Photographer Guidelines

Photographers will identify themselves as a wpsurf registered photographer at all times when taking photos that they later use on the wpsurf site. Without this identification, the vital link between anonymous surfers and the wpsurf site is not made. Photographers will make this link using custom material such as a flag and clothing.

Bearing in mind that the photographer does not need to have had any direct contact with the surfer...

• To give the surfers the best chance of identifying themselves in a photo it is important that the photo composition is close enough and clear enough for the surfer to be able to recognize themselves.
• The surfer can then simply searching for the break they were surfing at on a specific date (Basic Search (where and when)) to bring back any photos taken. The surfer can then look through them to find any photos of themselves or their friends.

  The surfer does not need to have had any direct contact with the photographer. Simply searching for the break you were surfing at on a specific date will bring back any photos taken. You can then look through them to find any photos of yourself or your friends.

  The most common (and simplest) search will usually be just searching by "where and when".

  

  If you enter a break name (or part of a break name), enter the date you are interested in and click on "Search", you will get back:

  • all the surf break(s) containing the letters you entered in the break name and
  • all the images taken at the break(s) on the date you entered.

  The search will only find breaks and images at the map region you are looking at (and anywhere below that region).

  So the search below would find all breaks in the world with the letter "P" in the break's name and all images taken at those breaks on the "31 Jan 2006":

  

  Whereas the search below would find all breaks in Ireland with the combination of letters "Peak" in the break's name and all images taken at those breaks on the "31 Jan 2006":