2010 | The Year in Pictures

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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

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