Day 4 of the workshop was a much needed rest day, and we just relaxed and reviewed some of our images from the previous two days of shooting. On Day 5 we again got up early to beat the sunrise, and headed not too far from Princeville to Anahola Beach on the north east side of the island. We caught the sunrise and shot there for a couple of hours then headed to the next location. On the way we stopped at a local joint for some refreshing berry smoothies.
The next location was on some amazing private land near Kilauea that was owned by a friend of Aaron’s that had a cool waterfall on it. When we got to the waterfall it had some fallen trees from recent storms, and some of the guys felt obligated to clear them out to make a cleaner shot. Eventually we shot around the waterfall, and further down the stream, and even played with smoke bombs to add some drama to the shots. It was actually pretty cool. We spent about three and a half hours shooting here, and as we were leaving the caretaker, who knew Aaron, offered us some fresh squeezed orange juice from trees on the property. It was great, particularly after all that shooting. After that, we headed back to the house to rest up a bit before the evening’s shoot.
The last shooting location of the day, the Queen’s Bath was within walking distance of our house. As we made our way over there a security patrol unfortunately prevented us from going down the easiest route, and we were forced down another steep, slippery, muddy path to the rock cliffs at the bottom. There were again warnings of life threatening hazards from the waves. It was a bit rainy and grey, but we persevered and got some cool shots. We shot along the rock cliff and eventually got to the “bath.” The Queen’s Bath is a green tidal pool perched atop the rock cliffs. It must be amazing in good weather. We got some interesting shots, and Aaron even got into posing with Anoush Anou. We made our way up to the top in the dark by a much smoother path than we came down.
(10,150 steps, 23 floors, 4.6 miles)