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The finest moments in my life are light dependent. Though I’m wholly present, in these moments I’m slack jawed and staring at a beautiful beam of sunlight. It’s often not until the glow dims or sun shifts that I realize I was awestruck by a radiance of beautiful light.

I can’t say exactly where my love of beautiful sights came from, or when I fully realized them, but I do know they are what I crave. Since slipping into the water on a mission to learn how to surf, my eyes have been hungry to find beauty among light, shadows and water. Photography as an art, a career and meditation have thrust me into a life of creativity. I live and breathe pretty visuals and extraordinary moments. I am eagerly intrigued by new cultures and learning from the experience of others.

I hope to be able to show viewers how amazing the world we live in. I aim to inspire those who think they “can’t” and encourage them to be brave and to “do”. I don’t want my work to inspire people to dream, I want them to be inspired to feel and act. Water is the most euphoric element. It refills my inspiration bucket like nothing else I’ve experienced. These images are proof that the sun’s light is amazing, and our planet’s oceans are beautiful.

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Sunset on the East Coast light up the coast during “golden hour”

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Winter wave at sunset, 38 degrees water temperature

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

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Jumping into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Indonesia

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A hurricane sends huge waves to the Jersey Shore

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I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A beautiful giant breaking in Tahiti

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A classic car in Santa Cruz, California

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Air temperature 17 degrees, water 36 degrees. One of the coldest days I’ve swam out to shoot surf photos from the water

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A successful session in Montauk, New York

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I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A surfer wades through snow to paddle out in the freezing cold

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

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Nathan Florence surfing Teahupoo in Tahiti

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Surfing in Panama along a deserted stretch of jungle

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

A villager shows us the way to the beach in his handmade wooden canoe

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Surfing in sepia tones

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I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Blacktip Reef Sharks of the South Pacific

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

What surfing looks like from underwater: stained glass perfection

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

An underwater photographer’s view in Tahiti

I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

Hanging off the back of a sailboat

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I Combine My Love Of Travel And Water To Photograph The Act Of Surfing

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