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The Year in Pictures: 2010 - Images by Travis Rowan
This past year has been has been one of the most unusual and unexpected journeys that I can remember. (Both photographically and in life) It's been a year of firsts and hopefully some lasts.
A quick review: I've endured a miserably cold winter, lived and worked on a megayacht again, survived a perilous river journey through America's bible belt where I encountered hostile natives (hillbillies) and 'Apocalypse Now' like moments at every mysterious, foggy bend, transited the Panama Canal for the third time in my life, hung out on the west coast and ventured up to the Pacific Northwest for the summer where I observed Seattle hippies, whales and the Oregon coast before abandoning ship, returning to the South, then popping off to Hawaii for a week to see the Pipeline Masters. WTF? That's what it felt like, one big run on sentence. It's a good thing I've got pictures.
No theme, no project, no specializing, I was pretty much all over the place. At the mercy of where ever the yacht was. The point is: I discovered, experienced and captured some amazing things in some unlikely places. Happy New Year!
See the individual images below with anecdotes and technical details for the photo-geeks among us.
Warning: this is a long one, but so is a year.
Surf photography on the North Shore part 2
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North Shore Surfing Part 2 - Images by Travis Rowan
Day 3 photographing surf on Hawaii's North Shore. Billabong Pipeline Masters had another lay day due to nasty weather and small swell, but there was plenty of free surfing action, and line up images to get out there.
Cool, diffused light set the mood today and the occasional downpour kept me on my toes. In the my first three days here on the North Shore, I believe I've captured some of my finest surf images so far. More to come....TR
North Shore Surfing Part 2 - Images by Travis Rowan
Day 3 photographing surf on Hawaii's North Shore. Billabong Pipeline Masters had another lay day due to nasty weather and small swell, but there was plenty of free surfing action, and line up images to get out there.
Cool, diffused light set the mood today and the occasional downpour kept me on my toes. In the my first three days here on the North Shore, I believe I've captured some of my finest surf images so far. More to come....TR
Surf photography on the North Shore of Oahu.
North Shore Surfing - Images by Travis Rowan
Here are my latest photos from Oahu's North Shore. I'm here to photograph the Billabong Pipeline Masters surf event. The north shore is the epicenter of surfing. This is the only place where you can find all of the world's best surfers concentrated in one small stretch of coast in arguably the finest waves. The north shore at this time of year is THE surfing mecca and the photography possibilities, surf and otherwise, are endless. These photos are just from my first two days. So far, so good. Choose full screen for the best look at them.
More to come....TR
Sporting History in Puerto Rico. Kelly Slater wins his 10th World Title!
Kelly Slater wins his 10th World Title - Images by Travis Rowan
Sports history has occurred at the Rip Curl Pro Search Somewhere in Puerto Rico. Nine time world champion and surfing legend Kelly Slater has claimed his tenth world title. Slater secured this unprecedented sporting feat during the ninth event of the 2010 ASP World Tour in Puerto Rico. Kelly Slater has once again secured his position in sporting history placing himself among other greats like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Congratulations to Kelly Slater.
I've been anticipating this moment for the last two years and finally it has come. I was selfishly hoping he would lose his heat today and force the title race on to the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii so I could be there to photograph it. Either way, I'll be there at Pipe in December to shoot the final contest of the year and possibly Kelly's last contest of his amazing career.
Above is a photographic tribute to Kelly Slater from my archive. See you at Pipeline. TR
Tax dollars at work:US Navy LCS (Littoral Combat Ship)
Here's a look at the US Navy's new generation of high speed warships. It was moored along side the Austal facility in Mobile Bay, Alabama.Whenever there is an opportunity to photograph something cool like this, I jump at it. I happened to be cruising through Mobile in March 2010 and docked across the river from the LCS 2 Independence.No special access required, just lucky to be in close proximity for a night.
The above shot was made with a Nikon D300 and an 80-200mm 2.8 lens. I chose F22 for two reasons: one to get a slow shutter to blur the flowing water (tripod required) and to get the starburst effect from the deck lights.
Inspired in Seattle: Part 1
Finding a place that hasn't been photographed to death isn't always easy. Especially in a city as interesting and photogenic as Seattle. I was searching for a nice skyline viewpoint and with a simple Google search I found Kerry Park in the Queen Anne neighborhood. I figure if a place is that popular it must be good or easy... or both. Anyway, when I'm new to a place these are often good places to start.Panama Canal: Time-Lapse photography and video
I recently transited the Panama Canal on a large private yacht. This being my third time in the canal, I decided to play around with video and incorporate some time-lapse images too.
This is not HD as I'm not really a video shooter, but I have to admit that I enjoyed trying to tell a story with moving pictures in addition to the stills. So I may find myself investing in something better soon. All the video was shot with a Canon G11 compact digital and the time-lapse images were shot with a Nikon D300.
I used the intervalometer feature on the D300 set to shoot every 15 seconds. I edited the stills in Aperture and put the video together using iMovie. Pretty basic editing tool for video but I think it turned out to be pretty cool. Enjoy TR
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