Wakeboarder Dude Hits The Water In December

Okay, lots going on these days with work, the holidays, family and trying to have a life.  I haven’t blogged in over a week, which is my longest dry streak since I started this.  That must mean I have a lot to blog about.  I’ll skip the boring stuff and get right to the fun stuff.

I had 3 photo shoots this weekend.  The first two were models and a make-up artist I brought in to experiment on some artistic ideas that I have.  I posted some sneak previews of those over the weekend.  Jade has been modeling for a long time and has appeared in magazines such as Maxim and Playboy while Yolany had never posed for a photographer before.  Both were great and Kaylin, the MUA, was fantastic. We got some excellent fine art pics that I’ll be posting soon.

Sunday evening I did a photo shoot for some friends that were recently engaged.  These were family/engagement pics.  They were good sports and let me try some different poses and we captured some great moments of the two of them and their kids.  Congratulations, Adam and Janet!  By now, you’re probably wondering what this has to do with a wake boarder in the picture.

As we were doing their photo shoot on Lake Austin, there were a few die hard water rats on jet skis and wake boarding in the distance.  Now, Lake Austin is cold by Texas standards any time of year.  In December, the water is probably around 55 degrees F.   (That’s my very unofficial guestimate.)  Either way, it’s cold, which made me respect this guy even more.  As we saw him jumping the wake, our attention shifted from our photo shoot to watching this guy perform.  On one pass, I asked him to jump right in front of me so I could snag a pic.  I had one shot and the result is posted above.

It is easy to say life is All About The Journey.  The truth is, you have no idea where that journey will lead you.  A simple moment like this brought 3 different groups of people together: a wake boarder who wanted to get some water time when no one else would be out there; a couple recently engaged trying to capture an exciting time in their lives; and a wannabe pro photographer trying to forget about the day job and explore his creative side.  For one moment, all three journeys came together and then gone again.  And it sure was cool.