Mayday

Morning my friends,

Mayday, Bondi we have a problem...

Since this morning my camera and lens have been playing tricks with me. I have no idea what but it says that there is a connection problem between the two. I was lucky enough to take this shots by switching on and off the camera. Is that time for an upgrade? Probably! 

By the way, if any of the guys from Canon (what I'm currently shooting with), Nikon, Olympus, Leica, Fujifilm, Panasonic... want to sponsor Morning Bondi that's the right time for it my friends. Any takers? Besides the all time gratefulness, I will put your brand all over the place.

While waiting here are the photos from this morning and if you haven't seen it yet on my Instagram Story, here are the photos that I took this weekend of beautiful mums wearing Movemamí collection.

Ciao! 

North Bondi at 6:15am

Beautiful sky

Campbell Pde. 

Right there I reckon...

The wait

Yo Chris! 

The Morning Bondi gang on Morning Bondi HQ

Feels like Summer...

The beauty-full Icebergs

Smokin'

Hello my friends,

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

Mine was pretty awesome, from this amazing Rebalance experience at the QT Bondi, catch-ups with friends, surf and a photoshoot for this pretty cool brand of activewear for mums and pregnant women called Movemami. 

This morning it was smokin' and by smoking, I mean something somewhere was burning... Hope everything is alright.

We went for a run with Hamish, coffee and swim. 

Have a good one my friends,

Ciao! 

Smokin'

Surf gang

Amazing show

Landing

Yew!!

Best spot to read the paper and enjoy a latte

Waves for days

Seven cockatoos and a plane (not inspired!)

What a view!

Best Friday ever!

Morning my friends,

This Friday is starting very very very well... 

Reason #1 (and probably the most obvious):

Well let's start with the sunrise. It was just incredible! I reckon this is the best that we had this year. The colours and the texture were out of this world. I know what you are going to tell me, they look fake and I'm with you on that. It does look like a mad designer decided to play with our minds... Believe me they were real! 

Reason #2

The official worldwide Instagram account of Google with their 4.5 million followers decided to share one of the photos that I took with my Pixel phone. Here it is: BOOM! For the little story about my phone, read this article I do have a massive passion for my Google Pixel - perfect for photographers! 

Reason #3

Tonight, I'm having a staycation or should I say a stayFriday at the QT Bondi and experience their winter ‘ReBalance in Bondi’ program. Basically, I'm staying overnight at the QT, then swim at the Speedos Fitness Club downstairs and finally a brekkie at Drake. How cool is that?! If I'm not ReBalanced after that, there is something wrong with me!! Thanks so much to QT Bondi and Cav Con for this amazing experience. Can't wait... Expect a lot of Instagram Stories! 

Alright enough bragging for today, here are the photos...

Have a cracking weekend! 

BOOM! 

When I arrived down the beach... 

Horizon at 6:30am

Cliché!

Icebergs looking incredible today, as always

Swim anyone? How tempting! 

So hard to choose which ones I like the most?!

Calm and peaceful

Catching the Wifi

...and even when the colours are gone, there is still plenty of them with the OneWave crew

Pink Paradise

Oh hello my friends...

Did you see the sunrise this morning? The sky kept on giving today...

No joke, at 5:45am when I was giving the bottle to my daughter, I could already tell that it was going to be a cracker. I was right by 6:30am when I arrive down the beach it was magnificent! All pink and orange... 

No exercise this morning as I was with Charlotte, only the best bits really: coffee, photos and hanging out with my mates.

I know it's not a competition but I reckon I have the best friends... They are the best, looking after my daughter as if it was there. You rock guys! 

Enough love for today, here are the photos... 

Enjoy! 

BOOM BADA BOOM!

6:30am sharp

Layers

Pinkalicious

Between palm trees

Moon standing out

Yesss!! 

Pink Paradise

Morning!! 

Surf was not bad neither...

My adorable daughter taken by my mate David Finato - See the behind the scenes on my Insta 

Thursday is pool cleaning day

Enjoying the view

Time to go to work...

I told you I have the best mate... Taking care of Charlotte like no other! xx

Bumps!

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a good night sleep,

This morning was chilly, so to warm up a little we punched pads with the crew. Finally, began to warm up that was the end of the 10 rounds. 

Then coffee and swim with Hamish - it was a rough surf this morning. There were heaps of bumps this morning! The same that Uge is talking about: Aqua-bumps!.  

Have a great day my friends,

Ciao!

Froth.

Full moon, again!

Only a few surfers fighting for the same bumps

A bit of a shorey

Going for it...

Sun-sational! 

What a light! 

...and that's wrap! 

Peaceful

Morning my friends,

Did you see the full moon last night? This was pretty incredible, my Instagram feed was full of full moon shots... It was still there this morning when I woke up.

This morning as every Tuesday we went to jungle gym with part of the crew, then joined the rest for coffee. All together, I saw nine of my mates and all this before going to work... Love starting my day like this! 

Have a good one my friends,

Amaury

So peaceful! 

Shorey

Mates at Morning Bondi HQ (Yes, that's a thing!)

Hugo Odgers cruising along

Sea spray!

Hugo post-surf

#Winning!

Morning my friends,

Let's be honest, usually Monday sucks but when they start like this, it's pretty awesome...

The sky was on fire for 5 minutes and trust me it was well worth waking up at 5:30am for that.

I went for a run up to Dudley Page Reserve, the best place to watch the sunset in the Eastern Suburbs, then coffee with my mate Dave and finished off by a swim. Today was a bit chilly I have to be honest. 

Have a lovely week my friends! 

Ciao! 

Amaury

#Winning!

NoBo

Horizon Line

City2Surf tents

Can you imagine being the surfer?

When my mate Dave is scrolling through his Facebook feed and who's there? My beautiful sister and her fiancé enjoying their time in Italy

One bar

Morning my friends,

You know what is worst than having only 2% battery on your phone? It's to start the Morning Bondi session with only 1 bar of battery in your camera. Trust me that makes you think twice before you take any shots...

It's been 6 years that I take photos every morning, you would expect that I don't do anymore these type of mistakes. Well, apparently not...

Other than this, today was a cracker! I know I tend to repeat myself but what can I say... It was pretty sun-sational! 

We did hill run with Paul and Hamish, coffee at Chapter One, photos for Paul and myself and finished off with a swim.

Loved it! Have a great weekend my friends,

Cheers,

Amaury

Morning Bondi

Building reflection

What about these clouds above Bondi?

Icebergs on Fridays are the best!

Just a couple of surfers...

Girl Power! Aprilla Quayle & Jessica Bodell with their pink foamies

Sam joining the pink club

Where do you reckon mate?! 

My favourite shot of the day

Charlotte Piho is back in town

Morning catch-ups

Icy Blue

Morning my friends,

Today was very different than it's been for the last few weeks...

Clouds in the sky and sunrise trying to pop always create interesting colours. The water was looking amazing today. So tempting, that's why I went for a quick dip! 

Have a good one my friends,

A.

Icey

Blur

Ben Buckler

#Cloudporn

Glenn Orgias going for a surf. Read his book 'Man in a Grey Suit' if you haven't done it yet. Such a courageous man!  

Icebergs getting a clean

Early birds

Morning my friends,

Everyday I bump into the same people, the early birds, the ones that can't imagine starting their day without going to the beach... I love this crowd, like me they understand the benefits of waking up early, watching the sunrise over North Bondi and some of them, the pleasure of going in the water.

That's it for today, I'm late for work because I end up staying too long on the beach.

Chat to you tomorrow,

Amaury

First photo (7am sharp!)

When the light is bright orange...

Sand run at its best

Living on the edge

Chris nailing his Instagram Story

Cheeky cockatoos - hassling people! 

Eject!

Tough life

Stunning wave

The dream

Beautiful colours at the Icebergs

Picture perfect

Thug Life for Blake

Beard Season is ON

Happy Days!

Morning my friends,

How is everyone today? Me?! Amazing!!! 

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have the official Instagram and Twitter accounts of Tourism Australia sharing one of my photos. The photo has been receiving more than 50,000 Likes so far (no I didn't add a zero) and 1000's of comments. Thanks so much to the amazing team at Tourism Australia. You rock my friends!

If you want to see it, click here: BOOM! 

Other than this today was not bad at all - it was a bit cold at 5:30am but once the sun was up, it was perfecto! Waves are back and gawd it was rough...

We did jungle gym with the gang led by Matt, then coffee and what we do best having a ball! 

Have a fantastic day,

Ciao!

Amaury

PS: Welcome to the new followers of Morning Bondi! This is basically what Morning Bondi is all about, I tell my morning anecdotes and share photos. And I have done this for the past 6 years... everyday of the week. 

Ben Buckler

Walking along the beach is one of the best thing that you can do to start your day...

The iconic Bondi Icebergs

Foam party! 

So refreshing this morning!

Rough morning

Waves are back in town

Because I'm worth it... L'Oreol

Turkish bath

Next round

Insert [YOU] next to Dave. Part of the Morning Bondi gang

Happy Days! 

1, 2, 3...

Morning my friends,

This morning was just unreal for literally 3 minutes... 

When I arrived down the beach this morning, you should have seen me... I quickly parked, grab my daughter, my camera and ran to a vantage point in South Bondi... I knew that it was not going to last long. I was right just 3 minutes all up.

We stayed at the same spot, took roughly 20 photos and done... Then we joined Julius and Simon for coffee. Such a productive morning if you ask me, I wish it was like this everyday. ;) 

Otherwise, how good was the weather yesterday? Incredible temperatures, it just didn't feel like winter at all. I went down the beach with my mate Carlos for a dip and some photos. Some of you might have already seen them on @MorningBondi Instagram - for the ones that I haven't see below.

Have a fantastic week my friends,

BOOM! 

First photo that I took this morning... (So rare that I post the first one)

North Bondi at sunrise

Purple sunrise (I know it looks fake but I promise no Photoshop involved!)

Winter in Bondi

Party wave! 

Should we talk about the clarity of the water?! 

Chit chat with besties

BANG!

Morning my friends,

This is what I call waking up with a BANG! OMG! 

Have you had a chance to witness the sunrise? It was just amazeball and only lasted 10 minutes max. 

This morning we went for a South Bondi to Dudley Page Reserve run in exactly 32 minutes - smashed it! Then coffee, photos (for only 10 minutes) and swim...

Such a great and efficient morning! 

BOOM! 

BANG!! 

Yew! 

#YOLO!

Pink Reflection.

Bertie showing off

Phone screensaver?! (I allow you to use it - go for it!)

You are welcome! ;) 

50mm

Morning team,

How is everyone today?! Did you get a good night sleep or a great day, depending on where you are in the world?

This morning was a cracker, yes I know another one... I tend to repeat myself but what I can say - I like to call a cat a cat. 

We went down the beach with Charlotte to meet the gang for coffee, chit chat and photos. For a change I took the 50 millimetres lens out and not my usual 24-105mm. As you might notice the photos have got a different feel to them - personally I like it. What do you reckon? 

Anyway have a lovely day and as always stay cool my friends,

A domani!

A.

Jacqui going in, like she does everyday... 

Reboot Camp. Every Thursday before sunrise, free meditation South Bondi

Post-meditation smile for Elle Cooper :)

Camouflage. Can you spot the two dogs running like maniacs on the sand as if no one could see them?!

Charlotte and her boys

Time for a swim - I couldn't today so pretty jealous I have to say

When you mess up with the aperture but end up being lovely... here you go! 

So delicate! 

Charlotte and her bodyguards - you are never too safe these days

Full light on the Bergs

Happy Hump(s) Day!

Morning peeps, 

My apologies for the late update my friends, I had another early meeting.
 
This morning was another cracker, god we are lucky this year - 18 degrees in the middle of winter is not that bad. Actually it’s nearly freaky. Global warming is a real issue... Other than this, heaps of humps today, mainly closing out though.

Today, I started my morning by punching pads with my mate Paul, then coffee, chat at the Icebergs with Charles and finished off my routine by a swim.

It is by far the most amazing way to start your day…

Have a good one my friends!

Amaury
 

You can tell that you have been training hard, when the sun is starting to pop and you are still waiting for your coffee at Chapter One. 

Bondi Beach, 7am

Chat with Charles Hurtebize

Bombs! 
 

Kook’s of the day

Messy

Surf meditation

Happy Face! 

Favourite shot of this morning

Relay

Morning my friends,

That's right today was a relay of surfers... One after the other going in and out of the water. All the local surfing legends were there and catching them all (like Pokemons). So crowded out there and the waves looked pretty good fun! 

We did jungle gym with the gang, coffee, photos and then swim with my mate David. He finally decided to follow me and he said that it was the best... Another one convinced about going in the water in the middle of winter! 

BOOM!

Ciao,

Amaury

Natural peephole

Blake Sinclair going in

Ben Buckler at sunrise - how pretty! 

John Botella going out

Chris Friend taking his turn

The Gran Migration to the North

Getting amongst it...

Water is warm - I told ya! 

Vitamin Sea

David Finato getting amongst it - so proud of you buddy! 

Mark Micelli's turn

What a light!! 

...and that's a wrap

Surf Town

Morning my friends,

How was your weekend? Mine was not bad at all, thanks for asking. I actually did a lot, from shooting the insane swell that we had all weekend, catching up and taking photos of Shaun Birley the Aussie version of Ryan Renolds to even taking photos of young mothers for Movemami.

I know quite unusual, I'm becoming a fashion / lifestyle photographer ;) - BTW, if you keen to book a photo shoot for yourself, check this page and feel free to get in touch.

This morning the surf died off compared to this weekend but it was still pretty amazing

Here are the photos

Singles

Go get them Joel Pilgrim...

Ben Cryan done for the day

Yeah boy! 

Getting out of the water like a boss

The surfer and the seagull

The money shot (I reckon?!) Do you like this one?

Insanity

Hi guys,

For the ones that have been following Morning Bondi for quite a while, you would know that I rarely take photos on weekends (except for specific photo shoots). 

Today between the delivery of a frame and the coffee/shoot planned with Shaun Birley, I had 20 minutes to kill so I went down to Bondi Icebergs to take a few shots.

It was literally insaaaaaaaaane with gigantic waves crashing from North Bondi to South Bondi - not one corner of the beach was spared. Some of the waves were that big that you could only see half of North Bondi.

In my 8 years in Bondi Beach, I have never seen a show like this and the best thing is that I had no idea that it was going to be like that - which made even better!

Here are the photos, get ready to be blown away by the size of the swell.

J-Bay, Hawaii, Cape Fear - what's that?! ;) 

BOOM! 

Respect to this guy who was alone in the surf.

Madness is starting...

When it's still fun...

Sea veil

Sea-spray all over

BOMBS!

When you think you are safe, it starts again!

Debriefing (lucky they were both alright at the end)

Bubble bath anyone?!

Total madness

Stormy Friday

Morning my friends,

Another day, another change in conditions... The surf was still big but this time it was the sky, really stormy morning! 

I went for a Bondi-Bronte run, then coffee with Dave & Paul and finished by a rippy swim. The current was pretty strong but well worth it, water is pretty warm these days compared to the cold sand.

I guess that's it for today.... Oh probably one last thing, if you have a chance check the Instagram Story that I put together last night - @morningbondi. Instagram is killing the organic reach even further so basically you are not necessarily served anymore with my posts unless you have been interacting with them lately (ie. likes or comments) Therefore I strongly suggest you to "Turn on the notifications" to make sure that you see them all! 

Thank you! Merci! Danke! Gracias! Arigato! Obrigado!... 

xoxo

Amaury

Ben Buckler getting hammered! 

Stronger together. A bit blurry photo but friendship is over that...

BOMBastic! 

The good old Joel Pilgrim! 

How is that for contrast?

Joel Pilgrim ripping as always...

It's swim time! 

Strong selfie game for Dave or just trying to get the Wifi?! 

It's always the same scenario, it's when you are about to leave the beach that the sun comes out...

Like me, she swims everyday of the year! 

Rainbow! 

Avalanche

Morning my friends,

A bit of a late update as I had an early meeting today, it was totally different than yesterday but just amazing!

From Lake Bondi yesterday to avalanche of waves today.... It's incredible how the surf can change from one day to another! 

No training today, just coffee, photos and swim with the gang. The water is at the moment full of sharks, apparently there were between 8-10 sharks at lunch time yesterday. Check Bondi Lifeguard, Deano's video, it's pretty amazing! 

Here are the 12 photos that I took today...

Enjoy!

Amaury

Avalanche

Morning Bondi

The relief

Ducking! 

A few surfers out there...

BOOM! 

Yew!

Fantastic rights... (that's my type of waves!)

End of a run

White wash

The wait game - not too long today, it was pumping

One last one...