ONE Magazine - PHOTO JOURNAL: Scott Moffat #9

I have been out on Oahu, Hawaii, for half a year now and have discovered that rolling definitely lives out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It draws other rollers in from far away places, just as it brought me. Dan Lee, from Seattle, WA, recently came out for a few weeks to visit family, enjoy the chill, laid back atmosphere, the weather, the people, the beach, and the skating. Dan reps his local park, Skatebarn, which is a must for anyone cruising through Seattle. I met up with Dan, Akari, and Thumper at this ditch-turned-skatepark under the H1 freeway. To get to the spot you have to take a drainage tunnel under 12 lanes of freeway. Before we wrapped things up, Dan threw down a perfect Sweaty from near the top of this ledge from the vertical embankment and came out fakie like it was nothing. This barricade also got destroyed, and Dan laced this AO Fish.

Hawaii has a strong rolling scene, and it seems like everyone is always down for a session. There are lots of guys are killin’ it out on Oahu like Akari Ihara, Atis, Adam Rego, Ed, Evan and many more, all of which have been shredding the ledges, rails, ditches, and skateparks that the island has to offer. Keep an eye out for coverage of the annual Hawaii Real Street Comp, which will be going off some time later this year.

For this shot I used a Nikon D300, Nikon SB-800 Speedlight, Nikkor 18-70mm @ 27mm, f/4.0 @ 1/40, ISO 160. — Scott Moffat

Portraits: Natural Light vs. Artificial Light

I just came across a handful of portraits that I had shot over the past few years and wanted to share them. First off are the natural light portraits.

The rest are all artificial lighting. Can you tell? Sometimes I try to hide this fact.

Baja Adventure #01: La Pestora Beach

This is the first in a series of post that I will make from the adventure my wife Molly, best friend Theron and I went on last in early 2010 down to the bottom of Baja California. It was a life changing journey that I wish to someday revisit.

This Osprey was sunning itself atop a gigantic saguaro cactus that must have been at least 20' tall. It had rained the night before but the rays of the rising sun as seen in the images bellow were more than enough to dry out the osprey's feathers as well as our camping gear.