My new line of panoramic photography is a complete deviation from the black & white, sepia toned, hand-colored "style" for which I had become known. After nearly 15 years of photographing Hawaiian people, and the Hula, I wanted to create a new "look" in my portfolio.

Voila! Super-colorful landscape panoramics! Boy, what a fun change this has been.

My panoramic camera is a Fujifilm 617 with a couple of different lenses. I load it mostly with Velvia or T-max 100. This camera keeps me thinking about photography the "old-fashioned way". It can be somewhat difficult to use, compared to modern digital equipment. Shooting a panoramic is similar to shooting a large-format camera. It will take me about 15-20 minutes to get it into the right position and figure out my light-readings. Each frame is 7 inches long, and so a roll of medium format film equals 4 shots. I will typically use all 4 frames to "bracket" my exposure of a single scene.

After I develop my film, it is drum-scanned and burned onto a digitalCD. From that point on, the photograph becomes digital and is "corrected," much in the same manner that I would have manipulated in the traditional darkroom.

Using my wide-format Epson printer, I choose to print my panoramics on acid-free watercolor paper, or canvas. I like the texture and the thick feel.

Perhaps my favorite thing about getting out to shoot scenic landscapes is that it gives me a fantastic excuse to go outdoors to hike and camp with my kids. The natural beauty of Hawaii is a gift from God. A drive to Hana is like passing through the Garden of Eden. I want my kids to "feel" the island the same way I now feel it. My camera forces me to "slow down and smell the Puakenikeni".

16x48 Panoramic with 24x56 Deluxe Koa Frame		5x15 Panoramic with 12x22 Koa Frame
Rachael next to 16x48 Panoramics		8x24 Panoramic with 16x32 Koa Frame

Unframed 8x24 Panoramic		Unframed 5x15 panoramic

All of my panoramic Giclees are printed with "80-100 year" pigments onto Somerset watercolor paper. I use an Epson 9500 Wide-format printer.

Each of the smaller-sized prints is hand-torn and center-mounted onto black archival foamboard. The 5x15" image is mounted on a 10x20" foamboard. The 8x24" print is mounted on 31.5x14.5" foamboard. I sign and title each print on the white border. If you want these sizes framed, a simple 1" solid Koa is what we offer.

The larger 16x48" print is flush-mounted on Foamboard, and comes framed only with our lovely "Koa/Linen/Koa" frame. I sign this print in gold pen, on the image.