http://wrightcoastsurf.com Wed, 14 May 2008 23:18:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I still don't have the long lens to replace the one I broke...so I decided to go with the 200 and shoot from the Jetty...now I need to sell some photos to pay for that ticket! I'll have more shots from the mid-afternoon but the break kind of far out for ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/05/14/may-14th-2008-va-beach/ It looks like the forecasts are calling it close to epic the next couple of days and I'm still without a big lens.  Just to set the record straight - Cookie did not break my 400mm, we just needed somebody to blame and he was right there when it happened. ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/05/13/may-13-good-surf-no-lens/ ...for winning the Hurley Walk the Walk competition at the Norva tonight.  I might have a photo or two to post tomorrow. Keep an eye on 17Th Street Surf Shop's  site for photos from the event. 3 weeks and nobody told me I spelled Kellam wrong? http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/04/24/congrats-kellem-high-school/ At least I got half a day's worth of shots before the accident...Good news is the Camera appears to be in perfect condition! Got off about 331 photos before it all went south on me....All of these shots were taken in Raw format so most of the blown Highlights can be ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/04/20/coming-soon-april-19th-2008-outer-banks-esa-photos/ Hung out with Mickey '2M' McCarthy on Friday.  Did a session with Raven, Lucas, Brendan and a few others who started to show up...then after lunch headed a bit north to shoot some of the Local guys including, Noah, Jessie Hines and Chris McDonald. For the most part it was breaking ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/04/20/april-18th-2008-hatteras/ ...or at least I was back until the incident on Saturday. Anywho, Here's a small Gallery from a late afternoon session at 1st street in Va Beach. Click on the image below to see the entire gallery http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/04/20/april-20-2008-new-photos-coming-soon/ I finally saw some surf this year, even took a few photos at 1st street on Thursday after work...Hopefully I'll have those posted later tonight, Right now I'm packing up and Heading south to catch up with 2M for hopefully a much needes surf photo session....  stay tuned! http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/04/18/april-18th-back-to-surfing/ Looks like it's supposed to be 1-3ft overhead this weekend, with a possible cleaning up late Saturday and Sunday. I'm packing the gear and heading south, hopefully I'll catch up with Mickey and get a long overdue surf photo session...stay tuned!  Also, the Admirals won last night, next game is next ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/03/08/march-8-2008-im-heading-to-the-outer-banks/ I'll be out of town all week, so I expect there will be some decent surf again. Hopefully next weekend the Outer Banks will have some surf as I'll be down there for the first time in 2008! Be back on Friday.... john http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/03/02/expect-some-surf-this-week/ Not only has the team been on fire lately, Now Last season's favorite Admirals 'bad boy' is back....Hopefully he'll be on the ice on March 7th when the Admirals return to Scope, I have a feeling the crowds are going to grow, and anyone that's been to a game this ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/28/admirals-fans-its-on-now/   Spent last weekend up in the NYC area and thanks to some good friends I was able to see all three NYC area NHL teams play...First on Saturday the Devils took it to the visiting Islanders ( Like a moron, I didn't bring my camera, but next time I will) ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/27/feb-27th-new-york-rangers-photos/ Sometimes I just like to spell out the word FEBRUARY because it just doesn't look right..... Anywho sports fans, just another mention, the shots from Monday appear overexposed on the website, I hosed something up in the batch conversion process and they are not blown, Pretty much every shot can be ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/21/february-21st-update-and-photo-of-the-week-7/ Feb 18th, Presidents Day....I was off work today for the Holiday and sometime around 11am I was checking the site out and noticed the Surfline links on the left said it was 4-5ft and fair in VB, So I drove down there and pretty much shot the entire day. Please note...many ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/18/back-to-surfing-2008/ I'm back from West Va. Got home just in time to make it to the Admirals game last night and I'm glad I didn't miss that. The Admirals have been on Fire lately scoring standings points in 8 of their last 10 games including 6 wins. Last nights game was pretty ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/16/friday-feb-15thcoming-home/ ...and I'm stuck in lovely Charleston, West Va until friday night!!!!! (check out the Surfline surf alerts on the left side of the page) Looks like I'm gonna miss another swell, might change the site name to WrightCoastHockeyTurtlesLions.com  john http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/12/go-figure-i-just-saw-the-surf-alerts-for-this-week/ I am officially a member of the Virginia Aquarium so I can take pictures of the Turtles whenever I feel like it. Click on the Turtle image to view the gallery from the Virginia Aquarium... Clickon the Photo of the Lion and two cubs to view images from the Virginia Zoo ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/10/lions-and-tigers-and-tiger-cubs-and-turtles/ First, the Admirals have turned it on recently and have points in their last 7 games (meaning they have won 5 games, and taken the other 2 to Overtime and the ever popular shoot-out)  There are home games Tonight and Tomorrow and the Photo link will be published this weekend ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/08/friday-february-7th-update/ Here's the #6 of the 2008 photo of the week posts...anyone wanna take a bet on when I start slacking off and not posting these? Taken at a recent Admirals game!  Stay tuned for a new Admirals photo gallery as well as more Sea Turtles from the Va Aquarium and a whole ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/03/photo-of-the-week-6/ The Admirals are at home for 3 games next week, and 3 games the following week... Stay tuned this weekend if you want some free tickets! I'm also working on an Admirals photo gallery that will be up shortly. I'll also be updating the purchase info to reflect a few new sizes ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/02/01/so-i-missed-another-swellat-least-i-still-have-hockey/ Here's a Hockey photo...Admirals #46 Scalzo scores against Albany.   http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2008/01/27/2008-photo-of-the-week-4/