Stuck

A self portrait.


PEACE to you all!

The future is unwritten

Ocean Beach, Petri Color35, C41 developed in BW chemistry.
PEACE to you all!

Waimea

Developed these at home last night and just scanned them, enjoy!




PEACE to you all!

Aloha Au Ia`oe

I am here in Hawaii for a couple weeks, I developed and scanned a few black and white images I took yesterday for your viewing pleasure. Mahalo Nui'Loa.

Harley and Tana.
Beach Cruiser.
Front yard.

PEACE to you all!

Years feel like minutes.

The lovely Magera Moon and I celebrated our two year anniversary last night by riding down to Ocean Beach and having a bonfire for two. After a bottle of Sake and some quality fire time, we had some fun and took a few test long exposure shots. Nothing fantastic, mostly just getting a sense of light and exposure for a few ideas rattling around upstairs. The results, at first were quite dissapointing, but I think I know what needs to be done...




PEACE to you all!

Aloha

Hello friends!

I certainly have been slacking on the posts, not to say that I have not been creating a lot of images - I just have had very few rolls developed and even fewer scanned.

I am in Hawaii now for the rest of the month and I did not even pack my digital camera - which is a first for my Hawaii trips. All I brought with me was my Nikon FM-10 (manual 35mm) and my Mamiya 645 (manual medium format). After Hawaii it is off to San Francisco at the beginning of July, I will hopefully get a few rolls developed and scanned there.

For now, enjoy this shot taken by my dad. This is me on a paddleboard in Kaneohe Bay, a paddleboard is like a surfboard but is almost 13 feet in length and much thicker. You stand up on it and use a paddle to propel yourself.

Peace!

Intro to HDR

Although I have been aware of HDR (High Dynamic Range) Imaging for a while, it was not until last night that I first attempted it for myself. True HDR images combine two or more identitcally composed images, each exposed for a different area - for instance one exposed for the sunset and one for the darker foreground. Once these images are combined and tone-mapped, the new image can be stunning, with rich details in the shadows and highlights of a normally high contrast scene.

I created these HDR images using only one RAW image, but I duplicated the image and exposed each instance for a specific area. Although this works well, it is best to use two or more images (shot using a tripod) and combine them. The original image is on the left, as exposed with no correction. The HDR version of the same image is below. Even though I only used one RAW file, you can see there was a lot of information that was stored in the file not being used to it's full potential.


Original.

HDR version.

peace and much love!

turbulence

after a long night of less than peaceful travel i am bleary eyed and weary, but i am home. all i can say is thank you.

i am thankful for quality time with family.
i am thankful i can up and take off for 10 days at a moment's notice.
i am thankful to be home with the one i love.
i am thankful.


peace!

black sand

no filters were used and little if any post processing applied (BW conversion, shadow's boosted +3) - this one is all exposure!


peace!

dark swirls

peace!

variations on a sunset

tonight's sunset proved to be a veritable photo orgy, here are four of the 100+ images I captured within only a few minutes. i waded out pretty deep to get these, my camera barely above the water!





peace!

shreddin sandy's

sandy beach is arguably one of the heaviest body board spots in the world (not to mention the neck and back injury capitol of oahu). even though it is winter time a few decent sets rolled through.


double dippin...


the oahu condor...


droppin in...


skim board shreddin....

peace!