Travel Series - Hawai'i
Check out my trip to Hawai’i on the island of Oahu celebrating my friends birthday.
In Search of ... Paradise
I never thought in my life that I would be going to Hawai'i, Honolulu on the island of O'ahu to be exact. For weeks we been planning a trip, originally the first trip we were looing into was Africa. With such short time before this trip. Trying to find the flights, hotel, and shoots... oh yeah shots just to travel to Africa. So, Honolulu was the final decision. Within one day we found a hotel and car rental everything was finalize. Two weeks later and off we go.
On the plane the there I was chatting with another passenger and learned of a few things to do while there. She gave me a few things to check out, and we did none of it, but we did end up stuck on a 10 mile highway going the wrong direction. We landed, took pictures and got the rental. Just like most of the hotels we've had on many other trips. This was one okay. After we finally settling in, we went exploring a bit during the day. Later that night we went hiking on a trail that was not very beginner to say the least. It was an old rail system that went up the mountain that only gets steeper higher you get. About half way up, Chris and Jacob headed back because it was getting a little dangerous in the tracks, and we were concerned about Jacobs health, as he was bigger than all of us.
Enough of the introductions check out the the photos and video below.
“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind”
Hefty Fine!!
So close to having nothing ever again in life....
I was asked to do a video shot for a fellow coworker from work. Of course, I agree and there was a lot of planning, which I didn't even have to do. Winning!!! In the weeks to come ideas were formulated and executed.
The day of the video shoot is coming closer. A week before Ebbi asked me to rent the Jeep for her because something about her license. She gave me the money and I got it done. Few days later CJ and I went scouting locations for the video. For the Jeep scene we chose Dockweiler Beach.
Fast forward and the day is here and everyone arrives on time. We moved the Jeep on the beach. Were able to get about a hour of shooting before the first wave of security popped up. He told us because we were operating without a permit for the shoot that we could be cited with a $10,000 fine. We said "WHAT!!!". With that note in mind we finished as quickly as we possibly can. As we were wrapping the final shots, the second patrol truck cam and he wasn't as nice as the first one. He was very stern with a quick decision we called it on the beach and focused a little more on the driving scenes. A few more shoots to be say and we were all set. That's what we believed til our video director locked his keys in the trunk of his car that was another 45-60 minutes trying to "CBP" his car to get into the trunk.
On to the Next Adventure
A few days later we went to the studio to start filming the last part of this video for Ebbi. As this on mainly focus on here creativity in the studio setting. There were outfit changes to create a dynamic feel. Also, incorporated in the video was CJ and Dark Kent her producer.
Video coming soon.....
Feeling A Little Blue
Few weeks George asked me to help out on a shoot, and always if I'm free I'm there. For this shot were doing something creative with Tiffany. If you read the previous post then you know exactly who she is, if not then you should read the last few posts. Just like any of the shoots with George I really don't know what is really going on, I'm just there no questions asked.
Tiffany arrive and like always were clowning, and crack jokes. One thing folks don't know is that Tiffany has a very creative mind, a very imaginative mind. If you was to give her an idea she will execute it the nth power. Everything she does is with passion and commitment, and she's down for the cause. While there I decided to do a behind the scenes type video for George, at the same time I was checking making sure everything was coming out great, and it they were.
As always remember to check out their pages and website
George Clarence - Photographer www.georgeclarence.com
Tiffany Marie - MUA Tiffany (facebook)
“There are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.”
“I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”