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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

SGT Darla of Kauai Police Dept.

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Darla's passion is to protect and serve. She is loved and respected by her community for her service and commitment to the island of Kaua'i. We went to Waimea Cottages for our photo session, west side of the island. This was Darla's beat for years and she was recognized and warmly greeted throughout our session numerous times.

Love&Lifestyle Photographer Heather Ransley lives on Kauai and owns Kauai Bliss Photography, based in Koloa Hawaii, on the south shore of Kauai. Kauai photographer Heather Ransley specializes in Kauai portrait and family photography, Kauai wedding photography, Kauai Fine Art Photography and lifestyle photography. Please visit kauaiblissphoto.com to see more Kauai photography, Aloha!

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Vegan Baker Banana Bread Maker on Kaua'i

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Hollan Hamid is the genius chef/entrepreneur behind vegetarian restaurant Caffe Coco, located in Kapa'a, and Hippie Cafe, baked vegan goodies distributed Kauai island wide. In addition to running two businesses, a household with 3 kids and staying fit Hollan is dedicated to helping people feel better by eating better. Hollan is also extremely active in the fight to keep GMO farming off of Kaua'i and her passions for making this planet a better place are infectious.

I love photographing women in general and because my previous blogs this month feature women naturally lit I'm going to continue the pattern for a few more posts.

Hollan is also special to me because she follows her dreams and passions and works hard for what she believes. It's hard to go after your goals, and working for yourself can be scary but Hollan does not let fear get in her way and she does not hold back, always sharing her genius to help others find a healthier path. Hollan reminds me and encourages me to believe in myself and my passions, she is such a positive source of energy and attitude to admire.

Here she is pictured in a banana grove in Poipu.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Fastie (No Flash)

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I love natural light. There are two golden hours of light every day and I limit portrait sessions to those times. I could work in a manner of control, utilizing the limitless supply of lighting equipment to duplicate the conditions of that golden hour but then it wouldn't be golden. There is something magical in the rays of sunshine that illuminate our earth as it rises and again as sun sets on the horizon casting long shadows and softened hues, sometimes golden. I do rely on flash occasionally and if I'm lighting a subject against a sunset, off camera lighting makes for a dynamic shot; though these images are never the ones I choose to show in gallery.

Some may say that my lack of flash or lighting equipment might seem lazy but I disagree completely. Discovering the best light in different locations requires a creative eye and problem solving skills, even if it is the best time of day. It would be much easier to bring the light you need and never rely on your surroundings to find it, but then where is the magic? For me, the Art of Environmental Portraiture is allowing the location to light the subject, the light is the variable. I strive to solve an equation with every shutter release, light being the most important tool of my quest.

Here is Fastie, No Flash, No Filter.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Marley Mar

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I love photographing women and some of my favorite jobs are portfolio development for talent, models and actresses. Not much need for headshot photographers on the island of Kaua'i but environmental portraiture is becoming more prevalent in other industries and I still get calls for professional portraits in a natural settings. Marley and I went down to Waimea town on the westside of the island for her pictures, she brought her friend Fastie along and we had a blast playing. I'll feature Fastie in my next blog.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

ON Photography:

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Old School

I love the look of Black&White Photography. My work is all digital process nowadays but the magic of developing and printing from film was enchanting. I don't miss the chemicals, fixer stains and the smell of my fingers, the days spent in dark rooms with grain magnifiers that fried my eyesight and all that time and money spent on film, chemistry and paper. It took me 3 hours to roll my first 35 mm into the holder, in the dark, sweating my ass off. All those 4X5 negative holders strung everywhere, eventually I would learn how to organize my tools for all the times I double exposed or got light leaks in the corners. I learned to know where things are in the dark though...
I'm reminded how I learned to own the entire process from exposure to presentation and although the process is different with digital tools it is still the same for me in the sense of control. I gave up film forever in a single second after fighting and denying the reality of digital photography overtaking the industry. I had spent 4 years learning the science of traditional photography and then a year after graduation my knowledge was obsolete in the world of commercial photography. I was the last class to graduate my photography school being taught traditional photography 2002. Traditional Photography is now a medium of fine art.
The revelation came to me early in the morning on a secluded beach on the island of Hawaii in 2003, at Kiholo. I had about 100+ rolls of undeveloped film (medium format and 35mm, BW, InfraRed, Slide) and was losing track of work in SE Asia, Hawaii and a few other places. I didn't have access to professional labs in the places I was traveling, shipping away my film for others to develop was timely and expensive. I did not want to develop on the island because of the chemicals involved and I hated surrendering my process to others. I wanted to maintain control over my product.
My boyfriend had bought a DSLR and I borrowed it to take some long exposures of the ocean at Kiholo early in the morning. It was better than a polaroid, saving me time in bracketing and within an hour I was able to edit that AM session on my laptop and email the images off. He never got the DSLR back... 10 years later I'm able to duplicate the looks of some of my favorite films with filters. I barely ever use them, but it's nice to know if I want to see how an image looks if I shot it with Agfa50 or Ilford400 or Velvia or Portra etc.
I feel very lucky to have learned photography when I did. The digital age has made it really easy to learn photography nowadays (and way cheaper) though I wonder if the ranks of professional photographers would be way thinner if they had to do it old school.

Love&Lifestyle Photographer Heather Ransley lives on Kauai and owns Kauai Bliss Photography, based in Koloa Hawaii, on the south shore of Kauai. Kauai photographer Heather Ransley specializes in Kauai portrait and family photography, Kauai wedding photography, Kauai Fine Art Photography and lifestyle photography. Please visit kauaiblissphoto.com to see more Kauai photography, Aloha!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Crew Peabody's Crew

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Kaua'i : Surrounded By Water

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Travel and Landscape Photography Project

Body of Work:
Images exploring the coastline of Kaua'i...
The beach, where land meets sea.
The horizon, where sea meets sky.