2011 Boost Mobile Surf Sho Photo Shoot
I headed to Bondi Beach in Sydney recently to shoot at the 2011 Boost Mobile Surf Sho. The surfing event featured some of the worlds best surfers & the format of the competition was solely focused on aerial surfing. More than 30,000 spectators lined the beach to see the pros in action. Weather was great, [...]
Heavy Wave Series – Wellington’s South Coast.
Pictured above is the Heavy Wave Series limited edition print. Each print is individually signed and numbered by me. They measure 105cm x 30cm and are printed on archival quality photographic paper. There are only 100 of these prints available. You can view larger sized images of each of the waves below. The photographs were [...]
Soggybones – The alternate surf/skate lifestyle magazine
If you are after a top quality surf/skate lifestyle magazine that goes far beyond the usual run of the mill magazines of this genre, then look no further than Soggybones. Available free online and now also as a printed edition, Soggybones is a well designed publication that focuses on the real world; real people, real [...]
Surf Search & Photos – The Wairarapa, New Zealand
A lot of the time, good waves around Wellington in New Zealand are hard to come by. But if you are prepared to hit the road & do a little searching, you can certainly score some great waves. I began watching the swell forecast earlier in the week, & things were looking promising with a [...]
Gold Coast Australia – Surf & Beach Lifestyle Photos
The Gold Coast Australia is renown for its great surf & beaches, fantastic climate & a great lifestyle. It’s also where I lived for a big chunk of my life before relocating to Wellington, New Zealand. So I am fortunate enough to have lived that lifestyle by the beach, & being able to surf almost [...]
A work in progress – Strapless Kitesurfing Video
Strapless kitesurfing in Wellington, New Zealand from Mark Gee on Vimeo. Every now & then I have the chance to get in front of the camera instead of the one standing behind it shooting the action. This time round I was being filmed by Simo from Stikman Films for a short kitesurfing video for my [...]
Wellington waves – 15th March 2010
The beaches around Wellington city in New Zealand aren’t renowned for consistent surf, you need to head out to the Wairarapa coast for that. So when a 3-4m ground swell is forecast to race up the eastern coast of the south Island of New Zealand, then there is always hope & anticipation amongst the Wellington [...]
Surfing footage test using the canon 7D
Canon 7D surfing footage test from Mark Gee on Vimeo. I recently shot some surfing footage at Lyall Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to test out the video capabilities of the canon 7D. I was shooting stills all day & I just switched it over to video mode & shot some video. All manual focus [...]
The Lyall Sessions – Kitesurfing Lyall Bay
The Lyall Sessions from Mark Gee on Vimeo. The Lyall Sessions was a bit of an experiment using the video mode of a consumer grade still camera set up on a rig attached to the kite-surfing kite. The result, while not broadcast quality, was quite nice considering what it was shot with. I spent a [...]
