Kauai 2010

We did our first workshop in Hawaii on the island of Kauai in March. Author and location guide Steve Alterman made sure we photographed all the best spots. We had a variety of weather and cloud conditions making some unique possibilties. Our only complaint was a lack of rainbows - we only saw a few- but that means it was not raining much. We started photographing the beaches and the terrain around them in many differents light.




























We also found many interesting vista opportunities away from the coast.












The plant life was also a highlight.
















We also found some wildlife around the island.










I also did some infrared images.





Kauai was a great location and I look forward to returning there soon.

Maui 2010

On the way to the Kauai workshop, I stopped off for a couple days in Maui. I went there primarily to photograph the humpback whales. I had seen them many times in other places, but this was the first time in Maui. The whales were there in big numbers.





















I also took some time between whale trips to photograph plants in the area.


















Maui is another Hawaiian island with many photo opportunities.

South Florida 2010

After a short time at home between workshops, I traveled to Florida looking for warm weather and sunshine. It was an unseasonbly cold even in south Florida, but we still found plenty of photo subjects. For the second workshop in a row, we found an eagle nest, this time with two adults and young.







We also found the Florida wading birds in great numbers starting with the Great Blue Herons.









We also found nesting Great Egrets.












Other species were everwhere as well.



















And the gators were very plentiful too.







Florida also has some wonderful sunsets.



I also did some black and white conversion and some infrared work.












South Florida is always rich in birds and gators and this year was no exception. The cold weather did not seem to effect the numbers of wildife at all.