Makena Cove Sunset

Makena Cove Sunset, Maui, Hawaii.

Makena Cove Sunset, Maui, Hawaii.

Most of the sunsets I shoot fizzle out pretty quickly after the sun disappears below the horizon. Very few have just lingered and turned the clouds different shades of red and orange after the sun was long gone.

I’ve only seen two in my life that seemed to go on forever. One was in Fiji several years ago, and the other was last night, at Makena Cove.

I didn’t think it was going to end. The colors kept deepening as the light faded, enabling me to make longer and longer exposures to catch the ethereal, wispy feel of the waves crashing over the lava rocks.

These shots were taken about 5 minutes apart. Notice how the light changes.

The colors deepening as the light fades, Makena Cove, Maui, Hawaii.

The colors deepening as the light fades, Makena Cove, Maui, Hawaii.

Very long exposure as the colors intensify even more, Makena Cove Sunset, Maui, Hawaii.

Very long exposure as the colors intensify even more, Makena Cove Sunset, Maui, Hawaii.

There were two weddings going on simultaneously at the cove, so this shoot was a little nerve-wracking with people running back and forth in front of my lens. I was there with Meliezza Walker, who kept moving around, trying to get a better (clear) angle. I decided to just camp out in one spot and hope for the best.

It was magic.

Makena Sunset Photowalk, Take 2

Last week, I went on a photowalk with a new friend and fellow photographer Meliezza Walker, who is on vacation in Maui with her family. We decided to do another one before she left, but this one turned out to be more of a sunset portrait shoot.

As photographers, we don’t often get to be on the business end of the lens and it can be an unsettling experience. It’s well worth doing every so often, because we can get so wrapped up in shooting session after session, that we forget what it’s like for our clients.

For me, it’s always fun having another photographer in front of the camera (or vice versa), because we both know the craft and can exchange ideas and thoughts about our individual styles while we shoot. Doing this kind of thing once in a while can make you a better photographer.

When was the last time you were in front of the lens instead of behind it?

Makena Sunset Photowalk

Day before yesterday, I went on a sunset photowalk in Makena with my new friend and fellow photographer Meliezza Walker, who is on her yearly visit to Maui with her family.

We scouted out a few possible sites to use for her family portrait and took a few test shots, then stopped to photograph the sunset at one of my favorite spots.

In this shot, the sun had just disappeared behind Lana’i, and you have a clear view of Molokini straight ahead in the distance. The clouds are usually too moisture-laden to flare at all, but on this particular day, they turned a nice shade of orange-red for us.

Makena Sunset

Aloha…

Transform – A Short Film by Zack Arias

If you haven’t already seen this, or even if you have, it’s worth taking the 10 minutes to watch this moving short film by photographer Zack Arias.

Resist the urge to click away during the first few seconds. It’s powerful and it’s worth staying for. I don’t know a photographer who hasn’t felt like this at some point, more than once.

Grab your favorite beverage, hit the fullscreen toggle and sit back…

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