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The Brian Bielmann Portfolio

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Fri, Apr 18 2008 12:00 am | 0 Comments

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<p>Bruce Irons, Pipeline, Hawaii<br>This was shot years ago when I was still using film. It was shot with black and white. Back then you had to actually chose to do black and white, and I was trying to do something really different besides just a tight sh

Matt Archbold Portrait

<p>Andy Irons, Backdoor, Hawaii (July 2004 cover shot)<br>I was sitting at home all ready to watch the Super Bowl with my father-in-law, the year that Janet Jackson had the nip slip. I got a call from Ross Williams to shoot, and I didn't really want to, b

<p>North Shore scene, Hawaii<br>I was just cruising around with my Hasselblad that I'd just gotten from TW, and I went over to the house and I saw Chava wearing this wig, so I just started getting shots of him Braden, and Rico Jiminez fooling around. It's

<p>Underwater Fireworks, Teahupoo, Tahiti<br>This is one of my favorite shots, and it's the one that I've had the most comments on. I basically just swam out at Teahupoo to shoot underwater stuff, everybody else was shooting regular surf shots. This big s

The man, the myth, the legend; Brian Bielmann. We like to call him "Uncle Brian."

<p>Troy Brooks, Off The Wall, Hawaii (cover)<br>Things have changed a lot in photography. When I started out, you shot up to five-foot waves with a fisheye, then you shot bigger waves with a telephoto from the beach and got as close as you could on the su

<p>Rob Machado, Hawaii<br>I've worked with Rob quite a bit in the past, I've shot a lot of portraits with him. But this one I shot about a year ago. I had the idea to shoot at Sunset Beach with the trees in the background and his reflection in the mirror

<p>Turtle Time, Tahiti<br>This day was such an incredible experience. I had two cameras both go down on me, and I had to sort of rig one. But it's one of those things where I could've very easily said, "Ah, my camera's not working, I'm not gonna do it." B

<p>Tahitian Dream<br>This was in Tahiti when I first met my wife. She used to be a diver, so we started thinking of ideas for underwater photographs. We did some mermaid stuff and things like that, but she came up with this idea with the white dress.<br>I

<p>Makuakai Rothman, Pipeline, Hawaii<br>I really like this shot of Makua because it's backlit and I love that look. From this angle, looking towards the beach rather than sitting inside and seeing just the inside of the tube, it's a little more three-dim

Kelly Slater portrait

<p>Kalani Robb, Tahiti<br>This was kind of the beginning of me starting to shoot the underwater stuff that I really like to do so much now. This started out as a snapshot as he was paddling by, I ducked underwater and got him to look at me. As it turned

<p>Kohl Christensen, Waimea Bay, Hawaii<br>You don't see much of Waimea anymore except for the Eddie contest because the tow surfing has started to make everything else look small. Waimea is still a paddle-in spot, though, so guys have to be able to make

<p>Kalani Chapman, Pipeline, Hawaii<br>This was from a late-season swell at Pipeline this year. I had shot from the water all day and when I got out and was standing on the beach, I just decided to do a few pulled-back shots. We had basically no waves the

<p>Jamie O'Brien, Pipeline, Hawaii<br>Out of everything in surf photography, backlit Pipeline in the evening from the water has always been my favorite. You get a million shots of Pipe from the water that are all nice and clean, but this time of day you g

<p>Fred Patacchia, Hawaii<br>Ahh, Fred and the boys. I got Fred and literally fifteen of his friends together and shot a bunch of different portraits. And I just really like this one because this is Fred's posse: Sean Moody, Joel Centeio, Jason Shibata, a

Dan Malloy portrait

<p>Shea Lopez, Ehukai Sandbar, Hawaii<br>This is from a little day at the sandbar down the beach from Pipe. I moved backed up the beach trying to make it a little more interesting¿showing people on the beach, giving more perspective, things like that. Som

<p>Cory Lopez, Tahiti (cover)<br>This was also shot back with black and white film. There's something about making a choice with film when you have black and white or color that you really feel like you're making a statement. It's the artistic side, it's

<p>C.J. Hobgood, Teahupoo, Tahiti<br>This is the most beautiful wave I've ever shot¿it's one of those days I'll just never forget. The day before was all tow-ins, and then this day was cleaner and some guys were towing and some were paddling in, but it wa

Bruce Irons portrait

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