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Monday, January 5, 2015


It only took me 4 years but I do now have a full website consisting of mainly wave pictures but does include a few non wave pictures. 

The pictures are available in a few sizes each and have 3 framing options...

Check it out.....and thanks for following.

http://www.stxwavephotography.com/horizontal-warp

Any questions, contact me through this page: 
http://www.stxwavephotography.com/contact/

Monday, March 24, 2014

My website in under construction....Stay tuned...


   Hey Guy's....I have mentioned it before but I am already developing a website for my wave photos and all wave photos on the site will be for sale.....

Keep an eye out for it...

I will eventually discontinue this blog but have a blog on my website so I hope you guy's will continue to follow me on the NEW blog.....

Ill keep everyone posted........

STX Wave Photography.....    

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Claw.......


   The waves were doing this all afternoon...I hope this is a storm wave season.....Ill keep all posted...

Inverted...Cool wave sets ..again...



   Shot this north of Fort Bragg last weekend. The waves were kicking and kept building all day...

Inverted flow......big wave sets..


    The set's were tight and kept coming. They were larger than they look like in this picture...Room for improvement..

Storm waves....Finally..



   The storm waves are finally starting to roll in...We went for over a year without any real waves....They're back..

Monday, March 17, 2014

Dark wave....


    The sun was way to bright but the waves were kicking and so I was there. This isn't my best but I do like the jagged look with massive shadow...weird but cool..

Wavegarden..


    There were waves alll over the place today but I managed to take a bunch of crappy photos....I did get a few and this was one. I love a dramatic photo..

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Africa...ish


    This is a blog about waves but the other day when out looking for waves in which there were none, I got board and started taking random pictures.

I hate taking non wave pictures but when I got home and processed this one, I really liked it. I think this is very cool with great colors..... Looks like Africa to me but alas, it's in Mendocino....

Monday, February 17, 2014

Wavy day in Mendo....


    The wave was much bigger than it looks here but this does have some cool shape and I really like the colors......Shot the wave off of Spring Ranch  just South of Mendocino.......I use a Nikon D3100 in case anyone's curious.....

Groovy Mendocino wave..

   
   I was shooting some pictures this afternoon just south of Fort Bragg. These arent my best pictures but I like the colors and the contrast. The water was turbulent and there were some big waves...

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Evening waves on a cloudy day........


    I have posted this before but the ocean has been fairly flat here so no new pics to post , HOWEVER looks like Sunday there will be some pretty large waves so If I get some new pics Ill post em here........

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Groovy wave shot...


    This is kind of a funky pic of a wave. I like it because of the striation on the wave. I have shot several like this but this wave is bigger......Shot on the coast here in Mendocino country, CA...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Chiliwak...The crawling wave...


  I like it when a wave looks like it's crawling. It didn't look that way when I shot it but at this exact point in the progress of the wave it did...Love it...I name all of them and I called this one Chiliwak...I have no idea what the name means but it popped into my head and I named it...Just in case you're curious..

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Loving the Sunset waves...


     This was part of my photo shoot that I posted yesterday. I don't do many sunset pics but now I will start. As soon as I post this I'm headed down south past Mendocino to get some sunrise shots. If I get some good photos, you guy's will be some of the first to know..

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Greenie Weenie...Direct wave strike..


   The light was weird and the waves were hit and miss. I love the Aqua color through the wave.

 The general result in the evening which is when I shot this is the sun is behind the wave and it looks a nice Aqua green.

 In the morning when the light is on the face directly it's more blue...that's assuming there is sunshine.

Basic information that most know but just in case...now you know.

NOTE: This is the first photo that I have edited in Light room...pretty cool program..

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Sunset waves in NorCal


   In case anyone is curious, I had to stop posting because we had no waves for over a year and I ran out of photo's to post. The waves are starting to roll in again and I now do have some  new photos to post. I did a photo shoot yesterday at a park north of Fort Bragg..

I should be posting again on a regular basis so keep the page bookmarked, follow the blog if you want and Ill try to start adding some great new pics. This was a PM sunset shot which came out great...

I also added a new STX Wave page on Facebook so if your curious and or want to follow me there too just follow the link: https://www.facebook.com/carloncatheystormwaves?ref=hl

Monday, July 8, 2013

Bird on the wave..


 This was shot last summer off of the spring Ranch headlands. I am ALWAYS trying to get at least one in the picture, but more is better. I have never shot a perfect shot of a brown pelican but I like this one. It's all about timing...

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Green wave with the crystal lip


   This was shot from the beach at Big river near Mendocino, Ca. They only get the bigger waves when you get a swell from the south. It sucks that we have had no waves this winter at all but hopefully this Summer that will change and I can get some more shots from here.. Even if there are no waves here , it's a great place to be..

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Wave Blast.....


    I shoot most of my dramatic pictures here. When there are waves here they do all kinds of crazy things. I can't wait for the next set of big waves to roll in because when they do , this is where Ill be....

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Aqua wave breaking on the rocks..


   This was one of the first pictures I took since I started shooting waves. Theres not much to it EXCEPT color. This was a small breaker off of the Mendocino headlands last year. I have posted this before but I like it so I am posting it again..

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Choppy Wave in Mendocino bay...


    I wish my zoom would zoom more but this was as close as I could get to this wave from where I was. I shot this in Mendocino Bay late last summer. Mendocino bay gets the best waves when they come from the south because it is protected but when they come from the right direction the waves can get large..

Monday, June 24, 2013

Breaking wave in Mendocino bay..


  This was a sunset shot in Mendocino Bay last fall. This was my first good shot (my opinion) from the beach instead of shooting from the bluffs. I want to go back there when I get my waterproof housing and get the shot inside the wave. Well see.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Strange wave splash..


   This was one of those weird pictures that works. I didn't even realize that I had it  until I got home from a day of shooting pictures. It's kind of dark but the subject is neat. I know right where I shot it so someday when the waves are right I might try to get this shot again. I'm not holding my breath though

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Smoke on the water......


    I can't remember if I have posted this wave before but it has a certain darkness to it and has the misty Moorish appeal to it. I call the picture"Smoke on the water" and took this picture off of the Pudding Creek headland last year. I may have posted this before but I am running out of pictures to post. The ocean swell today is less than 3 feet which sucks because the ocean is FLAT......

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Killer double wave..


 NOTE: ALL THE WAVES ON THIS BLOG ARE MY PHOTOS - EXCEPT THIS ONE

THIS IS NOT MY WAVE AND I WILL NOT EVER TRY TO RE SELL IT OR TAKE CREDIT FOR IT

I found this wave on some Russian photo website. the info on the photo is on the bottom right. I have no clue who took this but it is about the coolest wave photo I have EVER seen. Just thought I would share..

I am not in the habit of posting pictures that are not mine and it is a rare day that I do this ..FYI

Clamshell..


    I shot this off of the Spring Ranch Headlands last year, in November or December. I call this "Clamshell" for obvious reasons. There were no waves this day so I was fortunate it was a nice day. This was from the biggest wave of the day...I like this one. I say that for most of my pictures but that's why I keep them.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Closing out . Nice wave..

 
    This was the 3rd shot of one wave, 2 of which I have already published. This is the final shot when the wave is closing out. I shot this in Mendocino bay and shot it from the beach. Most of my shots are from the cliffs but as time goes on I will be shooting more on the beach and even in the waves as my budget for equipment grows.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Nice curl in Mendocino Bay..


     This was a very cool small wave in Mendocino Bay last fall. I like it because it has a really cool shape. I wish I had shot this in RAW instead of a low res JPEG but, maybe next time. It was kind of a nasty day and was very overcast. Mendocino Bay gets the best waves when they are coming from the SW.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Body boarder in Mendocino bay..


    A body boarder in Mendocino Bay. I shot some great waves this dayHe ended up getting hammered but when he wasn't getting hammered , he was a good body boarder. I shot this just before sunset last September..

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Brown Pelicans on the wave...again


   This is a wave shot that was taken last November off of the Pudding creek headland. This area doesn't get many defined waves USUALLY, but when they are coming in they can get quite large. These were medium but had nice shape. I think this is an average photo but again, I like it..

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Clear green wave....very Emerald..



    This is the header on my Facebook page and has the best color of any picture I have taken. Remember the cheap green suckers the doctor used to give you when your appointment was over ? This is exactly what it looked like. Aside from that it's small but  has a lot of character..I like it

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Pipeline in Mendocino..


    This was a shot that I took in Mendocino bay and was shot in continuous mode, meaning I can hold down the button on the camera and it will keep shooting pictures continuously.

 I do this when I see a wave coming that I feel has potential. I also do this because it's hard to get a perfect shot of a wave with one pic.

When I get back to my office and open the pictures hopefully one of the shots in the set is a great one, sometimes more than one. Either way I got about 4 good shots of this wave , this being one..

Monday, June 10, 2013

Emerald wave....


    I love this picture !!!!  It has a cool clear Emerald color that makes the wave look great. It's just a little squirt of a wave but I like it anyway. I shot this last October off of the Mendocino headlands. I can't wait for the waves to come back. I keep checking the charts...

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Triple Wave....


   
This was a wave rolling into Mendocino Bay last fall. I wish this had been shot in RAW or hi res, but it's not. I do like it though, it has a lot of depth to is as well as a great angle..

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Sunset waves..


   This was a shot I took at sunset at Big River Beach in Mendocino. I shoot most of my shots up on the cliffs and usually not a water level. I got 10 or 15 great shots here. From now on I wan't to get more water level shots. At this point I don't have the money but I am saving up for pro waterproof camera housing that the pro surf photographers use. When I do the pictures should improve..

Friday, June 7, 2013

Incoming wave....


    This was a cool shot that is one of about 4 shots I took of a wave north of Fort Bragg. I call it "Range" because it reminds me of a mountain range. Water is so dense and heavy that whenever it rears upward there is a significant amount of force behind it. The big waves you can feel them and hear a low rumble as well as see them. This wave wasn't the case but if they were close.