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Storms and Rainbows – Winter in Hawaii

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:05:57 +0000

I seem to be having luck with the rainbows lately! I took this during Daeja’s shoot for the Guava Shop, an amazing boutique in Haleiwa, Hawaii.

Guava Shop Instax

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:41:35 +0000

This Monday, despite on and off stormy weather, I assisted Daeja with a shoot for the Guava Shop, the most awesome boutique store ever, located in Haleiwa. We also had the lovely Calli Wagner as our model. Here are some of the photos I shot with my Instax:

I am looking forward to more beautiful stormy days of winter in Hawaii!

SUGARHIGH + LOVESTONED

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Last month Daeja and I got to work with the girls of SUGARHIGH + LOVESTONED, a collaboration between two fashion lines originating on Maui. With the help of stylist Jessica Simpson and Charls the Wonder Intern*, we had a super successful shoot! I’ve posted some polaroids from that day, but now that their site is live, here are some of my photos:

*And here’s Charls!

Tori Richard Shoot!

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:41:43 +0000

Back in February, I assisted Daeja with my first commercial photo-shoot, for Tori Richard. The shoot took place at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, took about 13-hours, but it was a great learning experience for me. Well, several months later, the images are finally up! Head over to the Tori Richard site and check out Daeja’s awesome photos! (They’re under the women’s clothing) The lovely model is Michelle Vawer, currently in New York with IMG. You might recognize her from a few of my images from shoots where I was allowed to shoot from behind Daeja – luckily I got to photograph her before she gets super famous!

The Honolulu Advertiser also has an article with Daeja’s photos, about the clothing designer, Tamar Wong, who is a good friend of Daeja’s.

Finally, here are two images I shot that day that I kind of liked. (No where near as good as Daeja’s, but I’m still learning!) For the first…a green Diamond Head! I sometimes forget what that looks like during these dry, hot summers.

And I do like this one, even though my highlights blew out completely.

Overall, it feels good to see the final images, knowing that I was there holding reflectors, lights, and scrims. I suppose I’ll geek out less as I gain more experience with commercial shoots, but for now, I think it’s awesome!

Test Shoot – Haliimaile – Chloe

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:04:42 +0000

On July 26th, Daeja had a test shoot with Chloe in Haliimaile, with me there assisting and Kaeo using my 5DMK2 to video. I didn’t take too many shots as there was a lot of light/reflector holding to be had, but here’s a two shot with my 70-200mm 2.8L IS lens:

But, Kaeo made off with my camera after these shots to take advantage of its gorgeous HD video capabilities (and I’m still waiting to see video, Kaeo!) So, I decided to experiment with the capabilities of my Canon G9 while photographing Chloe and our male model, Joe:

And finally, Koda got to be a model for a few shots that Daeja took. I’ll post a link to her images from this shoot once they are online!