Please welcome South Bay Central's newest advertiser...

...South Bay BMW!  Check them out through the link box on the right side when you are done viewing content.  I'm really stoked that they are signing on as an advertiser, and I encourage you to check out their website.  New content will be up soon.  I received back some more film from the day I took the photo of Natalie Anzivino at Manhattan Pier tucking into the tubular hollows of a sizable wave.  I've also been doing a considerable amount of Polaroid/Fuji instant film photography, so I'll be sharing some scans from my Polaroid 100 Land Camera prints soon too. 

Until then...

Experiment, experiment, experiment!

Check out this photo I took yesterday of a girls' soccer team's breakaway play.  I think it's rather groovy.  Absolutely no Photoshop was used to enhance this photo's sense of motion.

Surf pictures from today at Seal Beach coming tomorrow.

One Hermosa Beach Afternoon...

...turned into a beautfiully-lit evening, quickly.  Click on photos to enlarge.

Pigskin tossing...

...tandem surfing...

...brilliant sundown...

...birds cruise freely...

...and the evening has only begun.

FIN

MERRY CHRISTMAS SESH @ THE PIER!

SSide was firing today this fine Christmas morning--a well deserved present for the standups out there.

All images Copyright © 2009 Marcus Bockman.  Please email me for rates if you would like to purchase a photo.

And he CRACKS one off the top...

 ...while a fellow surfer puts on the brakes...

...same guy, same idea, different angle...

...a sole soul soulfully cruising by...

...a shortboarder smacks the lip, close enough for comfort, far enough away for safety...

...same guy, with the fiberglass board a little TOO close for comfort!

What a day: fine conditions and great surfing in the morning was

followed by a fun, spontaneous Christmas beach party.

It was the momentary homecoming for now-Canuck bodyboarder

Zack, with some MB boogie and fiberglass heads present and a stock of appetizers courtesy of Tim Tindall.

Thanks for going back to Cali for the holidays, Zack, thanks to Tindall for the refreshments, to everyone

who chipped in on the pizza: much appreciation, and for Pete: "GO GLOCKIE!"

TO ALL:

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THIS UPCOMING NEW YEAR!

FIN.

PERMANENT ABILITY // behind the scenes of a band shoot

 

Permanent Ability

Yes, that's a toilet he's standing on--what interesting things photographers ask people to do in the name of art!

The first thrilling, exhausting, and draining band-shoot experience has passed for me.  I helped a collegue and close friend, Huy Truong (Frenetic+Joy photography) work on what may be some of his best work that's been produced.  Permanent Ability--a Sublime-meets-Red Hot Chili Peppers band--was the subject matter.  Truong did the glossy "band shots," while I assisted with lighting and captured the behind the scenes vibe.