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Picture this – you’re sitting on Waikiki beach, in front of a beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime sunset. Luckily, with these three simple tips, you can make sure that your moment really stands out:
Play with exposure levels
Change your exposure settings to “underexpose” in order to capture the color spectrum and still have room to play with lighting if you choose to edit. How to do this?...

Now, photographers of all levels can enjoy high quality photography straight from their smartphone. Here are a few tips and tricks for getting the most out of your iPhone camera on your next Hawaiian vacation.
Focus Tap — The first tip for setting up any photo is to focus on your subject. The iPhone has an autofocus feature, but many people don’t know that you can lock this feature into place, giving you more control of your photo. To lock in the focal point...

On Oahu the tropical Koolau Mountains offer many opportunities for photographing waterfalls. On our Oahu Sunset Photo Tour we stop at one of the smaller ones that’s close to the road – no hiking – to practice.
TIP 1 HAVE A TRIPOD
Whether you are shooting a DSLR, pocket camera or mobile phone you’ll need a tripod..sometimes a rock will do. This is how you’ll get the camera to capture that beautiful silky effect with the water while everything else around the waterfall is sharp...

Go ahead and do it. Break one of the main rules in photography that says you should never shoot into the sun. Rules Rules….were designed to be broken. Right? Yes it is helpful to know some of the more common rules for composition to create a nice photograph...