my quote.

Its the calmness. Knowing that no matter what you put yourself into, God's right there with you. Its handled, its understood. -Nathaniel Harrington

God's been working on my patience, and allowing me to be calm. He's been teaching me to wait upon Him. I don't know what is in store for my life, I have never known. I have been to many places and done many things. A lot of those things make no sense to me, and I have no understanding of how they came about. What I do realize now is that God's hand has been guiding me so closely... Even when I run away from Him it still has always seemed that He uses it to teach me and to direct me to the exact spot He wants me.

If you have no clue what I'm talking about or even if you think I'm nuts for saying it. Ask me about it, I can afford to be straight up about all of it. I'm not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.

enjoy,

nate.

Viktor Pakpour.

Just watched a few of the videos of this blog tonight. Viktor is from Laguna Beach, and he kills it with filming. Check out his work.

http://victorpakpour.blogspot.com/

enjoy!

nate.

True?

"There is a point in every person's life when they must choose to follow their dreams or be stuck in the life they fear." - Ian Ruhter

True.

Skating again.

Things maybe start here.. 'Boards of a Feather' Filming started today. Spots were skated and owned a bit..

here's a few pics from the day. Riders are, Aaron Gomez and Brandon Phillips. To be continued...

Enjoy,

nate.

Miss..

Its been pretty flat here in Southern California for the past week.. I miss seeing the waves already. I think after seeing larger waves anything but doesn't look as good anymore.

I miss this view from Brooks St.

enjoy,

nate.

advice.

A little slumber, a little sleep, a little folding of the hands to rest. So shall thy want come as one that traveleth or as an armed man. -Proverbs.

Summer is over, school is started. Its time to start some heavy projects again.

enjoy,

nate.

nice find!

Aaron Gomez showed me this today. I'm amped on it from the very beginning!

Creative Destruction.

Make sure to check this out if you like things and people that are awesome.

enjoy,

nate.

To cold to return too.

A city that I miss from time to time. Minneapolis, MN. Shot on a very cold night. My tripod snapped in half from freezing.

The 35w bride. The colors on a cold night almost bring warmth.

A view of the dams, lit by the bridge and lights of the most beautiful city in MN.

My uncle's alley. I took a break from sheet rocking the garage and snapped a permanent memory of the simplicity of MN. Makes me so thankful for the palm trees and warm sand.

I remember the week that I shot these photos so well. I was with my good friend Jesse Ostendorf. It was so cold out that night. Something like -30 when we were shooting at the river, and just as cold in the day when I was shooting in the alley. Seeing these photos this evening made me remember MN so well. I am so thankful for the place I am right now. There is no way that I can ever take advantage of Southern California. These images remind me that I need to keep my head down and work hard at the things I am called to do. Work is a blessing from our Father the Creator. What would any of us do with out labor for our hands? I thank the Lord God for all the things He's given me and I constantly need to be reminded to pursue His will for my life and for my photography above all other things. Not a lot of people are going to think that way, but I do, and I'm not even a little bit bummed or ashamed of it.

enjoy,

nate.

I love this town..

Even when its packed with kooks its not a bad place. Its about that time of year now when all these howley's go back to their regular lifestyles and things get slow here in Laguna. I'm not gunna miss all of them, but some of them I will miss. I'm gunna miss most all the kids that I was able to teach how to surf this year. It has been the best summer of my life, no doubt.

enjoy the fall.

nate.

Lowers Swell from the 4th of july, 2010.

I finally got around to looking through my 2010, 4th of July, Lowers shots. I was camping at churches for the Walking on Water camps which were starting the day after this. I'm so stoked to have been out there on my favorite holiday, in one of my favorite places, with a sick swell and good riders. It was a beautiful evening! Most of my shots are a little on the dark side, I don't want to go through and edit them and make them look fake so it is what it is. It was pretty cloudy with the sun peaking out right before it set down for the night.

In this album also is the morning of the 5th. It was really dark when i went out to shoot! I would have stuck around and spent the day shooting on the beach but I had to get ready for weeks of surf camp and tons of kids. I'm still pretty amped on what I got. Good swell, sick location(one of the best in the world), and really good riders including Patrick Gudaoskas.

Chrurches Blowing Up! Early morning shot.

Setting of the sun on 4th of July. Few better places to be than this.

Images..

thanks and enjoy!

nate.

Nose grabbin surf time.

Its been almost a whole summer since I went to Salt Creek. This was taken a while ago! Sometime in the spring.. I wish I knew who the rider was, cause he was sick. I do know that Chippa Wilson is in the forground.

Stoked on re-finding this photo today.

enjoy,

nate.

Rodeo Flip with Porter Hogan!

Trick tip of the day. Do what Porter does!

enjoy,

nate.