My Birthday Photowalk

Okay, so it was more like a photo “drive” with walking happening at various intervals, but I like to call these trips photowalks nevertheless.

I’m not the kind of guy who makes a big deal out of birthdays. In fact, I tend to shy away from the usual attention that brings and just go off on my own, doing whatever I feel like and nothing I don’t feel like (the latter being what I consider special about the day).

I usually strap on a tank and get wet, but there was a south swell, which would have made for mediocre diving and crappy photography, so I packed a couple of bodies (to minimize lens changes in the field), a few lenses, my ND grads, an Expodisc and a tripod, and took off down the highway toward Hana—something I don’t do often.

I don’t usually shoot in the meat of the day, preferring to catch the magic of the first dawn and sunset light, but I told myself today wasn’t serious… I was just out to have some fun (meaning it was permissible not to set off in the o’dark to catch first light). It’s a good challenge anyway, shooting out in the harsh light, and the weather changes quickly on that side of the island, so never really know what the light will be like.

It was a good day. Enjoy the photos…

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…

Maui Photowalks June 2009

Last week, my friend Eric Scouten was vacationing in Maui with his family and we took the opportunity to go on a couple of photowalks together. He happens to be a Lightroom engineer and does some amazing work, both behind the camera and in front of the computer.

We did Kihei and Makena on one day, and Lahaina the next. Got a lot of great stuff. I really should take the time to do this more. It keeps the eye sharp, I always have fun and some of my best work has come from just being out wandering around with my camera.


Kihei/Makena


Lahaina

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