R U OK?

September 13, 2018

Morning my lovely friends,

Today is R U OK? day. To prevent depression and suicide, today is a dedicated day reminding people to ask family, friends and colleagues the question "Are you OK?" So ask around you!

Hope you are all OK. If not, please tell your family or close friends about it. Mental health is way too important and no one deserve to suffer in silence.

In a few instances during my life, I felt a bit down and I was very happy to chat about it with my family and close friends. They were the first ones to help and make me see the brighter side. So please don’t feel ashamed about it!

I think that this would be it for this morning, enjoy the photos and take care!

Lots of love,

xoxo

Amo

Three Bondi legends celebrating R U OK? Day (Liv Phyland, Finn Little and Harrison Reid)

When you want to make sure that your bum crack gets a tan! (Sorry, that made me laugh!)

Summer vibes

September 12, 2018

Morning my friends,

What a magnificent start of the day!

It definitely felt a lot like summer. The temperature outside was perfect (16 degrees at sunrise) but inside the water was a different story. The southerly brought the cold water… but as I always like to say, going for a dip in the ocean is the best thing to do to kick-off your day!

What else can I say? Probably that once again it’s a bit of a late update. Soz cuz but I’m busy ya know! ;)

Enjoy the photos and if you do like this daily dose of Bondi Beach, share it with your mates. Don’t be selfish!

Have a cracking day!

Amaury

Adam Lindsay, the clever brain behind ekoWorx. Side note: If you are wondering how to get these arms the size of my legs, you just need to start your day with 160 burpees in the sand. Not even joking! — Adam Lindsay, the clever brain behind **ekoWorx**. Side note: If you are wondering how to get these arms the size of my legs, you just need to start your day with 160 burpees in the sand. Not even joking!

They clearly missed the brief! I said let's do the next GQ cover not DNA?!

Sun-sational

September 11, 2018

Morning my friends,

What a sun-sational morning! (Yes, this time around, I’ve made a conscious decision to make a typo - I know that it should read “sensational”)

This morning when I woke up, I have to say, I didn’t have much hope about the sunrise but when the sun popped up above North Bondi, it was just magnificent! I’m very glad that I was proven wrong.

This morning, for a change, I delivered prints to a lovely lady that in exchange gave me a great bottle of Jacob's Creek Le Petit Rosé - double winning! Thanks Magali! I can’t wait to drink it, apparently it’s almost as good as a French rosé. I don’t believe it but as I put earlier, I like to be proven wrong! ;)

The light was incredible, sepia like, so I kept on shooting. Therefore, I had more photos to choose from and edit, plus I had an early meeting hence the late update. Talking about work, since my post of last week about my crazy schedule, I’ve had a few enquiries about some social & digital advice. Always keen to help, alternatively, feel free to join this three-hour long social workshop that I’m presenting in a month time.

Enough bla bla… here are the photos.

Enjoy my friends,

Amaury

How it all started... a bit dull. I do like the father & son vibe though!

Keiron Lewis not sure about his new board!

Pure Bliss.

September 10, 2018

Morning my friends,

How was your weekend? Any exciting stuff?

You can tell that Spring is here, Bondi Beach was packed yesterday. I was actually aiming to go and check out the Festival of the Winds with my daughter but couldn't be bothered with all this crowd. Sorry for being posh! ;)

Talking about my daughter, I went down the beach with her this morning and we hanged out with my friend David and our furry friend Jimmy. Very cute!

Such a stunning and warm morning and the sunrise is so early these days (6:15am) - so if you live locally, there are no more excuses not to go down the beach before work.

Have a lovely week,

Amo

My good mate David Finato and Jimmy having a snooze

Surf was not great but it's always worthwhile

On the loose. Taking photos and looking after my daughter all at the same time can be a bit challenging

Reading or Stretching. Why not doing both?!

10 minutes.

September 7, 2018

Morning my friends,

10 minutes. That is the amount of time I've spent in the water this morning. I didn't have my full wetsuit on and it was freezing cold but I'm so glad that I went in.

This morning, for a change, I decided to dedust my Olympus underwater case and take it for a swim with me. Taking photos in the water is next level complexity and it's actually very hard to know if you've nailed the shot until you've upload it on your laptop. Sometimes just a droplet at the wrong spot can ruin your photo.

Anyhow, here are the photos and have an amazing weekend folks!

BOOM!

Amaury (you can call me Amo, as most of my friends and colleagues do!)

Rexy, recently asked me why are you never putting a selfie. Here is why. Not pretty!

Heaven

September 6, 2018

Morning my friends,

How's everyone today?

Today was just heaven. The sunrise was a cracker, the light pretty incredible, the temperatures outside and inside the water getting warmer. Very hard to compete with a morning like this!

After a pretty epic night with some good mates ten of us at Bondi Hardware (see the selfie that I posted in my Instagram Stories), I needed a strong coffee and a swim so badly. And that's exactly what I did...

On another note, the fine guys at Tscudo wrote a great article about The Ripple Effect and used the 'First in, first ripples' photo. Go and have a look HERE. Thanks Simon, appreciate the kind words!

Have a lovely day team,

Ciao,

Amaury

Samuel, Nathan and Jonnie - Good blokes!

A bit far from the action... Dear Olympus, I would love to try one of your telescope lenses pretty please!! ;)

Misty Morning

September 5, 2018

Morning peeps,

What a glorious misty morning! I spent the majority of my time down in Bronte Beach and very glad that I did. Bondi's little sister is stunning too!

This morning I couldn't be bothered to train and I ventured down to Bronte instead. I have to say, watching the sunrise from Bronte pool is pretty spectacular.

Here are the photos.

#BOOM!

CLOUD. This is typically the type of photos that I wouldn't mind hanging on my wall - simple, yet beautiful!

If you stay behind this car for to long, chances are that you are going to get a tan in no time!

Back in Bondi and misty AF too! (Oops excuse my French!)

Work

September 4, 2018

Afternoon my friends,

In the whole history of Morning Bondi (almost 8 years), I think that it is the later update I've ever done. Almost 4pm?! What's wrong with me? Well life, or should I say work? That's right, Morning Bondi is not my primary activity but just a good hobby that takes a fair bit of time in the morning from 5:30am to 9:30am most days. Wow, that long?! How come? I can hear you saying. Well, I wake-up at 5:30am, 6am at the beach to train with friends, 6:45am for coffee, 7-7:30am photos and swim then it's shower, brekkie, selection of the best photos and editing. Then, when you think you're done, you still have to write a very good blog post (not like this one), prepare the newsletter (please subscribe to it so it's worthwhile), pick the best photos for Instagram, Instagram Stories, Facebook and Twitter. A lot to squeeze in before I even get to work!

I actually have a real job - not a 9am to 5pm but a 9:30am to 6:30pm to be precise and that is to look after all the social and content for a group of agencies called The Haus. This is not a shameless plug but just so you are aware. Funny enough, a few people recently asked me if Morning Bondi was my full-time gig. It is not and I will never be looking at making it a full-time thing. I'm very happy to keep it as a hobby and I'm way too passionate about my day job anyway!!

Oh yes, that was a long blog post to just introduce you to the photos of this morning. It was much better and warmer than what was forecasted!

Have a lovely evening (so strange to say this and my apologies for the delay in getting this to you!)

Amaury

PS: Call me if you ever need some help on the social or content front! (haha) ;)

Obsessed by this morning reflection on the Bergs

The Crabbe Hole, this has to be one of the best views to enjoy your latte.

Be aware of these signs and boards, they are not just pretty!

Monday Moody Monday

September 3, 2018

Morning my friends,

What a morning! To be honest, I almost didn't make it to the beach but i'm actually glad that I did as it was pretty interesting.

I was just too warm in bed and couldn't be bothered to face the cold but in fact it was surprisingly not that cold and not raining neither! Did I ever tell you that you should never trust the weather forecast in Australia? Well, now you know! They seem to be always wrong. Is that because we live in a massive island surrounded by oceans and therefore it's hard to predict? Dunno?!

I guess that's it for today. Have a lovely day and if the weather forecast is not wrong this time around, I might stay in bed tomorrow morning!

Ciao,

Amaury

Golden North Bondi (BTW, Waverley Council when are you fixing these bloody showers?!)

Harris Carroll & Jesse Polock setting up the beach

Messy

August 30, 2018

Morning my friends,

Wow what a wild morning! First of all, it was freezing cold and second of all it was messy as...

It was apparently 6 degrees at 6am and trust me we could definitely feel it in our boardies! As every Thursday and actually most days now, we were at the jungle gym with Paul, Bertie and Julius. Then, we were joined by Lockie & Simon at the coffee shop. Then the usual photos and swim. Probably not the best idea for this morning but I still believe that it is the best way to wake up and feel alive!

Have a fantastic day folks!

Ciao,

Amaury

The other nutcases that swam this morning - Good work Lucy, Dave & Rexy!

Bertie just picked the wrong day for his first and last winter swim!

Goody

August 29, 2018

Morning my friends,

What an amazing morning! Yes it was a tiny bit chilly but god it was stunning!

Apparently, it was the coolest night that we had this winter (2 degrees) - I didn't feel it under the doona but definitely when I got out of my place at 6am.

The waves were pretty good this morning, I would have love to have my new Soflite board with me. It's this one 7'00" black & fluro Best board on the market for beginners or even more advanced! Thanks to the Softlite team for looking after me!

Other than this, this morning I met and interviewed the three guys behind the Drone Shark App. Great bunch of guys looking after all the morning surfers! Check my Instagram Story here (you just need to click on my profile pic).

Have a lovely day my friends!

Amaury

Icebergs by Jenniferlia — Icebergs by **Jenniferlia**

When the ocean is rolling out the blue carpet...

Patchwork

August 28, 2018

Morning peeps,

What an interesting start of the day! Basically, with this cloud formation, the sun played hide and seek all morning. Let's be honest, it was far from being easy to take some decent photos.

I basically had to be at the right place at the right moment when the sun was putting the spotlight on one portion of the beach, 1 to 2 minutes at a time. Almost all the photos were taken when the light was ON!

On another note, yesterday, I celebrated a pretty big milestone. That's right, there are now 20,000 of you that follow me on Instagram. Pretty proud and once again thanks for your daily support over the years!

I guess that's it for today...

A domani,

Amaury

Claudia from Bondi Surf Report is back from her European trip — Claudia from **Bondi Surf Report** is back from her European trip

Moan-day

August 27, 2018

Morning my friends,

Let's not complain on this Moan-day morning but let's be honest that was far from being exciting! Very windy with only a minute of colours.

We went down to the jungle with my good mate Bertie for some reps of push-pull-abs. So much fun! ;) Then coffee with Simon, photos and swim. Yes I went in, yes I was the only one but ehh it's still the best way to wake up!

On another note, since I've posted my favourite photo 'First in, first ripples' on Friday, a lot of people have been asking me if I was selling prints. I do and I ship internationally too! See all the details here and the exact same photo printed and framed in 1.80m by 1.20m Pretty huge!

I guess that's it for today!

Have a beautiful week, it is meant to get better tomorrow.

Ciao,

Amaury

InstaMouettes (only the Frenchies will get it!)

Colours

August 23, 2018

Morning my friends,

How is everyone today? Two more days and it's the weekend!

This morning there were some clouds in the sky which created interesting colours in the sky. From pink to orange to yellow... Love it!

Inspiration, inspiration, inspiration... That's what I'm missing sometimes! Today is one of those days so I will leave you with the photos and as we all know a picture is worth a thousand words so with nine there should be largely enough!

Have a cracking day and hope the weather forecast is wrong for the next 4 days (rain, rain, rain and rain again). Crossing my fingers!

Cheerio,

Amaury

Lately everyone has been talking about the dolphins jumping in the bay and the incredible shots that Shane took. Ain't see no dolphins, just a Lockie Cooke jumping in the water. Trust me, it's worth watching too! — Lately everyone has been talking about the dolphins jumping in the bay and the **incredible shots** that Shane took. Ain't see no dolphins, just a **Lockie Cooke** jumping in the water. Trust me, it's worth watching too!

Hump(s) Day

August 22, 2018

Morning my friends,

What's the day today? It's Hump(s) Day! It's the middle of the week and there were some pretty decent waves!

This morning, for a change, I went down to the beach with my daughter. She's having a very tough life: waking up early to go to the beach with daddy with a babyccino in her hands and pointing the shots with the other. My mornings in Paris when I was a kid were very different I can tell you!

On that note, enjoy the photos my friends and have a fantastic day!

A demain,

Amaury

The good looking Matt Suleau back from Mexico!

Geometry! (I always hated it at school but like it in real life!)

Swell

August 21, 2018

Morning peeps,

What a fantastic start of the day!

The waves were a bit more 'surfable' this morning than yesterday and a few surfers and bodyboarders were making the most of them.

The temperatures were still a bit too low to feel comfortable but to be honest we can't really complain, we are still in the middle of winter!

Have a fantastic day guys,

Amaury

Power freeze

August 20, 2018

Morning my friends,

Hope you had a great weekend!

Wow what a wild morning! First of all it was freezing cold with this wind and the waves were humongous. Amazing show to watch!

It was that great to watch that we ventured down to Ben Buckler, North Bondi point, with my mate Paul to capture the action. It was very different than Saturday morning, when I took this shot.

There was a pod of 50 dolphins to greet us. Unfortunately, the lens that I was using was a bit too small. See below what I got.

Have a fantastic week and head to the beach if you can, it is so nice at the minute.

Ciao,

Amaury

Waves are back in town, only 3 surfers in North Bondi

So different than Saturday's atmosphere! — So different than **Saturday's atmosphere**!

No photographer was injured while taking this shot

Happy Friday!

August 17, 2018

Morning my friends and happy Friday!

This morning was definitely a lot cooler than yesterday. Everything felt a bit more difficult: holding the cold bars at jungle gym, walking down the beach and going for a dip in the ocean.

It's crazy how the temperatures can drop from one day to another... While yesterday it was 15 degrees at 6am, today it was 10 degrees. Believe me, it does make a huge difference and add a bit of wind on top!

Other, than this the lovely team from Google just kindly offered me the latest Pixel 2 XL phone. I've been using the first Pixel phone for years, actually I was one of the first one in Australia - check the whole story here. Since then, I have been a massive fan of the phone and Google too! If you are into photography, the Pixel phone is by far the best one on the market, plus you have unlimited storage of your photos in HD. Pretty handy if like me you snap away like a maniac!

I guess that's it for today.

Have a lovely weekend,

Amaury

The Grand Migration of surfers going North

The type of board meetings that I like...

...and from the rest of the OneWave crew!

Mild

August 16, 2018

Hola amigos,

What a fantastic start of the day! At 6am, it was 15 degrees outside, can you believe it? I personally couldn't. I had my jumper, puffy jacket and gloves on. After a round of push-pull-abs down at the jungle gym, I was in t-shirt and gloves off - not even joking!

Winter? What is winter? Since I've been back from Europe late July, we've had a terrific weather with only one day of rain. That's almost scary!

Go for a swim, it's incredible!

I guess that's it for today!

Have a lovely day and chat to you tomorrow,

Amaury

PS: If you are into selfies, check this 360 selfie that I did with my mate Bertie yesterday at the Adobe Symposium conference. 30 SLR cameras on a rig triggered at the same time and rendering the video in 3 minutes. Pretty amazing what you can do these days!

Bateau, sur l'eau, la rivière, la rivière (only the Frenchies will relate!)

Peter Springis & David Wesson talking about yesterday's shark. Have you seen this video by Lifeguard Deano. — Peter Springis & David Wesson talking about yesterday's shark. Have you seen this **video by Lifeguard Deano**.

All smile for Alice Godet (another crazy Frenchy that swim all year long like me!)

Freak

August 15, 2018

Morning my friends,

How's everyone today?

As I'm currently at the ICC for the Adobe Symposium event, I had to leave the beach early. Most of the photos from this morning were actually taken before the sun popped up. We are having incredible first lights at the moment, so I got lucky!

If you haven't seen the debate that I launched on Instagram last night, you should check it out here. I'm very keen to hear what you think? Do you prefer natural or full-on retouched photos?

You might wonder why freak is the name of the blog post this morning? Well, I've recently been called like this by the luxury watch Ulysse Nardin - check it here. I don't know how to take it?! Well I'm certainly one by waking up everyday at 5:30am and swim in a 14 degrees water.

More seriously, check out the beautiful piece of video that they put together for the launch of their new watch. It looks as expensive and exclusive as the watch itself!

Have a fantastic day my beautiful friends,

Cheers,

Amaury

Another freak, especially when you know that a shark was spotted this morning!

How beautiful is the reflection on this building!

Surfing on top of each other, pretty much what Bondi is all about!

Les archives. Another day, another rainy day… As I could see it was not raining, I ventured down much later than usual, around 6:45 am. I just arrived and a light drizzle started. What are the chances?! I joined my mates for a quick dip in the ocean and coffee at Chapter One (my unofficial gallery, they have five of my prints on the wall). Still worth going out, if you ask me… Have a great day my friends and stay warm as it’s a bit nippy at the moment. Ciao, Amo PS: I’m going camping this weekend with a bunch of mates but pretty sure I don’t have the right equipment to cope with the cold. I only have a summer sleeping bag… It’s going to be fun, they say. 🤦🏽‍♂️🥶

Rainy days. Do you know what rainy days mean? It means archive days. Here are photos from the past couple of months, most of them were my second favourite ones so you wouldn’t have seen them before. As you know, I love doing my Morning Bondi routine but it actually takes so much time. I’m talking about the photo bit especially. At the moment, I take photos from 6:30ish when the sun is up for roughly 30-40 minutes, then selection of the good photos for 20 mins, light edit the best ones for 10 mins, then write the morning blurb for 3-5 mins (I tend not to overthink this, as you can tell), then upload of each individual photos on the blog for 10 minutes, then newsletter for 5 minutes, then Instagram for 3 minutes, Facebook 3 minutes and Instagram Story 3 minutes. Basically, around 1.5 hours on average. So yes sometimes, I’m glad when it’s raining as I’m saving so much time. Have a beautiful day, despite the weather, and chat with you tomorrow, Xoxo Amo

Golden Sea. Slow start this morning, it was pretty average unless you could wait up to 8am (I couldn’t) to see the sun popping out behind the curtain of clouds. It was all about the golden reflection of the hidden sun on the water. Gold 24-carat for a few minutes. I don’t have much to tell you today except that if you live locally and love ‘Shark Tank’ TV show, you will love the local version of it. It’s called the Bondi Innovation Shark Tank organised by the @bondichamber and it’s next Wednesday at @hotelravesis You can find all the deets in the media release and book your tickets on the blog. I’m going with my awesome business partner Mary Proulx and supporting Sam Cust, one of the sharks (I think that’s what we call them). If you come down, let’s have a beer and break bread (what I love the most about our business name is that the puns are endless). I loaf you! (see) Amo

Nothing to worry about, it's just a tornado off North Bondi, ... 🌪️😲 I took this photo this morning around 9:30 am. I was shooting with @versefinejewellery in South Bondi when we saw this waterspout tornado coming out of nowhere. Scary much? Look closely and you can see the person around Ben Buckler's cliffs running for his life... That's all folks!

Pure Heaven. What another beautiful start to the day! While yesterday was all about big waves, today was all about the mad reflo on the sand - absolutely stunning. I was sitting just next to Morning Bondi HQ and was snapping like a maniac. Have a cracking weekend and subscribe to the newsletter if you want to see the photos earlier in the day - new Morning Bondi formula. ;) Xoxo Amo

Bombastic. OMG, what an incredible morning! It's a very late update as I had a pretty busy day and didn't have a chance to post before now. The newsletter was out around 10am though, so subscribe to it if you want to see the photos before everyone else. It was honestly one of the best mornings we've had for a little while. The light, the waves and the surfers braving the waves. Xoxo Amo

Low-tide goodness. What a stunning morning! Today was all about the low-tide gold reflection. It was just the perfect conditions for photos. The problem, only a few people out including two metal hunters. I was with fellow Frenchy @dianeperreau all morning. I reckon she’s the most popular French person in Sydney. So many people are stopping her every morning to have a chat and take a selfie with her. Have a lovely day my friends, Ciao, Amo

Into the wild. What a cracker of a morning! For a change of scenery, I ventured down to Bronte this morning. I reckon I made the right choice, it was just an incredible show. I was with my mate @paolocattaneophoto for the entire morning and we were just looking at the waves rolling in. Bronte Pool was the best place in da house. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen the very rare video of me talking to the camera. With @bread_agency, my agency, I recently started working with the team from @in2thewild.aus, the best tiny houses business around. In order to have a better understanding of the experience, the client kindly invited me to go for a couple of days with my wife and daughter. Real legends, best onboarding! The whole experience was amazing - especially for someone like me that is pretty hyperactive. I just ‘re-wilded’ for two days. Even though the network was working where we were, I put my phone in airplane mode the whole weekend and made the most of the experience. The tiny house was kitted with all the things that you need, all the products in there are premium and sourced from ethical brands. Let’s be honest the firepit and outdoor bath were the highlights for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you are like me and struggle to switch off. They are running a Winter Campaign which is all about swapping your usual beach days for days in the wild. You can book one of the 46 cabins all around Australia using the link in my Stories to get up to 20% off this winter OR alternatively try your luck entering the simple giveaway that they are organising on their Insta. You can thank me later! Xoxo Amo

Monday Madness. This is a very late update compared to usual but busy day today. This morning was just nuts down the beach. I only took a few photos before having to rush to an early meeting in the city. The swell should still be here tomorrow, so go and have a look if you can. Xoxo Amo

FriYay. How’s everyone today? After two days in Melbs (Melbourne for the hipsters), I’m back in the hood. What a morning! Incredible light, the surf was ON and the Icebergs was packed - perfect for photo ops. This morning I caught up with my mate Ben, a fellow Frenchy that I haven’t seen for years. We hung out around the Bergs and finished with a swim in South Bondi - how original. Enjoy your weekends my friends. Mine is going to be pretty epic. I’m going into the wild, literally. That’s right, I’m going to one of @in2thewild.aus’s tiny houses. More on this subject later. Stay tuned people! Have a cracking weekend, Lots of love, Amo

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