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UNLEASHED: A surf photographer captures the souls and more of those he photographs.
A surf photographer unleashes true mysteries of the images we capture when he brings his friend back to life and inspires a DIA assassin to change his ways as the government and terrorists hunt him down.
Professional surf photographer Shawn Perez, on assignment for Deep Surf Apparel to a remote Pacific island, encounters an isolated tribe. When he naturally snaps a photo of their spiritual leader, their reaction is life threatening and gives Shawn something to think about when, after his near death experience, his guide tells him, “Shawn, they think your pictures steal men’s souls”.
Years later Dr. Sally Evans, Shawn’s ex-girlfriend and a research scientist at Photon Corporation, develops the “Sentient” camera for the Defense Intelligence Agency for purposes of positively identify terrorists from high above with drone aircraft. Dr. Evans lends Shawn one of the “Sentient” prototypes hoping he can refine the technology from a photographer’s perspective.
Major Thomas Craig, a U.S. Government operator or assassin, is assigned to work beside Dr. Sally Evans to develop the Sentient. Craig knows the whereabouts of the world’s most dangerous terrorists and must use the Sentient’s full potential to avoid a horrific terrorist strike.
Meanwhile, Shawn uses the Sentient to photograph Drake Powers, the world’s #1 surfer and Shawn’s best friend as Drake attempts an impossible maneuver at a big wave event. Drake falls short and Shawn’s life is suddenly thrown into uncertainty and when faced with the resulting dilemma, Shawn learns the true potential of the Sentient and powers locked within.
As Major Craig’s mission deteriorates and his options disappear, both Craig and a Yemenis sleeper cell decide Shawn’s discovery is what they need to deliver the final blow to their advisories, but where scientists fail, why is Shawn the only one who can make the process work?
Shawn Perez is thrust into the worlds of quantum physics, spies, and terrorists while the odds become stacked against him as he tries to save his friend while avoiding powerful forces who want to obtain the technology.
JPEG will make you think twice before you take another cell phone photo or delete an image of a loved one. You will find yourself wondering if what we experience as our reality only a mirage, a virtual world we live in.
Author’s Note
The concept for JPEG came one afternoon in the spring of 2008 while vacationing in Kauai. As I stood waist deep on a reef in the clear blue Pacific, directly in front of me my son surfed wave after beautiful wave at a famous break in Hanalei Bay called Waikoko.
As Keegan ripped across the breaking swells I photographed and captured fantastic colors in every direction as vibrant lights sparkled across the walls of water. This was sports photographer heaven!
In the pauses between his waves I had time to appreciate our world around us and how lucky we are to be alive. My life was wonderful and I was blessed to have such a great family. I then thought back to the thousands of photos of them I had taken in the years past and it occurred to me during all that time, I had never been able to delete a photograph of my wife, my sons or any of my other family members. Even the fuzziest out of focus images of those I love were saved and backed up. I wondered why I did this.
Well, it must have been some time ago when I read about peoples or religions who believed, if you photographed someone, you took a piece of their soul.
Professional surf photographer Shawn Perez, on assignment for Deep Surf Apparel to a remote Pacific island, encounters an isolated tribe. When he naturally snaps a photo of their spiritual leader, their reaction is life threatening and gives Shawn something to think about when, after his near death experience, his guide tells him, “Shawn, they think your pictures steal men’s souls”.
Years later Dr. Sally Evans, Shawn’s ex-girlfriend and a research scientist at Photon Corporation, develops the “Sentient” camera for the Defense Intelligence Agency for purposes of positively identify terrorists from high above with drone aircraft. Dr. Evans lends Shawn one of the “Sentient” prototypes hoping he can refine the technology from a photographer’s perspective.
Major Thomas Craig, a U.S. Government operator or assassin, is assigned to work beside Dr. Sally Evans to develop the Sentient. Craig knows the whereabouts of the world’s most dangerous terrorists and must use the Sentient’s full potential to avoid a horrific terrorist strike.
Meanwhile, Shawn uses the Sentient to photograph Drake Powers, the world’s #1 surfer and Shawn’s best friend as Drake attempts an impossible maneuver at a big wave event. Drake falls short and Shawn’s life is suddenly thrown into uncertainty and when faced with the resulting dilemma, Shawn learns the true potential of the Sentient and powers locked within.
As Major Craig’s mission deteriorates and his options disappear, both Craig and a Yemenis sleeper cell decide Shawn’s discovery is what they need to deliver the final blow to their advisories, but where scientists fail, why is Shawn the only one who can make the process work?
Shawn Perez is thrust into the worlds of quantum physics, spies, and terrorists while the odds become stacked against him as he tries to save his friend while avoiding powerful forces who want to obtain the technology.
JPEG will make you think twice before you take another cell phone photo or delete an image of a loved one. You will find yourself wondering if what we experience as our reality only a mirage, a virtual world we live in.
Author’s Note
The concept for JPEG came one afternoon in the spring of 2008 while vacationing in Kauai. As I stood waist deep on a reef in the clear blue Pacific, directly in front of me my son surfed wave after beautiful wave at a famous break in Hanalei Bay called Waikoko.
As Keegan ripped across the breaking swells I photographed and captured fantastic colors in every direction as vibrant lights sparkled across the walls of water. This was sports photographer heaven!
In the pauses between his waves I had time to appreciate our world around us and how lucky we are to be alive. My life was wonderful and I was blessed to have such a great family. I then thought back to the thousands of photos of them I had taken in the years past and it occurred to me during all that time, I had never been able to delete a photograph of my wife, my sons or any of my other family members. Even the fuzziest out of focus images of those I love were saved and backed up. I wondered why I did this.
Well, it must have been some time ago when I read about peoples or religions who believed, if you photographed someone, you took a piece of their soul.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 10, 2014
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