PETER MCGOWAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Match

2011-10-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

Onboard shot from a recent Chicago Match Racing event onboard the winning boat of Keith Swinton.

Bust

2011-10-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

Jon Modica of Cabrinha busting a move strapless in small surf. Water is getting colder these days.

Pheado

2011-08-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

Some video from the start of the Transatlantic Race back in June. Features a small bit of camera work by Phoebe and I.
Phaedo is currently racing hard around the Fastnet Rock.

Dasein

2011-07-11T04:19:00.000-07:00

I submitted a handful of images to the Dasein show put together by Chase Jarvis at the Ace Hotel in NYC. Super cool collaborative project where work is chosen and rotated daily. I happened to be in the city the final day and discovered at least one of my shots made it up on the wall and was still there.
Read all about it here:
http://www.invitationtohang.com/

Catching

2011-06-14T08:19:00.000-07:00

Here's a look at from underneath of a surfer paddling to catch a wave over a shallow reef. Honolua Bay, Maui.

Robby

2011-05-31T09:32:00.000-07:00

Robby Naish, shot from a jet ski but I would have rather been in the chopper, high and dry.

Juicy Jaws

2011-03-17T18:28:00.000-07:00

Good size swell hit at Peahi on Tuesday. I shot from both the cliff and a jetski. Juicy.

Starz

2011-02-24T14:25:00.000-08:00

Testing some new equipment shooting high ISO at night. Not too noisy. 17 seconds, f8 at 12800 ISO.

Nike 3

2011-02-02T13:26:00.000-08:00

Nothing better than Nike soccer ads in my humble opinion. I have posted them before and here's the latest. Cutting edge of video work(6 cameras covering 360 degrees simultaneously) and audio. Cool.

Night Rider

2011-01-26T00:58:00.000-08:00

I got to Jaws a few hours too late for this show. Granted it was a full moon and lit by the chopper's lights but still......

Mark Visser Rides JAWS at Night! from Fortrus Sports on Vimeo.

Shawn and Jesse

2011-01-12T23:35:00.000-08:00

An encore video presentation of the Richman brothers taken during a photo shoot last spring.

Dark

2010-12-10T12:43:00.001-08:00

Check out this cool shot I made for a client's 42 foot 100mph+ powerboat. I was looking to copy some old Ferrari/Porsche style car ads.
Turned all the lights in the shed out and light painted with a $16 flashlight. Low tech and cheap.

Yo

2010-12-06T00:33:00.000-08:00

I converted my old hardtail Fat Chance Yo Eddy into a single speed. Lean and clean.

Igor

2010-09-23T20:00:00.000-07:00

Hurricane Igor provided some decent swell up and down the East Coast. I even got a few days in myself.

Chicago

2010-08-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

Went to Chicago to photograph some match racing only to have an air show screaming overhead. Bonus!

Tiny

2010-08-11T11:18:00.000-07:00

Always fun to play with the Tilt/Shift app on my iphone. This shot was taken with my new iPhone 4G which has a 5 megapixel
camera. The old iPhone apparently had a little problem with water and had to be replaced. Shot on Sunday afternoon at the National Seashore in Wellfleet in front of the famous Beachcomber restaurant bar.

Ex Sapphire

2010-07-02T08:18:00.000-07:00

The Sapphire is now Sea Dragon. Currently she's on her way to Northern Europe-

Ezra

2010-06-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

World Cup

2010-06-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

In honor of the World Cup here's a Nike spot. No one does it better-

Sapphire

2010-06-04T19:48:00.000-07:00

Enough of the kiteboarding. Back to my day job.

Whip

2010-05-21T09:27:00.000-07:00

Some video taken while I was shooting Shawn Richman throwing his new move the "Miracle Whip". I'm the guy on the ladder with the camera hoping he'd could come even closer. The wind was a lot lighter than it looks. This kid can huck if there's even a breath of breeze. More stills to follow.

Mitch 2

2010-05-07T11:30:00.000-07:00

Video from my Mitch Gilman shoot. I skied with him using both a camera caddy and a pole to get some of these tight angles on the sliders and features in the park. Also mounted the HDSLR on his ski to see how that would work-

Richmans

2010-05-07T11:09:00.000-07:00

I hooked up with the Shawn and Jesse Richman. Brothers with big moves.

Vinyl

2010-05-04T10:02:00.000-07:00

Maybe I'm showing my age but this cool shot brings back memories of listening to the albums of my youth.

Duke

2010-04-30T12:40:00.000-07:00

Did a shoot last fall about Duke Besozzi who harvests white oak for wooden boat building. Here's my first try
shooting video while moving with the Canon 5D Mark II. Not a good idea when the crunch of leaves from our footsteps
becomes so loud on the audio. The Mark II is extremely hard to focus shooting video as it has to be done manually.
Lessons learned.

New England Naval Timbers from WoodenBoat on Vimeo.

Canoes

2010-04-19T14:51:00.001-07:00

BW

2010-04-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

Going thru some recent work from here on Maui of kiteboarding. I've been told more than once recently you can't shoot into the sun. Well here's to trying-

Hookipa

2010-04-12T18:57:00.000-07:00

I caught some Naish riders enjoying a rising swell one recent morning at Hookipa on stand-up paddleboards or SUP's as they're called-

Jaws

2010-04-09T11:46:00.000-07:00

Peahi or Jaws only breaks during a large swell on the north shore of Maui. Not so common is the right wind to sail there.

Tail

2010-03-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

Was on a boat the other day and a Humpback Whale was waving his tail and slapping it against the water. Don't see that every day!

Sonic Mitch

2010-03-08T01:09:00.000-08:00

Here's some of the video I shot of Mitch including some behind the scenes views of me chasing him on skis. Check it out-

Kites

2010-03-08T01:00:00.000-08:00

On Maui, shooting on the water and lately a lot of kiting. Here are some recent favs of Lou, Niccolo and Leander doing their thing-

Sonic Youth

2010-02-19T21:32:00.000-08:00

Recently did a shoot with Mitch Gilman, one of the top freeskier up and comers under 18 as featured in the February issue of Powder. And he's only 13!

Free Flow

2010-01-20T11:39:00.000-08:00

Shot some U21 kids at the Vail stop of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Slopestyle.

Clouds

2009-09-15T14:44:00.000-07:00

Went for a sail yesterday. I liked the sky when we were rowing in-

Went for a sail yesterday. I liked the sky when we were rowing in-

Sayleng

2009-09-03T18:50:00.000-07:00

Was doing some cruising on Arion last summer. Arion was the first large fiberglass sailboat ever built. Designed by Sidney Herreshoff in 1950 she is one one of the nicest boats I've ever sailed.

Windy City II

2009-09-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

Some shots of those fine Chicago Match Racing Center boats with their graphics that I was able to shoot at their recent
Grade 2 match racing regatta.

Windy City

2009-08-14T08:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some boat graphics I had a small part in helping with the design-
The designs appear on all the Chicago Match Racing Centers new boats.
Heather Hobler was the real artist involved. Check out her blog-
http://heatherhobler.wordpress.com/

Choppah

2009-06-27T14:05:00.000-07:00

Up in the air last week for some high speed boat work. Nice afternoon to be overhead.

Legos

2009-05-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

An entire Volvo with Legos. I checked there's a real car underneath but it still took them days to craft this one. I wished I'd brought some Legos with me to "pimp that ride"-

Chicken

2009-05-13T11:09:00.001-07:00

Cost of a Volvo 70 custom raceboat: $4,000,000.
Cost of a Bladerunner foiling Moth: $14000.
Playing chicken with a 600 foot tanker:
Priceless!

Busted!

2009-05-01T17:52:00.000-07:00

Cool images of me and my fractured shoulder, both before(dislocated) they screwed it together and after. Amazing detail the cat scan gives, color and all.

Bike Ballet

2009-04-25T07:52:00.001-07:00

Inspired. Danny MacAskill from dave on Vimeo.

Puck

2009-03-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

Managed to slip into the Boston Garden for the hockey state championship game. Great access close to the glass and I was able to find my way up into rafters above the action.

Pleasure Bay

2009-02-27T18:20:00.000-08:00

Today was an unseasonably warm and windy day in Boston. I was surprised to see a couple people rigging up well after sunset tonight as it wasn't that warm and the water was seasonably cold. Nevertheless, Pleasure Bay has alot of lights around it and it's totally enclosed from the sea. The autofocus wasn't too helpful in the dark so I was going old school and doing it manually-

In the Park

2009-02-23T17:56:00.000-08:00

Spent Saturday night shooting some local guys doing their thing in the Taunton skate/bike park- Skater's Edge. Alot of talent around-

Au revoir Key West

2009-01-29T08:33:00.000-08:00

Making the turn north after take off from Key West gives a nice view of the Marquesas, the only atoll in North America.

Match Racing

2009-01-28T10:34:00.000-08:00

I stayed in Key West thru the weekend to cover a match racing event. Sponsored by Chicago Match Racing, the group intends to start a series in Chicago in Tom 28's. Charlie Enright of Disney's "Morning Light" fame team kept getting better and won.

Key West

2009-01-25T16:41:00.000-08:00

Recent action from Key West Race Week-

Spread

2009-01-25T16:38:00.000-08:00

Mavis flying high in the kid's Vail Cup mogul contest.

Underground

2008-12-17T08:10:00.000-08:00

Shot some local skaters/bmx'ers riding the half-pipe in the basement of Underground Snowboard in Boston.

Turkey

2008-12-05T07:39:00.001-08:00

It wasn't all turkey time in FL over the Thanksgiving holiday. Got to ride the flats around St. Pete next to the Skyway Bridge. The insane Flexifoil team rider Billy Parker did some mugging for the camera as well. Managed a few shots of him flying by but I had less success getting close enough when he was boosting the airs-

Art

2008-11-18T18:28:00.001-08:00

The ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston had a great installation by Tara Donovan. Check it out if you're in town.

Kite Flying

2008-10-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

Spent Saturday riding some of Martha's Vineyard's smooth water. Nevin, Gebby and others were kind enough to jump right over me while I shot straight up from the beach.

Lilliputian World

2008-10-09T07:54:00.000-07:00

Different video mixing a tilt/shift lens with video camera. Check it out-

Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Buzzards Bay

2008-10-08T07:09:00.000-07:00

Rode a ride for my local Save the Bay organization last weekend. 75 miles around Buzzards Bay on a cold rainy day that was supposed to be warm and sunny.

http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/newsevents/watershedride/

Arion

2008-09-22T12:54:00.000-07:00

A late summer cruise in the Arion, the first large fiberglass sailboat built in 1951. She was designed by Sidney Herreshoff and restored by Damian MacLaughlin in 2001. The cruise went from Woods Hole-Edgartown-Cuttyhunk-Westport-Woods Hole.

http://www.dmcboats.com/Yachtingpages.htm

Mayflower

2008-09-16T19:27:00.001-07:00

No wind to kite but a great beach.

Flying by-

2008-09-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

A fellow Pacific traveller-

Bringing Sally home from Maine

2008-09-08T11:40:00.000-07:00

A recent trip aboard Sally from Casco Bay back to Buzzards Bay-

Skate

2008-08-30T06:49:00.000-07:00

skate - shot on red - 120 fps from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo.">

Wharf Air

2008-08-30T06:45:00.000-07:00

Jake and P-Dugga going a little X Games down at the town wharf. Wait till we build the big kicker!

Do it

2008-06-29T06:53:00.001-07:00

Genius advertising video. Check out Nike vs. The Devil as well!

Spin

2008-06-29T06:28:00.000-07:00

I was out recently playing with my new camera mounting rig doing self portraits.

Fast boats

2008-06-23T12:46:00.000-07:00

Chasing fast boats all day started with running offshore with the new 99ft Speedboat and ended in Narragansett Bay with A Cats.

Sneakers

2008-06-09T06:26:00.000-07:00

The new Puma VOR boat was out this weekend doing some around the buoys training. Great paint job- note the orange cat starting to show on the very bottom of the boat. I'm trying to create some sensation of movement in a few of these shots using slow a slow shutter and a gyro stabilizer. This boat moves fast in not alot of breeze and flat water so my driver has to be money-

Fire

2008-06-03T17:02:00.000-07:00

This afternoon's excitement in the neighborhood. Got a chance to try out my new point and shoot, an Olympus 850 SW, supposedly waterproof down to 10 feet. We'll see. The fire chief told me to get back when I got close to two fireman aiming a hose thru a window- I told him not to worry cuz the camera was waterproof! Some of these shots even made it up on Boston.com.

Carving

2008-05-20T11:26:00.000-07:00

I scored plenty of powder the final days of the season on Vail Mountain. No fresh powder on this day though....I used a Superclamp and a lot of duct tape to fasten the camera to my ex-racer friend's ski tip. Unfortunately the heavily weighted ski caused him to wipe out 3 turns in. Luckily I was able to get several shots after that during the second try but on the last run the whole rig vibrated off and I had to chase down the tumbling taped ball of Superclamp and Canon camera and lens. My friend hiked back up the piste to retrieve the remote trigger which was trashed. Fortunately the camera was fine.

Velo

2008-05-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

I shot some of the local fast guys yesterday at their weekly Sunday morning race. I got as close to the curb at a corner as possible with a 17-35 on my Canon using fill flash as well. The high shutter speed shots weren't particularly interesting so I slowed the shutter down and tried speeds between a 15th to 100th of a second while furiously panning the riders only a foot or two away. No Photoshop was used.