old post/photo.

This is from an old blog post when I restarted this blog... I'm posting it again just to post it. But this image always crosses my mind. I keep thinking that I need to print it out for my wall. Hopefully I'll get around to that sometime soon.

Every picture has a story behind it. Here's my memory from it:
It was shot down in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. I was down there shooting some bodyboarders for an Australian magazine. We just got done with lunch in town and were riding back to the hotel in the back of the hotel owners truck. It was me, and Jake Stone sitting in the back of the truck, we just passed the section of the main road that has a nice view of Zicatela (the main beach). Jake was looking back up the road a bit... I only had my 50mm lens on me, so sitting across the bed of the truck I had to lean halfway out of the side of the truck in order to frame the photo. I think I took about 2 photos? Maybe only this one... but immediately after snapping this image, my hat few off my head. I had to pound on the roof of the car and tell the driver to stop so I could run back up the road to pick up my hat. He stopped, told me to stay in the car and he'd back up, but I just jumped out and snagged it. When I picked up the hat, the car was already right next to me. I jumped back in and we headed back to the hotel. Now I take my hat off when riding in the back of trucks. haha.

ummm.. that story wasn't very exciting... but that's what happened. I just loved this portrait... especially the part where the wind is blowing his hair.



I have a few rolls of film that I have to process. Expect some newer photographs up soon.