Shooting The Curl

How Stan Moniz creates supersharp, hyper-colorful wave photographs

By William Sawalich, Photography By Stan Moniz

Updated June 30, 2016

Like many aspiring wave photographers, Moniz started shooting with a GoPro camera.

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Originally Published July 29, 2014

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