KCSPhoto.org - Hightlights

Well last night the Applied Photography class had its night shoot class. Normally the class will go to Aloha Tower for the shoot. Well, we have had problems getting permission to go there for out shoot so we started looking for someplace else. It was decided that Ala Moana Beach Park - Magic Island would be a great place to go. Our class normally meets on Thursday for for this shoot we met on Friday night.

When we got there I looked up and saw some clouds that would give a great sunset. But the problem is I also wanted to take pictures of the sail boats returning to the harbor. Why is this a problem well the harbor is on one side and the sunset is on the other side of the island. Well I decided the cloud pattern looked too good to pass up so I opted to shoot the sunset and see if I could catch some sail boats after. (Good thing I have a handicap scooter that goes 4.5mph). Well the sail boats didn’t turn out because it was a little too dark to get clear shots but I did get some pretty good shots of the sunset.

Around 8pm on Friday the Hilton Hawaii Village has a ten minute fireworks show (now you know why we move the class to Friday) so I was on the right side for that after shooting the sunset. Anyway, my sister and I had loads of fun taking pictures last night. Sorry class that we weren’t with you to help  you more but it is a bit far to get to where you were. We also stayed a little later after the fireworks to take some timed shots. Here are just a few samples of the photos that I was able to capture.

Flicker - Ala Moana Sunset Shots

Nested in Manoa Valley is a wonderful area filled with lots of photo opps. Even though it was raining while we were there, well when isn’t it raining in Manoa, I was able to snap off 200+ shots. Lyon Arboretum is located deep into Manoa Valley. Those of you who have lived here for years will remember “Paradise (Bird) Park, well this was part of Lyon Arboretum. There are lots of trails which you can wander around on to see what you can take photos of. Even though some of the trails are not handicap friendly there are areas where you can still capture some great shots. I know because I was able to capture these shots.

I had so much fun there I am looking at going back there to see what else I can capture with my camera. If you have not visited Lyon Arboretum you should check out the area. Just remember that you are in Manoa Valley so take rain gear for you and your camera. There were several of us there walking and taking photos of the area. Here are just a few of the photos that were taken on that shoot.

The Applied Photography and the Beginning Photography class will be having an outing at the Lyon Arboretum Sat. Mar. 7 at 8am. We will meet at the Lyon Parking lot. Bring rain gear as this is in Manoa and it does rain there a lot.

Supposedly great for Macro Photography and with some patients birds. Wear comfortable walking shoes and possible protection from mosquitoes. For more information check the outing or syllabus pdf in the Applied Photo Tab.

Hope to see you there.

The 2009 Spring Syllabus and Field trip schedules have been added to the Applied Photography Page listed at the top and on the sidebar. Both are in PDF formats. If  you downloaded the syllabus or outing prior to today revisions have been made.

We are almost finished with the  video tutorials  to go with the actions.  LMHawaii.com will have more information shortly.

We have opend up two gallery sites KCSGalleries.com which is a gallery site where you can upload and sell your photos and KCSGallery.com where you can upload to share with other. Contact us for more information.

Last bit of information. I will be having my right eye cataract worked on this week so I may not be around very much the next few days.

Aloha all,

The tutorials page has been updated. We added the tutorial for the Photo Mats Actions. This is just the introduction to the tutorial series.

We are in the process of setting up the online store to purchase tutorials as well as purchase memberships to get to the tutorials series. We are finalizing how much we are going to charge. I promise you that we won’t charge very much.

The Photo Mats series has been set at $15. Here is what you will get:

1. Eight tutorial videos which will teach you how I created the mats and frames. How to use the Actions which is broken into three sections (Mat templates, Matted Photos, and Framed Photos

2. Photoshop Actions to create Single, Two versions of a Double Mat, Two versions of Triple Mats, the same with Frames, and a 30 color Crescent board swatch sheet.

Aloha ya all,

I have been working on an action for Photoshop, As some of you know Cindy and I are entering a photo exhibit in March at the Pauahi Tower. This is part of the Hawaii Photographic Society shows which they do,

Anyway the photo have to be matted and framed and I wanted to see what the photos would look like. I created this action to add mats (single, double, and triple mats) and you can also add a frame, Any way this action will create and add the mats and frame for you, You don’t have to create the mats. Pretty cool uh. The above is a sample of what it looks like,

Stay tuned for more information.

Matt Kloskowski of LightroomKillertips.com has some very interesting and great tutorials and presets as well as loads of information for Lightroom. Hhis site really should be bookmarked and be visited as often as you can.

Watermarking tutorial for Lightroom by Matt Kloskowski of LightroomKillerTips.com.

From now on tutorials created by us or LMHawaii.com will be placed on the tutiruak page, There is also a link on the top of the page, Tutorial soon to be added.

1. Register to use this blog

2. How to create a post

3. LR2 Panoramas

4. LR Watermarks

5.Using the Photoshop Frame and Mat action

Call to Artists:

A Survey of Digital Imagery in Hawaii 2009
New Pacific Media  - Juried Exhibition

Are You a Creative image-maker that incorporates digital technology? Pacific New Media is sponsoring a juried exposition of digital imaging in Hawaii. This exhibit is open to all Hawaii residents and is designed to provide a snapshot of the”state of the art” of digital media in the state.

Requirements: You must have taken the image with a form of digital media including cell phone, digital point and shoot and SLR cameras. Image must be from the past two years and not exhibited in a prior show. You may submit up to 5 images for judging. The jury fee is $5 per artwork

2/3/09 Submission and payment deadline date
3/2/09 - 3/30/09 Exhibition date at the Cannon Gallery
For more information, contact pnmphoto@gmail or 956-8244;
Registration: http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/noncredit/courses/programdetail.aspx?eventsid=168; 956-8400;

Well gang the spring 2009 registration is about to begin. This spring Terry has me teaching two classes one one Lightroom and the other on Photoshop.

Check the calendar for all the spring outings. Also I will be posting the syllabus and the outings listed on the side bar of the blog.

Well, 2008 ended with a ball of fireworks. LMHawaii.com and  KCSPhoto.org both went down at the same time. Well, LMHawaii.com has been working hard in getting us back. This is a major undertacking and is taking more time that we had expected but it is slowly coming back online. We have lost all the prior post made so we will try and reintroduce them down the road.

We are sorry for the inconvience but rest assured that LMHawaii.com is doing its best to get us back to full strength. As a side note, LMHawaii.com has informed us that one of the host which they had for us has gone under and they are in the process of moving that site to their servers. So KCSGalleries.com is also being worked on. KCSGallery.com is online and working this site has been on LMHawaii.com servers from the start.

Stay tuned more in coming in 2009 I promise.