumn Equinox...

 Tall ships...

 Lion Island...

 Little point reelers...

 Pride...

 Sky fire...

 Light writing...

 Trumped by nature again...

Road to nowhere...

the first day of winter...

On the 1st of June this year, I took part in a project working towards a concept magazine for the publication White Horses. As it was to be the first day of winter the idea of editor Gra Murdoch was to gather stories and imagery from his contributors around the world with the hope that the day would provide enough gold for a strong feature...

As it turned out, such were the quality of submissions, the project soon took over the issue, and in early September, White Horses sixth issue "Winterfell" hit the shelves, jam packed with pictures and words from the first day of winter, 2013...

I had a couple of photos make the cut (see previous blog post, here) but thought I would scribble a post on MY day, from start to finish... It was spontaneous, adventurous and fun filled from start to finish, time spent with old friends, new friends and best friends... Sweet life...

 6:37am

Having arrived from the UK less than a week ago, early starts have become the norm for my girl Lucy as the effects of jetlag cling to her bewildered body clock. Though the ripples in Broken Bay were barely rideable, the fireworks in the sky made it a memorable morning.

 8:11am

There’s not too many better ways to start a day, after an early morning paddle, than with a large pot of black gold and a well-filled omlette. Now you see it, now you don’t!

 11:11am

A weekend road trip adventure to Woolongong was decided upon to make the most of welcoming winter. Stopping briefly along Botany Bay to let the dog stretch her legs, I couldn’t help but ponder the incredible view first time visitors to Sydney are afforded as I watched plane after plane touching down from the south east. Welcome to Australia!

 11:15am

Grab the missus, man’s best friend, pack a board and hit the road. What better way to get winter underway?

 2:44pm

After grabbing some lunch in the ‘Gong, we swung by “Stoke Factory” (the ware/halfway house of Zion, Iamnone and Stoke Machine) to catch up with a couple of friends and have a shred on the megafun miniramp! Tom Rigby taking a break from the stock room with a front tail and a fakie 5-0. 

3:30pm to 5:00pm

A small swell and regular rain couldn’t stop the smiles at The Farm. What better way to catch up with friends (and make a couple of new ones) than to share a couple of spillers in the incredible surrounds of one of Australia’s beautiful national parks? Cheers for the good vibes Jase Finlay and Peter Hopkins!

white horses - winterfell in print

I was super stoked to see a couple of images make the cut for White Horses "Winterfell" issue which hit shelves recently... The idea behind the mag was to gather stories and imagery from contributors the world over of their adventures and activities on Saturday June 1st, the first day of winter.

The end result is pretty special, combining the talents of 68 photographers and 46 writers. An incredible effort and something Head Horse Gra Murdoch should be very proud of! 

Go grab a copy of the mag here... 

Below is the cover, shot by Ed Sloane and my two full page shots... 

I'm going to follow this up with a more comprehensive blog post from the first day of winter, start to finish! Watch this space...

It's all about the light...

A golden background for some golden humans...

The early bird catches the sunrise of the year! My lovely lady Lucy gets her first surf photo in print, making the 530am wake up worthwhile! x