Photographers: Garran F. Chun & Marc Edward (Cocaine Fashion) of Swimbook
Event: FRESH
Presented by: Valerie Joseph Boutique • PINC (Priscilla Ko & Janette McKeone )
Designers: Rachel Pavlis (Metamorphosis) • Kristen Domingcil (Watercolor Tea Party) • Jennifer Fukino (Noctiluca) • Valerie Joseph (Fashion Full Circle)
Location: Rumors Nightclub – Honolulu, HI
Hair & Makeup by: Bella Torre Academy • Salon 808 • Reve Salon
Hair & Makeup Direction by: Nolan Robert of Nolan Roberts Cosmetics
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If you’re like me you probably bought a DSLR camera before you understood how aperture, ISO and shutter speed worked together to create an exposure value.
This weekend Chef Morimoto of the Food Network’s Iron Chef held a book signing at the mall and the only thing he requested of his fans and spectators was to avoid flash photography – something about it hurting his eyes. I sat and watched as one fan after another hopped onto the stage with their camera in hand, covered their pop-up flash with their palm and took multiple shots only to pause, look down at their camera and back up with a displeased (confused) look on their face.
The longer I sat there the more I started to wonder how their shots were coming out but judging by all the pop-up flashes that were being covered with fingers I assume that the majority of cameras were set to shoot in auto mode – which meant the camera probably opened the lens to the widest aperture (most likely between f3.5 – f5.6) and dragged the shutter (1/45th of a second or slower). My guess: A lot of blurry or underexposed photos.
If it were me and I had just a few seconds to get the shot I’d set my camera to meter in spot, shoot in shutter priority at 1/100th of a second with my ISO set to 400.
I chose a relatively quick shutter speed of 1/100th of a second for the sole intention of eliminating any possible motion blur, but this alone wouldn’t allow enough light to reach the senor so I have to compensate by increasing my ISO (camera’s sensitivity to light) to 400-500. The downfall with increasing your ISO is the potential to introduce noise (pixelization) into the photo, however this can be fixed with post-production software whereas a blurry photo can’t.
I decided to shoot this in shutter priority mode knowing that my camera would automatically set my aperture to the widest available stop (f3.5-f5.6) leaving me with one less setting to worry about.
Finally, I set my camera to compute exposure using spot metering mode only so I don’t have to second guess and/or correct improper exposure computed by my camera. With spot metering I don’t have to worry about filling my frame with Chef Morimoto since I’m telling the camera exactly where my subject is within the frame and to compute a neutral exposure based on the “spot” that I’ve selected. In this case it’s particularity important for my camera to know where my subject resides since Chef Morimoto was positioned 15-feet in front of a water fountain with an skylight directly overhead. Unless I filled the frame with Chef Morimoto I would run the risk of the camera “thinking” that the bright water fountain is my subject and close down my aperture to prevent overexposure.
Here’s an image shot with my phone (Blackberry 9700) which illustrates how my camera tried to pick the best overall exposure using Jamba Juice, the water fountain and Chef Morimoto as exposure reference points. Unfortunately my camera thought that Jamba Juice was my intended subject which resulted in Chef Morimoto being underexposed.
Additional pictures from Tia Morales’ photo- and video-shoot with Swimbook in July 2010.
Model: Tia Morales
Photographer: Garran F. Chun
Makeup & Hair by: James Mares
Location: Ke Iki Beach – Haleiwa, Hawaii
Courtesy of: Swimbook
Additional pictures can be found on our Facebook page @ SunWorks Photography
Photographer: Garran F. Chun
Event: Shyla Doi’s First Birthday Party
Location: Kapolei Recreation Center – Kapolei, HI
Additional pictures can be found on our Facebook page @ SunWorks Photography
Over the Fourth of July weekend Swimbook took a road trip (by Hawaii standards) to the North Shore of Oahu to film local model Tia Morales on her first photo shoot with Swimbook’s lead photographer, Marc Edward.
Tia started modeling her modeling career in November 2009 and over the past few months she’s made a name for herself within the local industry. Marc acknowledges that Tia’s willingness to learn and grow with each shoot makes her a pleasure to work with and a great addition to Swimbook’s lineup.
Accompanying Tia on her shoot was her boyfriend\musician\makeup artist, James Mares. If you haven’t heard his work you can check him out on Facebook @ James Mares Music.
Model: Tia Morales
Photographer: Garran F. Chun
Makeup & Hair by: James Mares
Location: Ke Iki Beach – Haleiwa, Hawaii
Courtesy of: Swimbook, LLC.
Additional pictures can be found on our Facebook page @ SunWorks Photography
Swimbook is a behind-the-scene show that gives you a glimpse of what it really takes to put together a swimsuit calendar, but I’m giving you a behind the behind-the-scene view of Swimbook’s recent photo/video shoot with local model, Tia Morales. at Ke Iki Beach in Haleiwa, Hawaii.
Tia Morales (Model)
Marc Edward (Photographer)
Mike Anthony (Videographer)
Garran Chun (Assistant Photographer)
Kaiser Noales (Assistant Videographer)
James Mares (Hair & Makeup Arist)
We’re up early this morning (6:00am HST) for our official photo shoot with local model, Tia Morales, who will also be filming her first episode for Swimbook.
Today we’re shooting 40-miles north of Honolulu to a spot known as Ke Iki in Haleiwa, Hawaii where the forecast calls for temperatures in the mid-80s with some light trade winds which should make for perfect shooting conditions.
On location today will be Tia Morales (model), Marc Edward (photographer), Mike Anthony (videographer), Kaiser Nonales (assistant videographer), James Mares (makeup artist) and myself as the assistant photographer.
Be sure to check back with us in a few weeks when we post selected shots from today’s photo shoot with Tia Morales. Additionally, you can follow us on Twitter @sunworksphoto and Facebook under SunWorks Photography, LLC.
Photographer: Zak Noyle, Transworld Surf
Local photographer, Zak Noyle, recently landed a position as contributing photographer for Surfer magazine, a national publication, to add to his already impressive four year resume which includes published work in Transworld Surf, Freesurf and Heavy Water magazine.
Noyle (www.zaknoyle.com) is a Punahou high school graduate who splits his time between California during the summer months and the North Shore of Oahu during the winter months when the winter surf season brings Pipeline and Waimea to life.
“Zak Noyle, an outdoor photographer with a truly unique perspective on surf and sea. Based on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Zak spends countless hours in the water, creating dramatic imagery and artful interpretations of the world’s most magnificent ocean environment.” – www.zaknoyle.com
“Inspiration is Perishable” – Jason Fried.
If you’re lucky enough to find something that will energize and propel you towards accomplishing your goal, be grateful and take full advantage of what it has to offer because just as quickly as it appeared it may quickly disappear.
The weather didn’t cooperate with us last week when we shot with LV Alberto and instead of trying to force the issue we decided to cut out session short and re-schedule our shoot for another day. But the day didn’t entirely go to waste and we were able to squeeze out a few shots.
Model: LV Alberto
Photographer: Garran F. Chun
Assistant Photographer: James E.C. Doi
Location: Halona Cove, Honolulu, HI
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