Daily Image - December - Alistair Jones |
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 Dale Staples, Greenies. This was a fun morning worth the swim, as the current is usual racing. I see this pull through shot as a more of a portrait. |
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 Northern Scotland, early evening April, not far from Thurso. Water temp 8®C , uncrowded wedgy reef with friends, worth the travel 12 hour travel from London and the gimp suit. |
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 Messias Felix, Day 4 of the Mr Price Pro 2012, nearly stomped it too |
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 Liquid Gold, Klee Strachan. Early morning South Cost KZN |
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 Good Morning Moyo: There were no waves this particular morning but the light was too good to ignore |
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 Davey van Zyl – Enjoying some spring New Pier Banks |
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 Sometimes Surfing just isn’t enough. I saw this little grom building a sand castle, leash still attached to his leg. |
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 Stephen Du Preez – Cave Rock. I know this is a bodyboardnig shot, but if you know the rock you know he has to touch down where there is not much water. This shot got me my only cover so far. |
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 “The Water Baby” , Olivia “OJ” Symcox: This was taken for local Seabreez Magazine at 5am in the morning. Husband Russel is waist deep in water, camera right with lighting rig. This lady is a true waterman and conservationist, true beauty inside and out. |
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 Brad “Mongoose” Mommsen, Green Roomming it on the KZN South Coast |
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 Klee Strachan, Earling Morning Floater |
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 The early bird with the worm; there is always something to shoot on the South Coast even on a wave-less overcast day. |
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 The left hand slab, KZN South Coast. I choose this because of the angle and the fact that I was standing whilst shooting. Rider Darren Halse. |
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 Gavin Roberts setting up for what he does best. |
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 Pure Stoke! There is nothing better than surfing with your mates |
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 Rudy Snr. The Rock, Enough Said. |
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 Baggies, Warner Beach. Where I learned to ride waves. |
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 Tim Smyly, making the most of the dirty spring swell @ New Pier |
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 The right hand slab, KZN South Coast. I choose this shot for two reasons. 1) The committed 17 year old rider Steve Du Preez. 2) The Wave! No he did not make it. |
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 Gary Van Wieringen, about to enjoy some early winter morning comforts on the South Coast. |
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 Klee Strachan, Fins out and in my face |
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 Recover time, Klee on the mend after some ankle ligament damage |
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 Rudy Palmboom, on a nugget at his home break. |
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 If there are waves to be had of any kind, down the KZN South Coast, this chap has the knack of finding them. Gary van Wieringen pushing tail. |
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 Merry Christmas from the beautiful KZN South Coast |
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 The Legend, Greg Emslie, Power surfing @ the Mr Price Pro. |
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 Scottburgh sunrise. |
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 Stand out from the crowd, North Beach. |
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 Some lucky bugger, KZN South Coast |
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 Just another Gem, Gary again doing what he does best. |
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 Northern Hemisphere. Scotland doing its version of cold water perfection. |
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Alistair Jones
Name: Alistair Michael Jones
DOB: 04 July 1981
Born in Durban, but raised in the south coast town of Amanzimtoti. In my early years I grew up fishing with step Dad and brother on Toti Rocks. I began surfing and body boarding at age 10. I suppose I chose bodyboarding and most of my school mates were surfing, bodyboarding was different and was growing in popularity. Dairymaid were featuring posters of legendary waterman Mike Stewart at Massive Pipe get barrelled. All I ever wanted to do was get barrelled. Hell, all I ever want to do now is get barrelled. I will hopefully get my first stand up barrel in near future.
In 2002 I was offered a club cricket contract in “Pommie” land. I decided to purchase a 35mm SLR to document my cricketing journey. Needless to say I had no idea what I was doing with my new little toy and when I got my first roll of film back the pictures looked nothing like what I had seen in the magazines nor what I had pictured in my head. I was “pissed off” to say the very least, but I became obsessed.
With no cash for lessons and a 35mm SLR book that my beautiful and very understanding girlfriend (now fiancé and mother to our son Reece) Wendy purchased for me. I started reading and shooting. The rest they say is history.
I have already been fortunate enough to shoot allot of photography genres: Weddings, models, Families, Babies, nudes, landscape, wildlife and even internal architecture. However, nothing comes close to shooting sport. For me it’s a privilege and a challenge to photograph and witness an athlete performing at the top level, especially athletes who ride waves.
To watch a Wave Rider of any kind, in performance waves or solid swell is a privilege. Its art in motion, unfolding right in front of your eyes! The wave the canvas, the rider the artist! Each wave different from the next, each rider different from the other, the possibilities become endless.
My photography is influenced by the likes of: Tim Mckenna (Surfing), Alan van Gysen (Surfing), Charlie Waite (Landscape), Joe Mcnally (People Portraiture) and Clark Little (Water)
I have to thank Wendy my fiancée for all her continuous support. She is my biggest critique as well as my biggest supporter. Thank you I love you. Thanks to my best mate Darren Halse for constantly pushing me in and out of the water. Thanks to Pierre Tostee, AVG and John Mcarthy for all your guidance and opportunity.
All the images in the presentation bar two (from Scotland) are local to KZN. I did this because love this coast and it’s given me so much. The Scotland shots are two of my earliest water shots.
Peace
Jonesy
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.jpg "Dale Staples, Greenies. This was a fun morning worth the swim, as the current is usual racing. I see this pull through shot as a more of a portrait.")
