SUNRISE SESSION
"The sunrise is going to be that good"
Is the text I received from photographer & Salt Water contributor Brenton De Rooy at 5.54am... This was all the motivation needed for me to jump straight out of bed & into my wetsuit. With anticipation of the radiant sun about to rise over the sea we rushed to get into the ocean. We didn't want to miss that moment of perfection.
The water clear. The air crisp. The waves clean. The ingredients of a blissfully beautiful morning were coming together one by one...
As we paddled out Brenton mentioned he had some innovative shooting techniques he'd been experimenting with. I had some new moves I'd been exploring recently & was determined to execute them.
Together, this enabled us to collaborate to capture some unique images.
Images: Brenton De Rooy
Writer & Surfer: Fil Soper
I met Caleb Cutmore in 2019 on a surf trip and was so confused as to why there was no footage of him to be found anywhere. Over the period of that trip we started putting together a plan for a project in 2020. COVID hit and our first few trips were postponed but after the countries four week lock down we started lining up swells and our work load to come together and film.