by Scott Mead | Sep 5, 2016 | adventure, bonds, camera, canon, Hawaii, Hilo, Kalapana, lava, Lens, pacific, pacific ocean, photo, photograph, Photography Workshops, scott mead, shoot, Uncategorized
It’s a tick after 4:45 AM, and Captain Kanoa and First Mate Kainoa have just launched the 25-foot Moku Nui into the inky-black waters of Pohoiki Bay – an amazing surf spot by day that makes launching and retrieving a boat a challenging proposition, especially in the... 
by Scott Mead | Dec 9, 2014 | 2014 Photographer's Holiday Wish List, ACDSee, adobe, apple, Astrotrac, camera, canon, DJI Inspire 1, Goal Zero, Hahnemuhle, Hoya, iPhone, Mylio, outdoor photographer, Photography, scott mead, Tamron, Uncategorized
Aloha, and welcome to my 2014 Photographer’s Holiday Wish List! This year, I’ve selected ten products/services that will make many an outdoor photographer drool, from lenses and drones, to iPhone apps and some sweet paper to print your images on, there’s something for... 
by Scott Mead | Jun 23, 2014 | 5D MARK III, adventure, beaches, Big Waves, camera, canon, dakine, Housing, Nauticam, point break, scott mead, Underwater photography, waves
I’m kneeling on a bank of wet sand, clutching my Nauticam underwater camera housing with a death grip. Inside, my Canon 5D MARK III is armed, its autofocus already working hard to keep the water that’s rushing towards me in focus. I look up at the wall of water... 
by Scott Mead | Feb 20, 2014 | aerial photography, botanicals, camera, cold, Haleakala, Hawaii, humpback whale, night sky, photograph, Photography, road to hana, scott mead, Sunrise, sunset, Uncategorized, whale watch
It’s February, and winter is upon us. This year, it hasn’t been a task of merely layering up, nudging the thermostat up a bit and occasionally shoveling off the walkway. Let’s face it: a huge chunk of North America has been hammered by Mother Nature. Hawaii has also... 
by Scott Mead | Dec 21, 2013 | adventure, camera, Light, Mentor, pay it forward, photograph, Photography, Robert Glenn Ketchum, scott mead, Uncategorized, Wayne Rowe, workshop
Throughout our lives, there’s a good chance we’ve had a mentor or two (or many) that have taken us under their wing, and guided us around or threw the “trials and tribulations of life.” Some mentors have given us a golden nugget of advice that has shaped who we are or... 
by Scott Mead | Nov 7, 2013 | camera, canon, Epson, gadgets, Hahnemuhle, Hawaiian, Javits, JFK, new product, New York, nikon, PhotoPlus Expo, PPE, PR, scott mead, Sony, Tick Tock Diner, Trade Show, Uncategorized, workshop
Flying to New York is a breeze, but a pain in the back side… literally. Just a short hopper to Honolulu, but it’s the 9-1/2 hour red eye flight to JFK on Hawaiian Airlines that’s a killer: Crammed into the coach section like a tin of sardines, sitting in a thinly... 