- Following 6.6K
- Followers 25.7K
- Engagement 0.95%
- Avg likes 251
- Avg comments 14
About Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer
Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer (@philliphernandez) is a Digital creator creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel and Travel Influencers. The account has 25,705 followers and 808 published posts. Recent posts average 251 likes and 14 comments, an engagement rate of 0.95%.
With 25.7K followers, Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer follows 6,598 accounts, so the audience is roughly 3.9 times the size of the list followed. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer under 3 categories, led by Digital creator and followed by Travel and Travel Influencers.
The Instagram bio for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer runs to 12 words across 4 lines. The bio mentions @oculoire. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer dates from October 2024.
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Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer, 6 are carousels, 3 are videos and 1 is a single image. That mix leans toward carousels. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer has built a substantial archive of 808 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 32 followers for each post published. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer also keeps 21 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 76 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include photography, creative, water, moments and waves. The captions tag #agency, #california, #travel, #creative and #explore.
We persist and try again.
Always striving for more light. For this campaign we were sent to with and our bus. This was August; the halcyon peak of summer and the formative days of our creative agency, months before we officially launched. Hereās what we came back with.
Models:
boys
Photography:
šø
Timeless Day Creative. August, 2025.
Managed to meet up with šāāļø š¤æ to search for some clear water between the lull and tide drop. Some clips from my pov and photos from his. Business as usual here.
Short, crossed up sections that day lead to more backside views than Iād have preferred the amount of swimming needed. Made a b line to try and capture a few dolphins in the lineup, only to swim right into a rip.
Might as well grab a few shots on the long swim back šāāļø
Directed, styled + produced by Timeless Day Creative.
Models: +
Shot by: šø
Timeless Day Creative, November 2025.
Agency website and DMs are open for all brand and styled shoot inquiries š©
#agency #california #travel #creative #explore
(Iām not talking about composition techniques. Weāre examining ego.)
A lot of street photography discourse revolves around timing, instinct, bravadoāāI saw it before anyone else did.ā As if the presence of the camera somehow authored the scene. As if the moment needed us to exist.
It didnāt.
The moment was already thereāunbothered, unfolding, completeāwith or without a photographer standing ten feet away hoping to claim it.
Thatās what draws me more toward surf photography these days than the street. Waves donāt perform. The ocean doesnāt care whoās watching. A surfer doesnāt wait for permission from a lens to feel something real. You either witness it, or you miss it.
Photography, at least to me, isnāt about intervention.
Itās about reverence.
The second we believe we created the moment, weāve already misunderstood it.
Curious where others land on thisāāØDo photographers make moments?āØOr do we just show up humble enough to recognize them?
Donāt misunderstand meāI still find street photography to be one of the most important contributions to art and our ability to understanding the human condition.
(If you make it about yourself, you arenāt invited to the post session Negronis.)
Midway through the year, I left the corporate world to just work on my own creative endeavors and checked off my first goal of spending more time in the water/ to do more of things I love.
2025 brought great fortune and pleasure for me to create fun things with old and new friends, and to leverage my old creative ways for those looking to learn. Iāve been minding my g damn business, and it has been lovely as fuck.
Sparkles āØ before the š š„
Sharing this reel as a little intro for all the new faces hereāwelcome! The ocean is more than just a backdropāitās my occasional office. Every day that I can, Iām in the water, capturing the raw energy and unique moments that define surf culture. Whether itās an early morning session or chasing golden hour waves, my focus is on telling the stories of surfers and their connection to the ocean.
Iām Phillip Hernandez, a San Diego-based surf and travel photographer. If youāre into surf photography, surf travel, or just life on the water, letās connect & create.
If weāre already connectedāthanks for sticking around.
Impatience. Impatient to post. Compelled by the urge to moveāoften into the wrong place. Paid the price for some shots this afternoon. Only had a small window of light after booking it to the beach after work.
Worth it. #myleicaphoto
Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer's engagement
Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.95%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 105 followers. An average post collects 251 likes and 14 comments, close to 18 likes for each comment.
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0.95%
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- 251
- Avg comments
- 14
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 105
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Who is Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer?
Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer (@philliphernandez) is a Digital creator creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel and Travel Influencers. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer runs to 12 words across 4 lines.
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Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer has 25,705 followers on Instagram (25.7K). Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer follows 6,598 accounts, so the audience is roughly 3.9 times the size of the list followed. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer has built a substantial archive of 808 posts.
What is Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer's engagement rate?
Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.95%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 105 followers. An average post collects 251 likes and 14 comments, close to 18 likes for each comment.
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Flinque files Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer under 3 categories, led by Digital creator and followed by Travel and Travel Influencers. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer, 6 are carousels, 3 are videos and 1 is a single image. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer repeatedly use the words photography, creative, water, moments and waves. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer's captions carry hashtags such as #agency, #california and #travel. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer writes those captions mainly in English. Phillip Hernandez | Surf Photographer keeps 21 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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