Ocean photographer leaves devotion to surfing to capture memorising moments of sea
WARREN Keelan may have first fallen in love with the waves through surfing, but his passion has moved to an obsession with capturing the perfect moment among the waves.
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WARREN Keelan used to spend his days on a surfboard searching for the perfect wave but now his time in the water is all about taking the perfect shot.
The 40-year-old award-winning ocean photographer from Wollongong is so driven by his passion for the sea he has left behind his devotion to surfing and hasn’t been on a board for years.
“When the swell is good I just have to be out there with my camera. I have this incredible fear of missing out,” he said.
“I love the relationship between liquid and light. This type of photography has just consumed me.”
He swims out into the swell, sometimes with a body board to perch on, but often with just his swim fins, camera and its waterproof housing, and positions himself on the edge of the wave ready for that perfect shot.
While he loves his work, he knows it can be dangerous.
His task isn’t made any easier by the camera hanging off him with a safety line “which is like having one of your mates attached to you in the surf, sometimes you go where it goes”.
Originally published as Ocean photographer leaves devotion to surfing to capture memorising moments of sea
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