Moving to the Next Blog

Sorry for any inconvenience.. Keeping 2 totally different blogs up and goin is tuff work..
For future (until i can get more funding on these) , Please refer to this blog here for updates and the coolest of the cool until other notice. thanks

Link for updated blog: JON STEELE PHOTO BLOG

Get Some!!!

Hope you got some yourself!!!
in a better way than this..

Pumping Surf!

Surf has been pumping..
Photos to show up soon!!!
Ryan Divel got some fun ones and i got to repay the favor for him.. He hooked me up with some trunks last week.. so this is perfect..
enjoy your day, i'm editing all day..

Carissa Moore Portraits

Some portraits i have done quickly of Carissa as she grows up and into her legacy of shred!!!
Finally wrapping up a project with these... dang it took me a while...
Been super slammed and the blog has suffered tremendously because of it..

Hayden Hansen revist

Been working with Hayden lately..
He's been skating good.. Here are some portraits on the drive up to etnies in Lake Forest..
good times... More to come!!

Sunday Relax day

Having a Whiskey sour for Seth who's working overseas......
Hope the work goes well and ya'll get home soon.. I got the next round!!!

Here is a video the Chalker... aka... Isaac " Nancy" Kenyon.. aka good friend of mine.. aka badass skater and all around rad dude...
enjoy this video he made.... visit his blog: The Chalker Chronicles
and enjoy skateboarding and friends..
Stoked my video "Guilt by Association" made it into the intro cut.. DEATH WEASEL FILMS FOR LIFE!!
oh and this video by Isaac makes me want to skate and drink beers with my friends..

Takin Care of Business!

THIS is the fruits of my hard labor....
soooo pumped!!! Its been way toooo long... new tripod and head....
soooo jazzzzzzzzzed!!!
Catching up on bloggin cause i'm getting busy again here this week... Hope to get a new computer and power through more work through Sept!!
Surf is pumping today.. Had to take a day off outta the sun and relax some muscles.... play catch up..... NOW you see what the hell i have been talkin about... Not excuses.... just handling it...

Collaboration

"Above & Below"
The Collaborative art of Dinah Bowman and Jon Steele

What: “ABOVE & BELOW” An exhibition of a unique collaboration between Texas artists, Dinah Bowman and Jon Steele. The distinguished careers of both artists have taken them to oceans around the world, and both have had a considerable influence on how people appreciate our oceanic wildlife. Meet them both and see what they have recently done together.

Who: Collaboration: Artists Dinah Bowman & Jon Steele

When: Friday, October 14th from 6-9 PM.

How: Relief Monoprint or Japanese named "gyotaku" with Texas scenic water imagery. The life on the Texas coast both "Above and Below" the water and expansive coastlines.

Why: An artistic collaboration of the Texas Coast and the animals that inhabit the water and coast.

Where: The Felder Gallery
1726 State Highway 361 # F
Port Aransas, TX 78373-5074
(361) 749-2388
www.FelderGallery.com

Contact: DinahBowma@aol.com
JonSteelePhoto@gmail.com
RobbyFelder@yahoo.com

To learn more about the artists please visit their websites: www.DinahBowman.com
www.JonSteelePhoto.com

Special Addition:
The 4th Annual Fall Art Walk in Port Aransas,  “The PA Art About,” will be held on Saturday, October 15th, 2011 from 4-7 pm. Along with gallery tours, the whole town will enjoy an “Open House” mentality – with participating local artists opening up their studios to the public.

 “BACK-TO-BACK”
Artists Wade Koniakowsky & Paula Gold
Saturday, October 15th, Live Painting 12 – 4 pm, Reception 4 – 7 pm
Nationally renowned surf artist, Wade Koniakowsky, and Texas landscape/wildlife painter, Paula Gold, will simultaneously demonstrate how they create their work on opposite ends of the Felder gallery.

BLOGS

If you don't see and update on this blog, its because i am slammed with work..
or its been such a good run that i am only gettin to update the other blog..
Please visit here: http://jonsteelephoto.blogspot.com/

Downhiller....

Here is a photo I shot of Josie Graves in PR for the new San Clemente Skates...
Looks like a fun board and I am torn between wallhanging and riding it.. hahah

Content

YEAH i know.. blogs need content...
I have been exhausted and there are no excuses just work..
I DID take one day off to hang and surf with my girl.. =STOKED!!!


After surf lessons I always pop in to Adolfo's for Shrimp Tacos and a cold beer.. YUM


So my project is almost done and if you are putting 2 and 2 together you can gather what i have been up to..
I wonder why this cop is down at the beach? Isn't that what we have lifeguards for ???



Will Crum and I enjoy a sunset drive on the 5 freeway in California.... What an amazing day that was...



I have been workin on some art as well... These should be done when i have free time.... Tryin to get a show goin for the winter in Texas..

Surf Dog

I want a dog that goes surfing and skating with me all the time!!

O cão mais legal do mundo from hardcore on Vimeo.

Fletchers and more

Almost finished with a piece of artwork on Greyson and Christian Fletcher..
pretty fun and stoked on how its coming about.


Swell is starting to fill in... stoked....

Flattered

my little buddy i was hanging out with all last week went back home to florida...
The kid is sharp as a tack and we really had a good time during surf camp!
So then i get a text from him and he was pumped to see the board with my photo on it in surfshops around the world...
pretty cool....
yeah grom!!

Raw Helmet

Raw Helmet groms visit the Sector 9 bread bowl.....
good times...

Keepin Up

Sorry I haven't really been keepin up.. been super busy which is great...
Will Crum showed up and we went to the skatepark and played.. Videos up soon.
Hayden, Jacob and Shea skated.

WORK

Glorious morning here in Southern California...
I have lots of pots on the fire right now and bloggin has been difficult as i have been mentally and physically exhausted..
working from 5:30 am to about 9pm every day for the past week...
LOVE it... lets get some new camera gear!!!
:)
Here is what i get to wake up to from my desk with a great cup of coffee...

Camp Pendleton hill on the bottom right corner.
Birds are chirping, a quick bike ride, a lineup photo of Lowers and off to surf class for the day!!!
:)

Beach Party 2

beach party everyday!!
lots of work..
sorry for all the selfportraits..

just working like a hog.... summer is in full force... .
heading to Texas next month with Joel Tudor and Sector 9...

should be sick!!! pray for waves..

Beach Party

My life is a beach party.. hahah stoked..
good times last nite and an even better skate home in the dark!!
Party on cause it friday!!!

Top of the Morning

Stoked... Kinda Over the June Gloom mornings here in Southern California..
but there is a lot to be thankful for..
There is alot of work happening and i have been working on a fun project for a client..
I cant tell you til its done but i'm pretty much up and riding my bike every morning for a while shooting some photos...
good times.. and hopefully make a great project..

I have always wanted to do this but never committed.. so it's bonus I'm gettin paid for it...
Jazzed...
Well i gotta run, morning bike ride is calling!!!

LIFE

So things are tough at times... sometimes its all not so clear but we must remind ourselves on the constant that it is LIFE and Family that matter most...

Spend that extra moment to say hello, or just be nice......
My good friend Isaac and long time DWF team member for LIFE had some lung surgery...
Issac Keeping it Surfy:


SO HEAVY... here are some shots of the brohog handling what needs to happen...
Thank God for good doctors... It s the little things that make all the tough stuff worth while...
Glad my friend made it through and got the problem in time and on the road to recovery... So stoked...

Here is a shot from last nite.. My friend Sterling invited me over for a well needed surf at San Onofre..
So stoked to hang out with friends.. I needed that positive energy and mix up my routine..

Hotel rooms and Motor Inns

Finding myself in shady hotel rooms..
photo shoots are done right when ur in sketchy situations.. hahah..
the more abstract the better for fashion... sometimes the hotel life is just one many don't know about... It's tough, its great when you get new sheets...

Skateboarding Makes Me Happy!

If you know me, i dont get hyped on new clothes.. i wear the same clothes and only own a few pairs of jeans and shorts/trunks.
BUT....
This smiley shirt gets me HYPED!! Went down to Sector 9 yesturday and got some new wheels and a few accessories that i needed..
Thanks team for the support and help!!! Still skating.. YEAH new wheels... and a smiley shirt!! haha

Lowers

New project for Surfline starting tomorrow..
I'm shooting everyday the same time for a month in the same location...
should be a good time and fun experiment.. I have always wanted to do this and now im gettin paid!
hahah.. stoked.. thanks for the work!!!

Bikini's

So you have heard be complaining about the workload so here are some of the fruits of my labor..
probably had 3,ooo images to go through in just the bikini shoots...
more in the surfing and lifestyle folders too!
:)

June Gloom

June Gloom and south wind eddys... ugh...
makes me work on my computer all day and edit photos like these...
:)
not bad..

Summertime

Lots of Black Sabbath and editing of photos for many a projects!! I'll take over loaded vs. no work...
Summer is here... Work will follow hopefully!!!

Lone Star

Bring on the summer!!!
BBQ and cold beer!!!!

Waves, women and some songs!!!!
YEEEHAW
Miles Cooper brought these Texas beauties to me and blackie