I love the way the sea is a living breathing landscape. Ok, that seems obvious because all landscapes are living. However there is something about the interplay of forces on the coast that make the ocean interesting to me and easy to personify. An experience of the ocean is made up of a dialogue between the wind and the water since the wind gives the water different characteristics. The effect of the wind and the currents was something I learned a lot about over the years while Surf Life Saving and living next to the water. Together, the wind and the water write their history on the coastal landscape, whittling lines and crevices into rocks, shifting sand. Moving, breathing. Even after you walk away from a place, the scenes you’ve photographed continue changing. It’s the way that the ocean appears to breath in and out that makes it fun to shoot in. The ocean becomes an author in the process. Dynamic environments have a way of speaking to and through us, I think. Capturing portraits within that is so exciting. Because there are moments when whoever you are shooting is wrapped up in their own dialogue with the environment which, in that moment is really just a mirror of them at their essence, and that is when you capture something raw and real. THAT, is what I love.