Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)

[damnhor2]

Hey guys, well, first off let me say I'm new to this forum.
My name is Amit and I am 26 years old. I am from ISRAEL.
And I'm sorry to start off like this, but I have been searching for something and can't quite find it, so I thought you guys could help me

I want to print a few surf related pictures to decorate my room. I need them to be in ULTRA HI-RES so they would come out professional and I was thinking something in this direction:



It's a shame I don't have that one in high res...
Anyway, any suggestions?

[RJD]

How about you checkout one of the stock photography sites ?

What kind of surf pics are you after, arty, close in shortboarding breaking moves, longboarding, scenic?

http://www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/surfing.html

or

http://www.surfimages.com/

etc

[damnhor2]

Thanks for the link man, but all the pictures in those websites are for sale, and for mad money!
I don't wanna pay for pics, that's why I'm printing at home

Any other suggestions?

[essex sucks]

the only way u will do it if u don't want to pay for it is to take the pic yourself 9 out of 10 pics on the net are not at high res so no good for printing big

[damnhor2]

I'm talking about an A4 page, not a poster...
Plus, they want like $200 a pic on those sites...

[RJD]

Then find a cheaper site or take one yourself.

[damnhor2]

Ok..., I was hoping to get maybe some other kind of help.
You know, since we all love surfing I thought each user could maybe post a picture or two, I didn't expect to get "Then find a cheaper site or take one yourself." That's not very helpful or friendly now is it?!

[RJD]

You havnt even said what type of surfing pic you are after.

You come on here and offer nothing except 'I want' as your first post expecting something free.

You know it takes a lot of effort, time and expensive equipment to get good surf photos - and it doesnt seem like you can even be bothered looking through flickr etc (check out creative commons licence pics there).

[phillwilson]

hi damnhor2,

have you thought about making a collage of smaller images ? thought you could grab whatever photos you could get hold of that inspire you and arrange them in an artistic way on one board, or assemble it in photoshop or similar if you have that type of programme and knowledge.

[damnhor2]

Oh, I am sorry, I thought the image was in the first thread...
I am looking for pictures like this:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_kdM3_2Dn32I/Rjg ... +Point.jpg

[damnhor2]

Phillwilson, that is a nice idea however I want to decorate a few walls, each with 2-3 pictures.

[tomcat360]

Buy a poster. They're like 20 bucks.

Bottom line is if you want a professonial photo you need to pay for it. As I am trying to get into the photo industry, there is nothing you can do more to piss off a photographer than ask for their work for free. You wouldn't expect someone to shape you a board for free, including free materials. You're asking a photographer who has invested tens of thousands of dollars in gear and thousands of hours to their art to then do it for free. Not cool.