Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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We try to do something special the last shoot of each DLWS. We’d done the rainforest, rainbows, dramatic beaches and canyons so what was left? Fire! Paul is a fireknife dancer here on the island that lit up the night with amazing skill and athletic abilities. The folks at the restaurant not to mention the DLWS gang had one helluva show.
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McNally once again worked his magic with light. All of these images are lit with flash, I’ll defer to Joe’s napkin diagrams to explain his stragies. But Joe’s such a genious, he made it possible for everyone to shoot through his system by setting up a couple of banks of speedlights and having 4 SU-800s for foks to trigger them. Just that part of the shoot was cool for me.
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All of these are a one flash solution to the lighting. What Joe can do with just one light is simply amazing. Paul’s ability to perform with fireknives still has me shaking my head. He performed and modeled for 90min! He said his hands had so cramped up he couldn’t sign his name on the model release when he was done. It was a spectacular end to a spectacular week.
We want to extend a special thank you to the staff of the Kauai Hilton, our hosts for this event. Jaye & Jodi went beyond the extra mile!
Photos captured D3x, 200VR / 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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Wednesday afternoon at DLWS, Joe McNally uses the whole afternoon to teach small flash. Normally he starts in the classroom, going through a couple of flash scenarios and than takes the class outside for the finish. It’s one of the DLWS participants who is often the model for all of this. Being in HI, we decided to do it all outside and with a Hawaiian hula dancer. Anela is a sweet highschool junior who did just a great job. And if that opportunity for the DLWS gang wasn’t enough, they had Joe & myself in the pool with our 200f2VRs photographing her (it’s the 1st time in 33 events I had time to participate, darn special!). I did hear a chant go up for a moment, something about lighting them up, dropping the SB-900s in the water. I’m very happy to report that the only thing to go swimming was the model, joe and myself, no gear!
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Joe does one helluva a job teaching flash, making it look so easy and the results so killer. Both of these photos were lit with flash but you’d never know it looking at the photos. I’ll leave it to Joe’s napkins to illustrate and explain his lighting strategy. I just love the opportunity to shoot next to Joe, he is so generous to share with me what has taken him decades to master. He is THE definition of a pro, thanks Joe! Other than his floating around with a inflatable green crocodile life preserver, Joe was all pro!
Photos captured by D3x, 200f2VR on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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Holly cow, another DLWS has come and gone! And what an event it was. We took the DLWS gang down to Hoopii Falls, a really great place the staff had visited last week. It requires walking down a hill of slipper than snot mud. Needless to say, some folks kissed the ground (cameras and folks taking no hits). Than if that wasn’t enough, when we reached the bottom, we were in time for a major down pour. Did that affect our gang, not for a second!
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It is an absolutely gorgeous creek feeding the falls! The top photograph is looking down the creek, the bottom photo is looking up the creek, both taken from the same locale. Both images were taken using the HDR technique I’ll be teaching at the upcoming Photoshop World. The reason why was because of the light coming through the canopy above. I had a 11 stop range of light to compact. Oh yeah, just as many fell trying to slip up the hill as coming down. And the mud, it was worth it! I have a MooseCam from the shoot and more images. I’m hoping that I get a little caught up and get it up in a timely matter so stay tuned.
Photos captured byD3x, 24PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 11, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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The luck-skill just keeps on building. The Waimea Canyon which has been socked in ever since we’ve arrived had its veil of fog lifted this afternoon in glorious splendor.Racing literally up the hill, we reached the first overlook just has the gorgeous rainbow had appeared. 45min later the rainbow was still present, not changing very much. That made for a ton of great images!
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At the same time the clouds slowly passed by with just the right aperture to let a beam of the sun paint the walls of the canyon. Wow! We moved down to another vantage point for a different perspective and what did we find, another rainbow. Double Wow! I was in a rut, shooting with the 45PC-E the entire time with a .6/2Stop split grad attached. It was simply a wonderful afternoon and good fortune smiled on us.
Photos captured by D3x, 45PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 11, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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The DLWS luck-skill continues as the perfect, perfect weather graced our morning shoot. Heading out to Ha’ena State Park, we arrived in time to greet the day.
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There was so much to photograph, from Palm Trees and Napoli Coast to breaking waves and Monk Seals. It was simply, gorgeous.
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The angry skies and fierce waves really caught my attention. I’ve been needing just such a photo so I worked the bright spot in teh clouds and followed it with the waves in the foreground. I had waited out into the surf and simply had a great time. All these images were finished using just NX2.
Photos captured by D3x, 30-700VR, 45PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 10, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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It was a classic Kauain sunset and we just happened to be in the right place at the right time. We went out to Spouting Horn blow hole, a really cool and beautiful place. You can watch outriggers go racing by, sea turtles riding the surf, the sun set and the blow hole explode. It’s simply gorgeous. Here, check it out in a little MooseCam action.
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We are having a great time, really great time with some mighty fine and fun participants. We will be putting up dates for our Santa Fe March 2010 event. If you’re interested as these things fill quickly, give the office a call and Sharon will keep you in the loop.
Photo captured by D3x, 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
