Here are a few shots form my last job on the North Shore. I love shooting at V-Land especially at sun rise. The clouds make an amazing back drop.
ISAIAH WALKER : NORTH SHORE HAWAII SURF PHOTOGRAPHY
HALAU NALU : LAIE HAWAII CHILDRENS SURF PHOTOGRAPHY
Another school year starts and so does Halau Nalu, and the kids were all awesome. Especially this blondie, and yes I am allowed to say that because he is only 3, and he rips and he is my boy. I love doing surf photography for Halau Nalu, the kids are so energetic, talented and fun to shoot.
I LOVE COMING HOME TO HAWAII
Sorry I have been away so long, it has been a little busier than I planned the last few weeks. I had a great time on my trip to the east coast but I love coming home to Hawaii. I will be posting some of the photo sessions I shot in New York City, and Delaware in a week or so. It was also fun to work for high end fashion and beauty photographer Jon Moe while in the city. Anytime I am working with Jon or hanging out in his studio in lower Manhattan, I feel like a sponge absorbing anything and everything.
Before I left I shot this couple at Ka Ike beach on the north shore of Oahu. I think it would be fun to incorporate fashion photography in the ocean.
CANON 5D MARK II : PIPELINE HAWAII
I am loving the new Canon 5D Mark II camera. When I combine it with Canon’s L lenses, I really love the results. I didn’t realize how much I would use the HD video, but it has been fun to incorporate the video into the last two weddings I shot. I will be posting those soon. Here is a test video and a few shots from pipe, located on the north shore of Oahu.
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HALAU NALU : HONOLI’I – HAWAII
Nothing is as fun as finding a way to give back to one’s community. I am very lucky to have found such a good organization like Halau Nalu that lets me combine my two loves photography and surfing. Halau Nalu is a Laie based keiki surf club that is headed by Isaiah and Rebecca Walker with a lot of support and involvement from all of the kids parents. I was so excited when they offered to bring me to Hilo to document their annual surf contest at Honoli’i. It was a lot of fun hanging out with the kids, they are such a talented group. The book below is one that I just published with blurb, of the trip to Honoli’i. Family and friends of the kids can click on the picture below and it will take you were you can buy a copy. I have also compiled a slide show that will be shown at the Halau Nalu party. On the slide show there are photos that I have taken throughout the year, ending with Honolii. Click here for the slideshow: http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=175725 . Click on the collage below to see the first 15 pages of the book!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK : PERSONAL
No, my birthday wasn’t recent, it was in September, but I just got my present. A new surfboard. It took about 2 months from the time I ordered the blank to have it shaped and glassed. I am not one to ride just either short boards or longboards, I love to ride all kinds of boards. I knew exactly what I wanted shaped, so I asked local shaper, Chuck Andrus, to carve out the blank and had Ed Surfoss glass it. I had Chuck put a step in the tail and deck, spoon out the nose and keep just a little “rocker.” I was trying to re-create a board circa 1969. The picture below is of Ed glassing the bottom of the board with a brick red tint. It took me awhile, but I found the fabric in-lay at Kaimuki Dry Good’s in town for the deck patch, and had Ed outline everything with white pinlines. I took this board out last week and loved it. Thanks Patria.
Stay tuned for pictures from my trip to the Big Island with Halau Nalu.
