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Outtakes: Grant Twiggy Baker Surfing Mavericks

The 2014 winner of the Titans of Mavericks Surfing Contest was Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. This year’s conditions were significantly better than the 2013 contest with a few heats seeing waves close to 40ft. Baker was aggressive and made the most of the opportunity. I didn’t shoot the contest this year, so here […]

Surfing Waddell Creek, CA

surfer at Waddell Creek

My friend Justin makes his way down the cliff to the surf at Waddell Creek, CA just north of Santa Cruz. This was shot for G-Project Gear as part of an on-going assignment that includes my California lifestyle work.

Interview: Alma Surf

interview of photographer Jay Watson in Alma Surf Magazine

Interview in Brazilian surf magazine Alma Surf of San Francisco Bay Area photographer Jay Watson.

Cold Water Souls (1 of 4)

(1 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters.

Incoming: Mavericks on Drift Surfing

Drift Surfing has published my account of the Mavericks surf contest with my words and 28 full screen size images. The piece covers my personal experience of what it was like shooting from the media boat. It was “awesome and horrible at the same time.”

Interview | Liquid Salt Magazine

Liquid Salt Magazine interviewed me last week and posted it here. Included in the interview are a few images previously not seen until now, and the lowdown on why a guy from Baltimore ever started surfing.

Surfboard Shaper Manuel Caro | Drift Surfing

Manuel Caro portraits

Portraits and outtakes of Manuel Caro shot for Drift Surfing. The last image is a before and after set showing my post production work. You can see the difference between a processed RAW file using Adobe Lightroom and compare it to the final retouched version using Adobe PhotoShop.

Teaser: Tyler Smith Surfing Mavericks

A fairly interesting story is nearly finished regarding the Mavericks Surf Contest. I’ll announce where the images will land and or post all of it here. Here is a teaser image from the first heat.

Surf Icon: Buttons Kaluhiokalani

Surfing pro Buttons Kaluhiokalani at the North Shore Oahu

Portraits of Hawaiian pro surfer, icon, and North Shore legend Buttons Kaluhiokalani at his home break in Oahu, Hawaii. © Jay Watson Photography

Our Only Summer Swell (5 of 5)

Images from the summer swell that hit Northern California in 2009. The 5th and final post from the series called “Our Only Summer Swell” on surfing in Santa Cruz, CA.

Our Only Summer Swell (4 of 5)

Images from the summer swell that hit Northern California in 2009. The 4th post from the series called “Our Only Summer Swell” on surfing in Santa Cruz, CA.

Our Only Summer Swell (3 of 5)

Images from the summer swell that hit Northern California in 2009. This group, from Steamer’s Lane in Santa Cruz, CA is the 3rd post from the series of 5.

Our Only Summer Swell (2 of 5)

Each day this week I will be posting images from the only summer swell that hit Northern California. This is the second post out of 5 scheduled.