Brendon O'Hagan » swimming

“Cold and very wet water”

brendon — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:25:06 +0000

one of the jobs I have done lately ¬†(and another favorite client) is Surf lifesaving New Zealand . A few weeks back we shot a few picture for a new manual . Surf life saving ¬†the service will start using jet skis a cross the country , to use alongside there IRB ¬†boats .

I have great admiration for these guys they do a great job during the summer and have to deal with more than there fair share of idiots ¬†.

most of the pictures where shot with a canon 500mm and a 1.4 convertor ¬†on a 7d (a a few with the canon 1 d ¬†mark4) ¬†giving me a lens of 1120mm lens which was still on the limit as the waves where a bit further out the assignment was ¬†shot in one of the two locations , with this one being in Muriwai in Auckland ¬†on a good surf day .

wet shoots for Blue Seventy

brendon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:25:46 +0000

A few months back I did a shoot for Blue Seventy , who make Hi end wetsuits , they are one of my favorite Clients and have worked with them for the past 5 years or so . they do great ads and use pictures really well and it always great when you get sent the finished ad that had run in mags all around the world .

here is a sample of two ads from the last shoot with a few more ads still to come ¬†still to come

Huge Bugs and wetsuits

brendon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:48:24 +0000

Have just finished ¬†shooting a job in Thailand on the island of Krabi for a client . was a very hot and sticky day with the temp around 36 degrees ¬†, it was a full on day with a 4.30 am start ,the idea was to make most of the morning Light , trouble was it was not that nice a morning .

still we work with what he have and now I have a day of editing on the computer working out which of the 2864 pictures ¬†..not so much fun

the thing is when you write about these jobs they sound like so much fun with travel great locations etc ¬†which is all true , but there are few down sides , the heat and the Bugs ….huge bugs some the size of a sparrow!! and when the run into you they hurt !!! I now have bugs crawling around in my camera so I will have to have a good clean when i’m home

it was Thailand new year so its a three day holiday and as part of the tradition you throw water over ever one . the kids love it and there is nothing better than getting a white boy wet! so we where a target still you are not going to argue with a two ton elephant that wants to throw water over you!!

home on Sunday looking forward to that

ya kinda win the water fight when you have a elephant on ya team!!