Author Archives: Kris

Kris is a professional software engineer turned photographer turned father, capturing paradise, his pastimes, and his inspiration.
 

Photo: The Skies Above Me

I don’t know if I’ll ever get tired or shooting the night skies when I visit Maui, or anywhere other than our home near Chicago with decent visibility. About 2 years ago, I started reading […]

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Photoset: Sunset Hula Session

From the beginning of my photography work, albeit somewhat recent, I had convinced myself that I would not be shooting portraits. The beauties in my viewfinder were always meant to be created by mother nature, […]

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Photo: Nene Portrait

A view of the Nene bird in the wild, at about 8,000 feet elevation along the side of the dormant Haleakala volcano. I don’t normally shoot wildlife, but these guys were too cute to pass […]

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Photo: 8000 Feet

Literally coming down from a big high. The high I’m referring to is both spiritual and physical, as I’ve yet to find many things in my life thus far that have such a spiritual awakening […]

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Photo: Jonathan Toews

Taking a break for the Maui photos for a few hours, I wanted to try out a few of the Photoshop techniques that I learned at the Maui Photo Festival a few weeks back. This […]

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West Maui Time Lapse

A little time lapse I just recently put together from 3 different photo sequences I took back in February. The time span covered is from about 5:30am to 7:15am, and was taken from the lanai […]

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