ECON PHOTOGRAPHY

Change of Blog location.

2010-01-25T19:06:00.003-05:00

We have moved our blog over to wordpress, The software is much more advanced than Blogger so if youd like to keep following this blog click the link and bookmark!

http://econphoto.wordpress.com/

Tons of Prints available

2010-01-12T21:24:00.013-05:00

Since my last post I have made it my main focus to get my photos printed and available for purchase. Honestly, my last post was in October 2009 so a lot has happened since then, I mean A LOT! Let me re-cap a bit.

We had a super swell aptly named "Nor'IDa" abbreviating Nor'Easter and Ida a category 2 hurricane, which sent us solid double overhead surf right through the middle of November. This goes to show that it ain't over till its over, at least as far as hurricane season goes.

Click the image below to view the feature on Surfline. You can find a shot of mine from November 14th displayed on slide (24 of 27) . The photograph was taken in Long Beach, New York.
Early in December a big NW swell in the pacific produces 30-45ft faces for the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Ceremony in Hawaii. I got a call followed by a few mobile media messages of macking Waimea Bay from fellow Red Dawn Crew mate Greg Travers who currently resides in Haliewa a couple miles down the road. I decided to fly out to Oahu the following morning, I hoped to make it there for the best of the swell. Upon arrival we actually jumped out of a plane at 14,000 feet to get a real birds eye view of how the monster Eddie swell was looking. It just so happened that they ran most of the Pipe Masters competition during my stay and I witnessed competitive surfing in epic conditions at its best. This is Triple Overhead.

Without going into detail I spent 40 hours flying and hanging in the airport for a 6 day trip to Hawaii and the West Coast. I have a few dozen gigabytes of RAW files and an overloaded memory from my short Hawaii trip. Waiting at home was a large collection of new album sized prints I got just in time for Christmas once I made it back to New York. You can contact me by
e-mail: Econphotography@gmail.com to order your customized prints.
I am stoked on Surfrider Foundation using an image of mine in their new Global Surf Calendar for January 2010. I am also glad to get New York in there because it really is such a unique place to surf and live. Visit your local surf shop or www.surfcalendar.com to buy one today.

After an amazing Christmas spent with friends, family and my supportive girlfriend, I flew down to Puerto Rico for the New Year and got a good amount of photographs to file through. The first day I was there I took a photograph that Surfline wanted to run in their feature "Christmas Bonus"

The Next day.... My buddy and long time Red Dawn Crew member Dave Fava grabbed this wave on Zero hours of sleep, after a long night of partying.
Thanks for checking in to see a quick recap of whats been happening in the world of ECON.

The Seasons Fall In

2009-10-13T15:35:00.004-04:00

Halloween is right around the corner, which is actually my favorite holiday. It just so happens that I was treated to a birthday on October 31st, so this is undoubtedly the best time of year for me. I have been busy working on a few new techniques I learned along with meticulously developing RAW images and cataloging hard drives of photographs. I will go into depth with some new ideas shortly. Enjoy this Pumpkin Patch in the meantime.

-Econ

New York Summer Swell

2009-07-27T23:34:00.003-04:00

The swell of the summer rolled in last friday. Here are a few photos from the AM session. Here is Justin Lawson getting into some juice for the first time since this spring where he spent a month in Mex.

Freestyle Frames

2009-05-27T06:43:00.005-04:00

Just a few photos I threw together taken last year in Puerto Rico, New Jersey.

Oahu, Hawaii

2009-05-19T23:17:00.010-04:00

I just got into hawaii 2 days ago and already I've seen hours of flawless barrels inside and out. I shot some photos yesterday in between sessions and grabbed a few of Jeff Hubbard and Spencer Skipper tearing it up and getting shacked today on the south shore. Sent a couple shots over.

www.hubbbodyboarding.com

www.denzienbodyboarding.com

www.surfelemenohpee.com

Spring Semester 2009

2009-04-27T18:24:00.013-04:00

It has been a quick year so far and I am just about to finish up my first semester at The Academy of Art. Aside from shooting surf photos and traveling back and forth from Puerto Rico and New York, I have been spending a lot of time studying different photographic styles and experimenting on new topics. Here are a couple of photographs I created for various assignments over the past few months.

2009

2009-02-06T19:11:00.009-05:00

Here are a few shots of this year in NY so far. Its been really cold up here but there has been a couple days worth remembering.

Dave Fava

John Heyman

New York

2008-11-17T00:10:00.007-05:00

I had the pleasure of being able to make it back to Long Island one weekend this past October. The waves were super fun, just had a little too much west wind on it. Here are a couple of shots I grabbed in the AM on October 26th, 2008

OBX 2008

2008-11-16T23:54:00.007-05:00

I have finally finished the Part I and Part II galleries from our trip up to the Outer Banks last month. There are about 200 shots altogether with a few sequences mixed in. Featured riders include Shea Lopez, Peter Mendia, Will Skudin and Johnathan Mincher. You can visit these galleries by going to www.reddawnproductions.net, or by going to the "Galleries" Column on the top right-hand side of this page.

The Outer Banks

2008-10-24T04:07:00.006-04:00

10/20/2008 - 10/21/2008
It's been awhile since I've posted on my blog, so I thought these lines from the OBX would efficiently jump start a chain of fall entries. There are a few different Surfline articles up now on this past weeks swell in NY, NJ and NC so check those out if you haven't already. This upcoming weekend looks to provide some swell in NY at around the same time that I'll be in town, hopefully this results in a couple of photos and a good surf! Enjoy the photos, and look forward to a gallery coming soon.

Hanna in Wrightsville

2008-09-08T21:40:00.009-04:00

St. Patricks Day 2007

2008-08-23T22:04:00.005-04:00

Found a few layin' around from awhile back. I am going to try to get a blast from the past gallery up with some stuff I have kept on the down low.

Summer Sun and South Swells

2008-07-03T14:32:00.007-04:00

There has been a really steady South around for the past week or so. Hopefully it will help pack the sand in a little better and shape up some of the existing sandbars. I have been surfing 2 or 3 times a day lately but I try to take a few shots in the evening when the wind dies down a bit. It should actually be good tomorrow. Just a few shots of some sloppy waves.

2008-05-17T16:57:00.004-04:00

Surfline displayed this photo in their most recent feature One More Round. Balaram Stack, NY, 3/13. You can see the rest of the article here www.surfline.com One More Round

May 13th 2008

2008-05-15T22:20:00.007-04:00

A nice East swell showed up this week. It kinda looked like this. There were still some remnants this afternoon if you knew where to look.

Dave Fava

Almost Summer

2008-05-04T11:16:00.002-04:00

It looks like a few local sandbars are shaping up for the better as the summer approaches. This group of photos were taken on 4/29 & 5/4

The Streets

2008-04-11T16:25:00.005-04:00

The muscle awakes after a long winter. (1024x768)

Spring Fling

2008-04-08T21:28:00.007-04:00

Now that the air temp consistently rises to 60F, the sun stays out till 7:30PM and a good majority of people are shedding neoprene, must mean spring is well on its way and summer is around the bend. I took a couple of shots this weekend; I didn't get anything too great considering most of the time was spent in the water enjoying the spring sunshine and sub-tropical warmth.

Jason Kubelle

March Madness: Puerto Rico

2008-04-04T13:08:00.003-04:00

This past winter I was able to spend somewhere around 4 weeks down in Puerto Rico. Three of those weeks provided solid swell and allowed for tons of water time and plenty of photographic evidence. I have attached a couple of shots from last week in P.R. when a fun north filled in after the XXL swell in March. Check them out, comment on them.

"The End"

2008-03-22T17:45:00.010-04:00

Here are some photos from Thursday. Me and the newly established Boogie Down Clan found ourselves plenty of swell which unfortunately happened to be governed by plenty of wind, What else is new on the dong. Check em out. Hopefully I will find some time this week to upload a new gallery to Red Dawn containing the winter of 2008's 4th quarter.

Puerto Rican Sunshine

2008-03-18T19:30:00.008-04:00

I have too many photos sitting on harddrives. I'd rather a few shots be displayed on here then not at all.

Here is a couple shots from Puerto Rico this past year.

Below: Leif Engstrom cuts his way into the Winter 2008 season.

Lets Test This

2008-03-18T17:43:00.004-04:00

I see text, I see Images and there is definitely some color. OK

This photo was grabbed during the crews Mid-Atlantic excursion tour (3/8-3/9). Our journey home actually provided us with more waves than the initial trip down. I cant complain when lines are swinging wide like this one