Nathan Apffel

I photographed Nathan Apffel last week for the OC Weekly. He directed Lost Prophets "—Search for the Collective is among the most beautifully shot, well-edited and fully realized movies in this year’s festival, let alone the Action Sports category. It follows eight surfers scattered all over the world, but several Orange Countians are involved in the project. And the waters off Newport Beach inspired the documentary’s director." It will be in the Newport Beach Film Festival running through April 29th.

I met Nathan at Manhattan Beach to shoot a portrait. The only time he could shoot was from 10-noon which is always the worst part of day to shoot, yet alone at the beach with the glaring sun! I went into it with doubts but came out happy getting these shots. I blew out some of the background and whites to focus on him. I wanted to get some more personality/fun shots of him so he did a belly flop into the waves. So rad!