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Ocean Beach Christmas Parade, 12/5/2009

Last night was the annual Ocean Beach Christmas Parade here in San Diego. Always a good/interesting time in OB! All images shot with a Canon 50D at ISO 1600-2000.
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Big Waves in Ocean Beach, San Diego

On Friday, I headed down to the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego to take a few pictures of the large waves. It was high tide when I got there and waves were hitting the bottom of the pier. I shot from the pier for a few minutes before the lifeguards chased everyone off and closed it down.

Ocean Beach Pier

Surfing Ocean Beach, San Diego

San Diego Kiteboarding Video

I ended up getting to try out a GoPro Hero Wide camera, and I’m very impressed with the thing. Check out the video below.

San Diego Kiteboarding GoPro Camera

The View from the Top, 7-31-09

I decided to go for a little something different for some images for the Mission Bay Aquatic Center and ended up strapping a camera to the top of a Hobie 16 catamaran mast to get a unique view.

The camera was actually very secure up there, despite what the image of the set up looked like. This was done with a Canon 30D and 16mm Zenitar Fisheye, fired with a Pocket Wizard. I’m stoked with the first attempt, and will probably give it another go when the light is a little better.

July 4, 2009

We walked down to Shelter Island last night to watch the San Diego fireworks show. This was my favorite photo from the evening.

July 4, 2009, originally uploaded by paullangphotography.com.

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneers Helmsman

I went for a paddle around Shelter Island in San Diego Bay on my stand up board the other day, and was almost back home when I noticed a really interesting boat. It was a 65′ long black boat that looked like a pirate ship, cannons and all. I cruised over for a closer look, and was quickly invited on board to warm up my feet and have a cocktail. What the hell, why not?

I ended up hanging out with the crew of the Buccaneer for hours. They were stopped in San Diego on their way to Costa Rica, where they were going to be using the boat for day charters and snorkel trips. The captain of this crew is Dan Catalano, who is an absolute character. This guy is a real life pirate. He has no intentions of coming back to the USA after this trip. Dan used to be a model and was, for a time, the Marlborough Man.

Dan Catalano, Captain of the Buccaneer

A few hours later, I decided it was time for me to get home, just a short paddle away. The pirates on the Buccaneer had got me so drunk I fell off my board three times before I got back to the beach near my house. The whole way everyone on the boat, who by this time were all wearing pirate outfits, cheered me on.

The next day, I stopped by to say hi and to make sure I hadn’t imagined the whole encounter. Everyone on the boat was waiting for someone to show up to teach them how to fire their cannons. The boat was gone a few days later, and I have no doubt that they are now somewhere off of Baja, firing cannons and partying their way to Costa Rica.

You can see more pictures of the Buccaneer at their website, http://www.buccaneeradventures.net

Downtown San Diego at Sunset

If you are there at the right time, the setting sun reflects off all the downtown San Diego buildings and makes the city glow.

Downtown San Diego at Sunset, originally uploaded by paullangphotography.com.

AZTECS!

I’ve gotten behind on posting lately, as I’ve been really busy lately. Here is a picture from the team pictures I did for the SDSU Women’s Rowing Team. I’ll get a few more recent images up soon.

SDSU Woman’s Rowing Team, originally uploaded by paullangphotography.com.

Indoor Pool Wakeboarding, 1-17-09

I was asked to show up to the Plunge indoor pool in the evening yesterday. Some wakeboarders I know were being allowed to set up a winch and rail in the pool after closing hours.

After a short amount of set up time, the winch was fired up and and instant wakeboarding pond was ready to roll. The best part was that the gas tank on the winch only took $.79 to fill up, and it didn’t run dry. That has to be about the most fun per dollar I’ve ever heard of.