10th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest
First Place Peninsula People and Honorable Mention Manipulated
Images
"Stoked"
By Bob Story
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"I wanted to get a shot that expressed what the surfer experienced,"
said Bob Story about his first-place photo, "Stoked."
To accomplish his goal, Story went to Pillar Point, north of Half
Moon Bay.
There, huge boulders extend from the beach out into the bay to
protect the marina. Story went to the end of the wall to photograph
surfers from the side, instead of head on.
"I had several shots of surfing that day, but I particularly
liked that one. His arm was out. I could move right with him.
That was the whole purpose of going out there, to get that feeling
instead of static movement, frozen in time. I wanted something
where you could feel the water spray."
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Story, who lives in Los Altos Hills, has been taking pictures
most of his life. "It's something that I've always done,"
he said. "I started out to make photography a profession
about 25 years ago but decided it was more fun to keep it as a
hobby. It lost the fun."
Recently retired from the Wall Street Journal to Palo Alto, Story
likes to go on exotic trips and take pictures. He went on a snowmobile
trip to Yellowstone in January.
"Anytime I go anywhere the camera is with me. I purposely
go to photograph things fairly regularly -- when I'm ignoring
things I should be doing."
Story is the only photographer to take away two prizes in this
year's contest. He also won honorable mention for his manipulated
image of the Grand Canyon.
-- Katharine Miller
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