How did you first get into photography?

I got into photography after high school. What attracted me was the challenges of film and water photography. It was like a secret cult back then. You’d see photographers in the water, but you would never see the photos til the magazines would come out or someone did an art show. It took me almost two years to gather a camera body, lens, and water housing. Money was part of the delay and the other was finding who made water housings.  

What did you decide to shoot with your camera for this project?  

At first I had a few ideas, then I just made sure I had in my truck or travel bag with me on hand. I ended up taking it to Tahiti for New Years and out to Jaws during a big swell with Nathan Fletcher and the Gudauskas brothers. I kinda wanted to just show a small part of my life in a candid form as natural as possible. 

Did you have any interesting experiences along the way?

I didn’t have any thing too interesting other then what normally happens in my life.   

What was the biggest challenge (if any) you had with the project?

I think the biggest challenge was to finish on time. I wanted to keep the single frame project going. Can we continue it?

Yes, we can! What was your favorite image from the roll?

Nathan Fletcher before the first heat of the day at the Jaws event. He was up all night at hospital for his second son’s birth, Jetson Epic Fletcher. We left the hospital at 4:30 am and got on a flight to Maui, the rest is history.