Amanda Stuart, A Surfer at Spray Point, Blairgowrie (PEOPLE 2025)

There are days when the conditions for surfers are not ideal, and the same goes for my attempts to photograph them. When we both succeed, it's a thrill. I often think my capturing an image is similar to the surfer's success (or otherwise) capturing a wave.

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