As someone who shares our strong affinity with the ocean, and as someone who also resides in our Northern Beaches neighbourhood, it was a no brainer to get Steve Wall on board for an edition of Frames.

The 23-year-old shooter has been documenting his adventures for the past five years, and a quick look below will tell you that he’s seen some of Mother Nature’s most brilliant moments. Dominated by blues and seaside serenity, this is enough to have you planning your next getaway. Explaining his process, Steve says:

Photography for me is driven out of a desire to capture the beauty of the natural environment above all else… Whenever I get the chance I try to get out of Sydney, whether it be for waves, snow or just a relaxing getaway. For the last few years i’ve definitely been pretty heavily focused on surf, but these days I find it just as enjoyable to be swimming with my camera and a pair of fins.

Check out his images below, while his captioning game is also pretty strong.
Instagram: @whereswalle

Shooting waves that look like mountains, and sliding down mountains have definitely been my favourite activities of late.

Exploring the coast is always good too. Here surfer Creed McTaggert and part fish part human water filmmaker Tom Jennings go for a stroll down a secluded beach in the south of New Zealand.

Every now and again you stumble upon some pretty cool places. This is in the Great Australian Bite, about 25 hours drive from home in Sydney and home to not only one of the best waves in the world but more marine life than anywhere else I’ve ever seen. It was scary swimming underneath the cliff on my own this day, not going to lie.

And striking gold isn’t so uncommon down in those parts. This day started with a lot of rain and a crazy storm front, which passed to reveal the best double rainbow i’ve seen and some pretty crazy light.

New Zealand is pretty mind boggling, let alone when you surf pumping waves under the shadow of Mt Cook, the tallest mountain in the country.

This spot dishes up some of the biggest airbowls you could ever dream of, the kind of stuff most surfers shy away from. Craig Anderson on the other hand, embraced the opportunity and took to the skies on more than one occasion this year.

Every time I look at this shot of Jase Finlay I’m reminded of Hawaii. Like Pipeline, minus the hundreds of people, and not another photographer or surfer anywhere around.

I try to make a couple of excursions over west every year. It’s always good to get off the grid, dusty & salty – definitely like pushing the reset button on Sydney life sometimes.

This is hopefully the sight for sore eyes waiting at the end of that dirt track. Hands down the best waves i’ve ever seen in Australia this day.

Calm and composed in the danger zone. What it’s all about! This was shot with a 50mm and as Peter Hayes got blasted out of this he flew right past my head. Moments like this are what it’s all about for me… It’s such a rush being right there amongst the action, big waves in the middle of nowhere. If i could do this all the time I would!