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 | 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... 
by Scott Mead | Aug 8, 2013 | 5D MARK III, artist, camera, canon, ginger, Hawaii, maui, photo, sunset, Uncategorized
Of all the different things I photograph here in Hawaii, I probably have the most fun shooting flora macros. Shooting gingers, heliconias, jades and proteas with a normal lens can capture the beauty of the whole flower or plant, but bayonetting a good fixed focal... 
by Scott Mead | Jun 24, 2013 | 5D MARK III, Big Island, canon, Hawaii, Kalapana, Kupapu, lava, scott mead, Sigma
I felt like I’d been hiking for days, although according to my watch, it had only been 40-minutes and the sun wasn’t due to rise for another hour and change. Off in the distance, you could see the glow of our destination: The Kupapa’u ocean entry, where molten lava... 