Today I was playing around with the camera, trying to give the shot a sense of motion underwater. I took this shot at really low speed using two flashes at 1/4 power. I think the results speak for themselves.
Sunsets are really the best part of the day for many people who live on the Pacific Rim. Hawaii has some of the most unique sunsets in the world. As you can see, the colors can be incredibly impressive.
Happy Holidays from Benja Iglesis Photography!
Don’t try this at home. While taking some shots to accompany an article on diving, we probably went a lot bigger than we needed to… but we had fun and that’s the point. It was a perfect shot.
Just another day in the office. Some people can go their entire lives without seeing some of the things I see daily. Swimming with Whale Sharks off the coast of Maui, near Molokini? Check.
Photography is all about being at the right place at just the right time. This idea is best illustrated by this shot from inside a cave near Nahuna Point on Maui. Perfect light, clear water, no current, sunny weather… The result is breathtaking.
The opportunity to swim with wild dolphins doesn’t come along often, but when it does, you have to jump in the water and enjoy it. This pod of dolphins crossed our boat on the way to Lanai and invited us to join them.
Because of their scarcity in Hawaiian waters, there aren’t very many opportunities to swim with Hawksbill turtles, but on today’s dive, we got lucky. Perhaps this one confused my dome port with a jellyfish.
On the way back to the dive boat at the end of the day, I looked up and saw the most beautiful light glowing under the boat. It was just one of those shots that I couldn’t resist taking.
There are a lot of sports you can participate in while you visit Maui. For many surfers, Maui is also home to some of the largest ridable waves in the world. Pea’hi, or Jaws as it is commonly referred to by surfers, features waves that exceed 50 feet during the winter months. When Jaws is big, you’re almost guaranteed to see big wave surfers such as Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama.