In 2012 I spoke at a conference of independent school teachers in Pukalani on the island of Maui. While there, I had the pleasure of driving on some of the most spectacular and spectacularly terrifying roads of my life. Here are my favorite photos from those three days.
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20 Years of Travel as an Education Provocateur
This video features photos spanning the years from 1997 to 2014, from Fuji disposable cameras to my Nikon D7100 DSLR. The music was programmed using Logic X Pro.
Water & Light
Photography is all about light and what our world does to it. Water has an especially dramatic effect on light. Here, a bubble, formed by some behavior of physics that I cannot remember right now. This photo was probably post processed with Photomatix Pro, HDR’ing it for color and texture.
Camera: No camera information • ISO 100 • 210mm • -167 ev • f/7.1 • 1/160
Aerial Photography Set to Kashmir
This is my arrangement of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, with assorted drone photography laid over it. The greatest fun is editing the video and images to fit over the music. The next greatest fun is programming the music.Jun 3, 2017
A Grape Vine after the Rain
It’s one of my favorite times to walk around with my camera, right after a rain. These droplets were in just the right balance between saturation and gravity. Also, this photo has almost no post-processing. It’s rare for me to post something without having doctored it, because doctoring photos is my favorite part of the process.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 100 • 120 mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/250
Early Hydrangea Blooms
Often, it’s the less than perfect and symmetric flowers that draw my attention. I used Photomatix Pro to HDR process this photo, bringing out the color and texture.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 100 • 120 mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/100
Mountain Laurel in Bloom
We are lucky to have a grove of mountain laurels on our property. We’re actually somewhat outside their range, and they are struggling with our heat. But mostly they are striving and beautiful in bloom.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 5000 • 300 mm • -0.67 ev • f/10 • 1/640
Sun Drenched Rose Plan
This photo is a bit out of focus, but I didn’t mind that. It’s about the light. In a sense all photography is about the light, but sometimes it is the behavior of that catches my eye, not how it illuminates some object.
Brilliant
This is pretty obviously an HDR processed photo. I used it to bring out the color and the texture of the flower. I’m especially pleased with the contrast between the flower and the unfocused background, bathed in sunlight.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 4000 • 300 mm • -0.67 ev • f/10 • 1/640
Motorcycle Man
We were on our way to my nephew’s wedding in some unfamiliar part of the state, parked while my parents made a pit stop and my brother purchased me some beverage. Then this young guy stepped up, helmet on, and mounted his motorcycle. He noticed me holding up my phone and gave me the “right on” gesture. Either that or he was warning me that I might get my nose punched.
Camera: iPhone 6s • ISO 32 • 4.15 mm • 0 ev • f/2.2 • 1/1041
