Entry no. 185 — Thu, Oct 1 · the side job

I shoot for fun.

..but you can always hire me

By day I'm a software engineer, building products for clients from wherever the wifi holds. The rest of the time I'm in the water with a camera. It's not my main job, so I only take the trips I'd want to be on anyway: surf camps, freediving retreats, dive boats.

Send a brief Day job· software engineer · remote
Surfer in a black rash vest riding a teal board along a blue wave
Pl. 12 · Trim · Sony A7R III
Side questshooting since 2019

the housing is orange so I can find it when a set takes it.

10+yrs shipping software7yrs shooting42countries186sessions in the lineup— say when
02· Selected series48 plates · 7 series

Picked,
not dumped

A few series instead of a feed. Each one is a real day in the water, with what I shot it on and what it would look like delivered to you.

Click any plate to see it big, with where it was shot and what it was shot on.

Series 01 · Ocean

Glass water 05:42

Paddled out at first light. Water was glass. Shot from inside the wave with the wide, the rest I just watched.

Where
Maldives
Shot on
A7R III · housing
Light
Dawn, natural
Series 02 · Freediving

Breathe slower

Boat entries, breath-holds and the quiet bits in between. Black and white when the water is busy, colour when it is blue enough to earn it.

Shot on
A7R III · GoPro
Style
Breath-hold, no tanks
Series 03 · Surf

Both sides of the surface

One session, shot from on top of the water and from under it. I swim out with the housing and stay in the impact zone, so the riders never have to come to me.

Shot on
A7R III · 24-70 GM · housing
Angle
In the water, above and below
“The water remembers you even when the map has moved on.”— log 184, april
more plates every trip, roughlyFull log on the home page ↗
03· Reelno reel yet

Moving pictures,
mostly wet

Loop · muted
the real edit is still on a hard drive. this is the drone, on repeat.

I like seeing a place from up there.

The drone comes on every trip, and most of the video I bring home is shot from the air: the lineup, the reef, the boat on the way out. From the water you get the wave. From up there you get the whole day.

If you want video from your trip, I cut it for wherever it is going to live, your feed or your website.

04· For hireQuoted per trip

What I shoot,
and what you get

Retreats
Freediver at the edge of a boat, black and white

The whole week with the group

Freediving retreats and surf camps. I join the trip and shoot the sessions, the boat, the meals and the people.

Daily selects · gallery · recap film

Underwater
A single dolphin diving down through deep blue water lit from above

In the blue breath-hold

Freediving and snorkel portraits from the water, natural light. Shot on a breath-hold, same as you.

Portraits · session clips

Surf
Surfer carving a wave under heavy grey clouds, seen from water level

From the water mostly

Lineup, take-offs and the walk back up the beach. Surf schools, camps and riders who want more than a phone on the sand.

Action sequences · rider selects

Aerial
Aerial view of a sandbar and turquoise water

From above legally

Coastlines, boats and locations from the Mavic 4 Pro. Flown inside local rules, permits sorted before we go.

Location stills · 4K clips

05· Kit + process2.3 kg on body

How it goes,
roughly

In the bag

  • PhotoSony A7R IIIFE 24-70mm GM, water housing01
  • AirDJI Mavic 4 Profor the big picture02
  • WaterGoPro Mission Profor when it gets rough03
  • WalkDJI Osmo Pocket 3behind the scenes04
  • EditDaVinci Resolvegraded on trains05

A booking, in order

  1. 01You send a postcardWhere, when, how many people, and what the photos are for.
  2. 02I reply with a quoteWithin about 48 hours. Usually travel and stay plus a day fee. My day job is remote, so the laptop comes too.
  3. 03We get wetI shoot the trip. You get a few selects each evening.
  4. 04Edited deliveryFull gallery and films within 1 to 2 weeks, ready to post.
06· Book a tripReply in ~48 h

Got a trip?
I'll bring the housing

No form. Write where, when and how many people in the first line, and add a link to past photos if you have them. A surf spot recommendation also works.

Send a briefjobnte12@gmail.com
First line:
where · when · how many
To:
a trip that needs a shooter
Instagram@jo_bntethe latest, mostly waterTikTok@jobntethe moving stuffLinkedInin/jobnteinvoices and such

Free as the waves ~ wherever the current goes