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Those Who Wander – A Night With Christie Shinn

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Had the opportunity to attend the opening of Christie Shinn’s solo art show held in Oahu, Hawaii. The show had a diverse array of art from the 9th Wave Gallery Artist that included all of her most recent paintings in addition to several drawings and illustrations from her new series that was created special for the show.

After seeing what was there it was time to break out the camera gear and start documenting the night. Shot the event in HD with the Canon T2i DSLR camera, a 14mm f2.8 L series lens, and a 28-70mm f2.8 L series lens. It ended up being a super fun and exciting evening in downtown Waikiki and the video footage proves it.

With out any further ado, 9th Wave Gallery presents a behind the scenes look into the Christie Shinn solo show “Those Who Wander” located at Greenroom Gallery in Waikiki, Hawaii.

Showing on the beautiful island of Oahu, this North Shore artist that creates Hawaiian Surf Art hangs with clients, fans, and the 9th Wave Gallery Team as she shows the world her most recent art that includes merchandise, prints, giclees, and original paintings.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Sending Aloha to Japan – Video Production for Shannon O’Connell

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A few months ago I had the opportunity to fly over to Oahu, Hawaii to produce a video for 9th Wave Gallery Artist Shannon O’Connell. I had never met her before, but it turns out that she is the sweetest thing you will ever meet.

We filmed a lifestyle piece and an interview segment to produce a documentary based video describing her plans to travel to Japan. This trip is fueled by her passion to spread Hawaiian based aloha to the Japanese people after the devastating earthquake and tsunami last year in the form of her art, painting, and love for everything that is beautiful.

I had a ton of fun working with Shannon and the project turned out to be amazing. Also had enough time to edit a 9th Wave Gallery video that was shot with a GoPro by my good friend and part owner of 9th Wave Gallery Ryan McVay.

Let me know what you think!

Maui Cruiser – Environmental Portraiture in Hawaii

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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to shoot a lifestyle portrait of professional artist Ryan McVay.  As a surrealist and abstract painter he wanted to update his image with a photograph that was different than everyone else and that would attract peoples attention in his home town located in Maui, Hawaii.

As a professional photographer I understand that it takes the right location and lighting to create photography that everyone enjoys, so we looked all over the island of Maui for the perfect location.  Hawaii has so many different landscapes to choose from so this was not an easy task, but we knew what we were looking for and when we found the right spot we both knew that we had struck gold.

Using a bunch of random car parts that were sitting on the side of the road in the middle of the Haleakala desert we assembled what local residents call a Maui Cruiser.  Kind of perfect for an artist and painter that specializes in surrealism.

Take a look at the final image and let us know what you think!!!

Environmental and Lifestyle Portratrait of Surrealistic Painter Ryan McVay

Maui Cruiser - Environmental and Lifestyle Portratrait of Surrealistic Painter Ryan McVay

To see all of Ryan’s work visit his website at http://www.rmcgallery.com