SHOW#18 - TODAY AT 1:05 PM - LEARN HOW TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOS - FINE ART PHOTOS! Images here by students in a day long course on Maui! We talk to the teacher - world renowned photographic artist Douglas Hoffman. Tune in at 1110 am or 96.7 fm or on the web at kaoi1110 to stream the show live or after the show. Maui Photo Tours and Workshops. - Among the first to start doing Photo tours and the first to combine it with an actual workshop on Maui. Now there are several other photographers doing this. To my knowledge I am the only master photographer. This is not to take away what others offer their clients. Maui has a lot of very talented photographers. - Appropriate for every level of photographer. Professional, expert, advanced, and novice level photographers. - Each tour is catered to the needs of the participants. If the client wants to learn about camera mechanics and composition we talk about it during the drive time. Once on location we work on creating images that include the camera set up and compositional elements discussed. - Each participant is given a PDF with descriptions of many of the rules of composition with photographs that show the rule in use. Then they are challenged to create images that meet the criteria of these rules so they can make their own composition guide and reference. This is an amazing way to learn. The more they read it the more the information sticks in the back of their mind so that later when they are on location these rules are ever-present in their thought process. - Private, Semi private, family, and small groups rates available. I limit the participants on the tour/workshop so everyone gets the most from the experience. I have been hired by brides and maids of honor to teach a photography workshop as a bridal party or wedding function. IN this case we meet at one location and learn how to take better photographs. In addition to camera mechanics we talk about lighting, posing, and composition. Here is what other people say about me according to posts on trip advisor. Check more out at tripadvisor/Attraction_Review-g60632-d3320751-Reviews-Maui_Photo_Tours-Kihei_Maui_Hawaii.html#REVIEWS As an intermediate photographer with a passion to learn landscape photography I wanted to combine a photo learning experience with a family trip to Maui. The challenge, find a teacher who is knowledgeable, passionate, accomplished and can teach. I found all that and more in Douglas Hoffman of Maui Photo Tours. Doug more than delivered in every respect. He has a way of challenging you to always look for those elements that make a successful image. Throughout the workshop he emphasized a number of landscape photography theories and how important reading the light was to composition. This review would be incomplete if I did not discuss Dougs coaching technique. At each location he challenged me to look at the scene and compose the image in my head. He then allowed me the time to compose and set up the shot. While shooting the image he would check on me and offer suggestions when he felt they were necessary. Before we would leave a location he would review the images on my camera to be sure I had achieved my goal of at least one workable image from each stop. I was fortunate enough to leave each location with many useable shots. In fact. I have some images that I know would not have been possible without Dougs coaching. They say proof is in the pudding and I would agree. The night after my photo workshop with Doug I went to Secret Beach for sunset. Using the theories and concepts Doug taught me I was able to capture that Sunset portrait that I always dreamed of. Yes the light, clouds and ocean all played a major role in the image. But, it was Dougs teaching that allowed me to recognize them, understand them and ultimately compose them all together and capture the image in the camera. If improving your photography skills is your goal, I highly recommend spending time with Doug Hoffman. Visited December 2013 I consider myself more of a coach than as a teacher. Sure I share knowledge but more than that I bring out the inner artist that exists within my client. I challenge them to be creative and think outside their comfort zone. I want to see mistakes being made and corrected, and of course I want my clients to create wonderful images that tell a story and evoke a response. This image was greater a few days ago on a workshop with Mike from Toronto. We were working on creating images with lines that repeat through the scene and that incorporate a foreground, mid, ground and background into the composition. Nature was kind as it was low tide and there was no wind. This enables us to capture the reflection of the palm tress and place them along the left side which guides the eye into and through the image to the west Maui Mountains in the background
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