One of the premier creative backbones of Australian Skateboarding is none other than local shredder all around nice guy and lens wizard Steve Gourlay aka Coach. Steve is a true artist who seems to nail every shoot with some kind of poetic justice that brings forward elements in the spot that you would not have even noticed if you were there yourself. He really does have a gift. He has a triple shot interview over on Caught in the Crossfire that is a must to check out I yoinked the first couple of paragraphs issey miyake replica watch
hit up 'The Crossfire' for the rest. It is nice to sing a song about an unsung hero and this single snippet is just the tip of the iceberg. Cant wait to see your new site Steve.This month we have decided to go Down Under to find another of the world's best skate photographers. Steve Gourlay has been on our radar for a little while he popped up on an email once and said he was an admirer of Crossfire and it doesn't get more natural than that. Born in Adelaide replica corum butterfly watch South Australia Steve has worked his lifestyle into the busy Melbourne scene where he now resides and shoots for many publications.
Steve shoots as the senior photographer for The Skateboarder's Journal and also contributes to Monster Children and Slam Magazine and also dabbles in a few US mags when needed. With 18 years of photography experience on his CV and adverts for the likes of Nike Clich Almost Ezekiel Hurley fake patek philippe gondolo watches Element Baker DVS Vans Globe it's a pleasure to welcome Steve to this month's Triple Shot.
So Steve how did you get into skate photography?
I was influenced by my Dad's photography as a young kid as he often shot great family travel pics but skate photography I got into it through a friend who was a skate and band photographer back in the late 80s-90s. I was taught a lot about b/w stuff back then and used to read early skate mags over and over so I was influenced a lot by those early skate photographers. (Continued here)