Standerd Slides

Subject: CC Roberts
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 2.2, Profile, Page 62

I love this shot. I think it’ll go down as one of my all time favorites. It’s just one of those that you tend to remember forever. I met CC out at Cocoa Beach one early morning a few months ago. He had a few of his friends coming out to surf with him as well. The waves were perfect size for CC that day. It was a bit coudy and overcast and a bit chilly. We both had to wear full suits. I shot black and white film due to the conditions. I first went out in the water and shot out a roll or two. We got some great shots. I had a blast dodging CC and the waves. When I was coming back in, I saw CC’s chair sitting at the water’s edge. I started to jog toward my car to dry off and change so I could get another camera loaded up. They stayed out in the water forever it seemed like. Once I got situated, I grabbed my 35mm Thrifty Cam and started walking toward the water to frame up the shot. There was a car just to the edge of the frame so I had to keep looking through the view finder as I walked closer. I knelt down, put the chair in the bottom left corner of the frame, and pointed upward toward the sky…CLICK.

-Meddock