A California Winter: Our Coast Viewed Through a Camera Lens

My journey in photography started when I was 13 years old and my mom bought me a GoPro. My family is from Oahu; because of this, the ocean has always been ingrained in my life. What started as swimming in one-foot shorebreak waves in Hawaii quickly turned into a full-blown obsession with the Northern California coast. An iconic wave here in San Francisco in 2020. I love to capture the surrounding scene and have the surf be just one part of the picture. I feel that a “good image” tells the whole story. Photo by Jack Bober I was born and raised in Marin County, and I have always had a large fascination with my surrounding area. The ocean, the landscape and the local surf community that we have in the Bay Area is among the best in the world. I have had the opportunity to travel to a lot of beautiful places throughout the world with my camera, but each time I am reminded that there is nowhere truly as unique as the San Francisco Bay Area. Through photography, I am able to show how I