Saturday, December 22, 2007 Posted in Weddings
December 16th, 2007 — Hawaii Volcano National Park, Big Island of Hawaii
Abe & Gen married in Hawaii Volcano National Park at a beautiful tree park full of curly koa trees. The ceremony was sweet — very small and intimate.
At the volcano steam vents…
The girls.
The dudes.
Group.
The reception…
This one photo sums up the speeches perfectly…
tech note: i got to use my homemade ringflash for this shot 
Dancing. Yes!
tech note: 3 lights here. 1 behind on stand, 1 behind right (RED), 1 handheld with betterbouncecard (CTO).
Don’t ask… I just take the pictures.
DJ C & Jas (from DA BEAT FM) did an awesome job.
tech note: ringflash again
Here’s my lovely wife who second-shot and assisted me throughout the whole day. Thank you. I also got to join in on the fun too, with Abe. I love you man. Congrats to the both of you!
And lastly, I had to show this photo…
This couple was running back and forward, dancing and kissing *outside* while everyone was dancing inside. Awwwww!!
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This was inspired by many other DIY ring flashes (especially versions by haydensimons & noid from the Strobist forum. So what is a ring flash? It’s a light modifier that provides shadowless light and looks great in certain lighting situations.
My goal with this one was to keep it light-weight and easy to build. I might’ve skipped some steps, but it’s a simple concept and can be changed for different flash sizes. I found that if you use your camera to see the light path on the posterboard, you can design the ringflash to better utilize the light spread, saving wasted light.
See how nice and even the ringflash lights? It creates wonderful 3d-ish lighting.
Materials Needed:
- large white poster board ($1 at wal*mart)
- white (or black) duct tape
- copy paper
- elmer’s glue
- scissors & exacto knife
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Vibrant colors, amazing energy, and beautiful dancers… I was lucky enough to be able to attend and shoot photos at this wonderful Tahitian dancing competition held earlier this year. The Tahiti Fête is also held in San Jose and Mexico.
Indoor lighting was bad: small stadium, overhead lights, and the sunlight pouring in from the doors/windows facing away from the dancers.
My solution: Off-camera flash (vivitar 285hv) to balance the light, clamped high on the bleachers about 150ft away with a gorillapod (I love these). I set it to 1/2 power to save batteries and used a high ISO (800) for higher sensitivity. The ambient was underexposed a couple stops to make the dancers “pop”. This technique will give you a look that no on-camera flash can get. Awesome flattering light.
Here are my favorites:
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Nov. 4th, 2007 — North Shore, Oahu.
The entire State of Hawaii was on flash flood warning. Skies were so dark and it was raining like crazy… I felt so bad for the couple!
Still, they had such a great optimistic attitude. It was so much fun working with them!
The sun peeked through for a few minutes just as they got married.
Afterwards we did some random beach hopping in the rain… they are so cute!
Looking back, I wouldn’t want the weather any other way.
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