The Native Floridian – Wayne Roth Photography

Sometimes inspiration hits in the early morning sunshine when your are dealing with Dog Photography.  The cold front had pushed its way through and the gray skies gave way to blue.  An early morning glow from the sun was peaking through the trees and the air was just right for taking pictures.   There was a new beautiful German Shepherd playing in the front yard.  His name is Zeek.  My mother in law signed to be a puppie raiser for Fidelco and this is the pup she was assigned.  Zeek is to be a future service dog and makes a very handsome subject.  So with a few doggie treats and some gentle persuasion were able to get him to sit still long enough for a couple of portraits.  That was an amazing feat in itself because he is one of those typical pups that has ants in his pants and just can not sit still for anything.

Since the lighting conditions were good I had to get my old faithful camera shy buddy himself, Taz the Pudelpointer, in for some of the photography action.  He is 6 and usually listens quite well but for some reason will get a little camera shy.  He just doesn’t like to stare at the camera.  My trusty assistant hits the squeeky ball a couple of times and I manage to get a look or two.  Unfortunately I should have been packing my drool rag to wipe his face.  That pond water is just so tasty and too irresistible!  So where would I be without the inspiration of some of our finest four-legged friends.  I would feel a little out of place in the world dog photography without a dog and I am not about to let that happen.

Being into Florida Photography you never know what I am going to have to do to get that picture. This time we had to catch the fish, throw an energy drink in the picture, take a drink, yuk! And then catch another fish. These were some huge mutton snappers too! Lots of fun making the video!  I did cheat a little because the boat belonged to my dad and the other person in the picture was my brother.  We have been fishing the reefs off Palm Beach County since we were born there.  We even had a picture of the family and our old Robalo boat on the front page of a fishing magazine!  It’s kind of ironic that it is I who is behind the camera taking the pictures of the people in the magazines now.  I have several of my fishing pictures published with Sport Fishing Magazine.  So if you have a fishing adventure that you are about to embark upon and you want to “Preserve Your Adventure” then give me a call.  The Native Floridian himself, Florida Photography at it’s best!

As an avid horse photographer, mainly because my wife competes in Reining and Ranch Horse Versatility events, horse photography comes naturally.  Horses make some of the best subjects to photograph.  Hanging around the barn I have captured quite a few long faces so I decided to put a little clip together to show off some of the horses that are seen and ridden on a daily basis at Najorka Performance Horses.  Florida Photography does have it’s perks because I can photograph horses all year long without freezing my fingers off.  The only challenge that I have from time to time is having to photograph a dark horse with a rider wearing light clothing!  It kind of brings me back to the days when I did more wedding photography, you know the bride in all white and the groom in all black!   Speaking of formal events, I am booking Horse Photography events.  Please give Wayne Roth a call if you are in the Florida area and we will see if we can work you into our schedule.

As a Florida photographer I could not resist posting some vintage footage of some lobster diving trips. I shot these clips with the old Sony DCR TRV20 with a Dolphin Pro housing as my Photography Equipment. We always managed to get our limit of lobster on these dives. Maybe it was because I always paid my dues lugging all of the camera gear in and out of the water on every dive. While I typically do not shoot any video footage for my clients now I will shoot some short clips with my Canon 5D Mark II. I do animate the still photography pictures and put them to music for my clients and they seem to really enjoy the share the picture videos. More and more of my time is going towards promoting Dog Photography and horse photography events.   But for now enjoy some diving trip on the “Afternoon Delight” with “The Native Floridian” and don’t forget to bring along your camera so you too can “Preserve Your Adventure”.  Or you can bring me along, the ultimate Florida Photographer.

As a Florida Photographer sometimes I actually get to leave Florida.  This time I took a trip to Cancun, Mexico and got married!  So while I was there getting married to the love of my life I managed to take some pictures. There was a beautiful old lighthouse complete with a shipwrecked little boat on this jagged rock filled peninsula.  This made for some beautiful pictures.  It took several trips to the lighthouse to get the shot I was looking for. I wanted to show a sense of remote and ruggedness of this rocky terrain.  I imagined what it was like before all of the commercialization and tourism came to Cancun.

The old boat had been there for years and really started to settle into the sand.  It made for a great foreground object adding some depth to the picture.  The sunrise, well it speaks for itself.  It’s not really spectacular but I never get tired of a beautiful sunrise picture.  I thing the most enjoyable part of the picture was taking it. I packed all of my gear, slung it over my back and headed out.  It was a quiet cool walk along the beach from the hotel to the lighthouse point.  I had to duck under docks, climb over rocks, walk through water and sometimes sneaked through the vacant tiki hut bars.  When I arrived at the rocky point the wind was in my face and the sun was just poking its head up from the horizon.  As I unpacked my camera gear I realized I had made an almost fatal mistake.  My camera equipment and most importantly my lens fogged up instantly.   With the extreme humidity and the sub zero temperature of the hotel room, I think our thermostat was broken, my dry lens cloth did not stand a chance.  So after the longest few minutes of hugging my camera very closely in an attempt to warm it up enough so the condensation would stop, I was finally able to start capturing some images.  The sunrise was one of those pictures that reminded me of Florida Photography.

Once again, if you put the pictures to music and animate them and something magical happens.