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Greg McCarthy Photography.

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My photography started back in 1975 when I first started shooting surfing with a Pentax Spotmatic F that I was given by my mother for my 21st birthday. On and off over the years, in between my real job, I shot surf images around my home break, Cronulla.

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In the late nineties a change of career enabled me to move to a more professional approach to my surf photography. It was during this period that I realised that I also had a strong collection of beach and ocean related images and so the Oceanrt Gallery was born. With the help of Soula, my wife, images were collated and offered for sale as prints for framing etc.

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Oceanart was launched back in 1997 by Soula and myself. We opened the Oceanart Gallery in 2003 which we ran very successfully until an opportunity presented itself to move to Adelaide in 2013 where we lived for four years.

In 1998 I won the Canon Asia Pacific Professional Photographer Award with a photo inside a barrel at Shark Island, Cronulla shot with a Canon SLR camera and Fisheye lens (weighing 5 kg) inside a waterhousing and mounted to the front of the surfers board. The camera was triggered by a radio remote. A similar image from the same wave also appeared on the front cover of Tracks magazine (see image right). This was well before the GoPro.

There was a strong demand for my images and I started to focus more on images suitable for the Gallery and less on the surf action I had been shooting up until then. This encouraged me to invest in medium format camera gear including a Fuji 617 panoramic camera. Of course these cameras were all film. Digital was still a few years away. When digital did arrive it wasn't long before it completly changed photography and this enabled everyone to more easily become photographers. A great thing for photography but not so good for the Oceanart Gallery.

These days I use a range of Canon DSLR and mirrorless Cameras including the Canon R3 and R6 Mark II mirrorless cameras (they are game changers) and large range of Canon lenses ranging from the EF800mm f5.6 telephoto lens through a EF 300mm f2.8 and many others down to a 8-15mm f4.0 fisheye lens. I currently have a number of  RF lenses including a 14-35mm F4:0,  a 24-105mm F4:0 and a R100-500mm f4.5-7.1 . I won't be rushing to buy more RF lenses as they are expensive and I am very happy with how well the EF lenses work on the R3 and R6 Mark II with the EF adapter. When shooting in the water I use Aquatech waterhousings.

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Greg can also be found on Instagram 

Oceanart

Soula and I have re-launched the Oceanart Gallery online. Images are already on the site and we hope to have the e-commerce facilty up and running shortly. In the mean time we can be contacted by EMAIL

Images for Personal Use

I'm happy to provide a low resolution jpeg file of images posted on my websites (except Oceanart images) and social media pages free of charge for personal use on Instagram and/or Facebook etc. If you would like a copy of an image of yourself for this purpose EMAIL ME with the date and place where the image was shot and the image number.

Image Prints

Image prints are available for sale. I do not supply high res image files suitable for printing unless a suitable buyout fee is agreed as I cannot control what happens to the image.

Commercial Use of Images

Commercial use needs to be negotiated with me and a suitable buyout fee agreed.

 Email: greg@gregmccarthy.com

 

Links below to both my Instagram Page and YouTube Channel.

 

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Rik O'Leary

Rik O'leary, Connor's younger brother showing he can surf too! CLICK HERE to view all the Surf Images Slideshows

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Rik off the bottom, North Cronulla.

Southern Cross Cycle Club

Criterium racing with the Southern Cross Cycle Club at Waratah Park, Sutherland. CLICK HERE to view all the Cycling Images Slideshows

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Fisheye angle.

Surf Ski on Sunrise

Surf Ski during an early morning training session at sunrise, North Cronulla

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Training Session North Cronulla.

Greenhills Beach

Greenhills Beach showing off some wave potential with this left hander and the Boat Harbour 4WD Beach Park in the background

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Greenhills Beach showing off some wave potential with this left hander.

2023 Sutherland 2 Surf

Some great running at the 2023 Sutherland 2 Surf. Congratulations to James Nipperess (33:13) and Eloise Wellings (36:13) for their wins in the 2023 Sutherland 2 Surf. CLICK HERE to view more images from the run

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Some great conditions for some fast pace running.

Huey shot with Flash

Huey, my flash test dummy, helping me test the Canon R3 remotely fired with a 8-15mm fisheye lens. Both images shot with Canon flash. Tech details for those interested:- Image 1: Shot on normal flash synch at 1/180 second in shutter priority mode (Tv) at f18:0 and ISO 400. Image 2: Shot on high speed flash synch at 1/1000 second in shutter priority (Tv) at f7.1 and ISO 400. Both images triggered with Pocket Wizard radio remotes.

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Huey showing some style over the jumps.

Connor O'Leary

Connor O'Leary was back in Cronulla for a few days late May catching up with family and surfing with mates around Cronulla. He was lucky enough to scaore a decent swell when he hit town.

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Connor showing why he is ranked so high on the WSL Tour

 

Cronulla from Boat Harbour

Shot from out the window of my Landcruiser just on the right as you enter onto the beach at Boat Harbour

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White sands with a view all the way to Cronulla

 

Voo Doo

These images were shot at Voo Doo (Potter Point) mid morning on Friday 5 May 2023. The swell was small but fun on an out going tide fanned by a light north westerly wind. The images were shot with a Canon R3 and a Canon EF800mm f5.6 lens.

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Fun morning at Voo Doo

 

Canon R3 & Canon RF100-500mm f4.-7.1 

The two images below are from the same file. The one of the left is the original image and the one on the right has been cropped by a factor of 3 or the equivalent of shooting with a 1500mm lens. The image was shot with a Canon R3 and a Canon RF100-500mm f4.5-7.1 lens at a focal length of 500mm

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Sail Boarders at Greenhills

 

Oceanart Fine Art Prints

Four vertical panoramic images from the Oceanart Fine Art Gallery. To view other images from the Gallery CLICK HERE

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L to R. 1. North Cronulla   2. Alley Surfer   3. North Cronulla Rock Pool   4. Sunrise along Cronulla Beach    

 

Terepai Richmond - Shark Island

Shot a few years back this is a shot of Terepai surfing Shark Island all by himself on a huge east swell which is not so good for the right but does cause the left as you can see in the image to fire.The image was shot from the top of stairs just up from North Cronulla. It is one of my all time favourites.

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Terepai, solo surf at Shark Island

 

Sydney Border Collies October Meet Up

So much fun for all the Border Collies that were at the October Meet up in at Centennial Park.

To view more images of the Meet Up CLICK HERE .

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So much fun for Huey and all the other Border Collies.

Cycling, Captain Cook Drive

Shot some random cycling images along Captain Cook Drive between the Greenhills Roundabout and Twin Peaks on Saturday 17 Sept 2022. It really is surprising just how many cyclists pedal along that road each Saturday morning. CLICK HERE more images from the morning.

Images shot with Canon R3, Canon 1Dx and Canon R6 MkII cameras.

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An early Saturday morning on Captain Cook Dr

Surf Images

I have been shooting Surf Images around Cronulla for many years. CLICK HERE to view a selection of these images.

Images shot with Canon R3, Canon 1Dx and Canon R6 MkII cameras.

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A collage of Surf Images shot around Cronulla

The Boatshed Cafe, Woronora

Went down to where the Boatshed Cafe is on the Woronora to check on a fire trail for riding my MTB. Found the trail which looks good but they have done such a good job fencing it off it would very difficult to get a bike over the gate, especially 20kg E-MTB. I am looking for somewhere to ride that Huey my Border Collie could run along with me. Bugger 😔 That was the downside the upside is I discovered the Boatshed Cafe - looks like somewhere to go for lunch one day with Soula and Huey 🙂.

Shot with a Canon R3 and Canon RF24-105mm F4:0 lens.

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The Boatshed Cafe at Woronora.

Huey on the Run

Huey being Huey. He is obsessed with the ball. When there is a ball about he is just not interested in anyhting else including food, other dogs or people.

Shot with a Canon R3 and Canon RF24-105mm F4:0 lens. I used the autofocus animal tracking setting with eye detection to capture this image.

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Huey at Boat Harbour.

Sunset at the Bobby Brown Lookout, Wanda

Glorious sunset behind the Bobby Brown Lookout at Wanda Beach.

Shot with a Canon 1Dx, EF70-200mm f2.8L IS lens and a 2X teleconverter.

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Sunset Wanda Beach.

Early Morning Swim at Southies

Beautiful morning for a swim at South Cronulla Beach this morning. Yes I know it's called Cronulla Beach but I've lived in Cronulla my whole life (68 years) and as kids we all called it Southies.

Shot with a Canon R3 and a RF24-104mm f4.0 IS lens.

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Beautiful morning for a swim at Southies.

How I prepare an Image for an Instagram Post

This video shows how I prepare an image first in Adobe Lightroom then Photoshop for posting to Instagram and Facebook via Facebook Creator Studio.

A Random selection of my Photos

A Random selection of my images that I have shot over the years both from around Cronulla and from my time in Adelaide. To view a full selection of images from Surf, Cycling and Oceartart images go to the menu bar above to select which site you would like to visit.

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Some wonderful memories.