News update 2008-6-6: Evening Soak has been awarded 1st place in the Master's division at the annual Hawaii Photo Expo photo contest for 2008.
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News update 2007-11-1: Sleepy Solitude (B&W) has won the Grand Prize and the Artists' Choice award at the annual Kahilu Theatre black and white photo contest for 2007. Turtle Paradise (B&W) was also awarded People's Choice.
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Bio: As a native of Southern California, I grew up loving the beach. Every day after school, I would eagerly run across the street and over the sand dunes with hopes that a big swell was coming through. I had always dreamed that some day I would be able to live on my own secluded tropical beach with the kind of surf that I had seen in the magazines.
It wasn’t until the summer of 1999 that I made my first trip out to Hawaii and fell in love not only with the surf, but also with the diverse landscape and natural beauty of the islands. I made several return trips with my camera during the next six years before chasing the dream in 2006 when my wife and I packed up and moved to the Big Island. I have been photographing the islands in the Hawaiian chain continuously ever since.
My goal with photography is to capture a unique moment of emotion that tells a story without any words. I want to present a vision of Hawaii as an unpopulated and unspoiled paradise. This is the Hawaii from my dreams that I want to share with you.
Aloha,
Michael
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