Posts Tagged ‘nature photography’
Magical Sunset
Sunset is my favorite time of the day. I love the soft colors and pastels, and then the peaceful feeling of dusk. Sometime the clouds cooperate like in this image, and sometimes they don’t. The thing is you don’t know if you don’t go. Each sunset has unique light and part of the fun is…
Read MoreNature is all around just take a moment and look.
When on a photo tour and workshop in Maui, we tend to concentrate on seascapes, rocky coastline, waves crashing on the beach, sunrises, sunsets, waterfalls, e.t.c., and tend to overlook the obvious. Photographers benefit from taking their time and looking around. By doing so interesting compositions and subjects can surprise you.
Read MoreDry or wet, we have a workshop for you
I am in the midst of packing for Tonga. I will be leading two back to back photography workshops dedicated to humpback whales. We will photograph them from the comfort of a 53 foot sailing catamaran and while snorkeling in the sea. I will do some presentations and help people set up their…
Read MoreMake you own path
Each of us follows our own path. This is what makes us unique. When it comes to photography each of us has our own style and sense of creativity. Listen to your invoice. Try things. Set out of your comfort zone. Use the rules of composition as a guide and create images…
Read MoreJust added another Photography workshop in Tonga dedicated to whales
For the last ten years I have been leading small groups of photographers to Tonga to snorkel with Humpback Whales. I leave in about a month for the 2014 season, and am happy to announce a new trip in 2015. The dates are Sept 4-11th and the boat is wildlife a 53 foot sailing catamaran.…
Read MoreMaui Photo Tours Sunset Workshop
Maui Photo Tours Sunset Workshops teaches people how to make exciting sunset photographs. This is one of our most popular tours. We start in the afternoon and make beautiful landscape images through sunset. Typically we will go to the southern shore for sunsets and work in Kihei, Wailea, and Makena. We like to spend some…
Read MoreMaui Photo Tours and Workshop with Mary
This is Mary and we spent two days together last week. The first day we enjoyed a sunrise tour along the road to Hana. We went to Paia for the sunrise which was beautiful. Then went to a waterfall, and Iao valley. On the second day we enjoyed an afternoon tour of…
Read MoreMaui Photo Tours visits Bamboo Forest
During a Maui Photo Tour & Workshop, this image of the bamboo forest has a few compositional elements. Notice the roots. They are repeating line that draw the eye into the bamboo forest. Within the trees are converging and vertical lines which also serve to guide the eye through the image and…
Read MoreMaui Photo Tours and Workshops teaches photographers to include foreground subjects in their images
The sun was rising and the clouds were turing a bit pink. The foreground was still a bit dark. While walking from the parking area I saw this puddle and knew the reflections of the clouds would make for a very good foreground subject. So I got really low and created this image. While not…
Read MoreSunset in South Maui
The weather improved just as the sun was setting and we had a nice sunset on an otherwise dreary day. I used Hi-tech graduated Neutral Density Filters to create this image. This enabled me to use a slow shutter speed to create the mist affect on the rocks. I just love that mystical feeling.…
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