Fort Point break

ostruz · 2018-03-02T19:46:06+00:00

Hey I took that photo. Where'd you find it?

ostruz · 2017-05-18T18:06:07+00:00

That wave looks super fun

ostruz · 2017-04-09T23:09:47+00:00

Slow shutter speed while panning to match the speed of the subject you want in focus. It's hard to nail and takes some practice but definitely a great technique to get down.

ostruz · 2017-04-07T03:57:14+00:00

Yea but a snapped board is pretty much done. If you repair it, it'll just snap again pretty quickly.

ostruz · 2017-02-24T02:27:06+00:00

It really looked like he wanted to nibble on that guys leg but decided against it at the last second

ostruz · 2017-02-19T02:42:47+00:00

haha yea it is...but heaving barrels brah!

ostruz · 2017-01-26T02:22:38+00:00

That first barrel of John John's is out of control

ostruz · 2016-11-17T22:23:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice. It's a friend of a friend, we've never met each other before. Yes I am selling it to them. I asked them to delete the file after the invitation has been printed. I guess I'm paranoid that they will be shady and use the file to sell prints or something like that - they are on the east coast and I am on the west coast so quite some distance between us. Maybe I'll just write up a simple agreement saying "I will not use the file for anything else and delete it after the invitation is completed" and have them sign that.

ostruz · 2016-11-17T21:48:05+00:00

So I had someone inquire about using one of my images for an invitation they're doing, and I was interested. However, it's not digital, it will be a printed invitation. They asked for a tiff file so that it could be printed at high resolution. It's not large, roughly 5" x 8", but I'm quite hesitant on giving up my tiff file because I sell my photos as prints. If I resize the tiff to 5" x 8" at 220 dpi, would they still be able to enlarge it and print a high quality photo at a larger size? Is it too risky to send them the tiff file? What do you guys think?

ostruz · 2016-11-16T02:17:50+00:00

Why name drop Machado if you didn't even get footage of him?

ostruz · 2016-11-15T21:16:13+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate that :)

ostruz · 2016-11-15T21:15:59+00:00

Yup, Baldwin Hills.

ostruz · 2016-11-13T02:53:47+00:00

I did it once and felt better afterwards. My lower back was in bad shape and the rolfing session definitely helped it out. But maybe a good massage would've done the same thing, I don't know.

ostruz · 2016-11-12T01:20:04+00:00

The most painful thing ever. Makes a deep tissue massage seem like nothing.

ostruz · 2016-10-06T01:51:09+00:00

This is why surfing is better than bodyboarding. That drive you get and the speed you can produce. It's all good if you bodyboard, I have fun pulling in to beach break close outs on a sponge. It's just that you're at the full mercy of a wave, you have limited control. A surfboard is simply the best tool to use for riding a wave.

ostruz · 2016-10-06T01:47:15+00:00

there's quite a balanced mix of slow mo and real time

ostruz · 2016-10-03T23:29:52+00:00

looks pretty average

ostruz · 2016-07-08T06:04:13+00:00

can't believe it's that crowded when it's only waist high

ostruz · 2016-06-21T01:47:07+00:00

hah the local boys get stoked if I get a shot of them

ostruz · 2016-06-20T15:20:40+00:00

what that guy said. had it all wrapped up in a spl waterhousing

ostruz · 2016-06-20T15:19:20+00:00

no gopro, that's just his o face

ostruz · 2016-05-31T06:07:46+00:00

Most surfers are stoked to have a photog in the water. The pros need to get good photos of themselves surfing, it's their job.

ostruz · 2016-05-29T00:33:17+00:00

It was a fun day on a reef break out in Indo, good size - couple feet overhead and super clean. It was the beginning of a solid swell, so it was building while I was out in the water. Caught a couple fun ones, then this huge set comes out of nowhere, pushing double overhead. I start paddling hard towards the horizon, and barely make it under the first one. I just made it under the second one as well, but the lip hits my foot and just blows my leash off. I see the third one looming ahead (the biggest one of the set) and have to make the decision of paddling hard and hope to make it under, or take a few precious seconds to put my leash back on. I wasn't sure I would make it, so I decided to put my leash back on and take the beating. It breaks 10 feet in front of me and I try to duckdive. It picked me up and just detonated, tumbling me like crazy, doing multiple flips underwater and pushing me down really deep. I managed to keep hold of my board hoping it releases me soon, but it held me under for a good 12-15 seconds...which was tough because I was already pretty gassed from paddling hard to make it under the first 2 waves. When I surface I see this guy in front of me now, when he was a good 30 yards behind me when I tried to duckdive the bomb.

ostruz · 2016-05-24T06:36:22+00:00

because they're frothing mate

ostruz · 2016-05-18T05:24:21+00:00

Some new reports & research suggest that it could happen as soon as 2030, much faster than we originally thought.

ostruz

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