http://halemano.smugmug.com/popular/ From a family of avid photographers, our get togethers had slide shows most nights. I was focused on physical activities, dreaming to be in the Olympics &/or National Geographic Explorer. At age 28 I spent late winter living on a frozen lake 25 miles below the Arctic Circle in central Alaska. I bought a full Canon A-1 kit before I went to the airport and it's a good thing it was an automatic because I was clueless. As a portable oil & gas exploration surveyor, I was lucky enough to be in so many incredible places it didn't matter that I only shot the 50mm in Auto. I was hooked! It was with me the next couple months surveying the Utah & Nevada mountains by chopper. The camera gear just went in for a dust cleaning when I was sent back to Alaska for a summer job. It was so humid in the bush my theodolite had to sit in front of a fan all night to stay dry enough to work. My camera would have likely fared worse, but every time I came upon an amazing sight I felt the emptiness. Helicopters in the desert mountains, mogul skiing, extreme snowboarding and motorcycles pushed me away from SLR's. I don't remember my first P&S, but I do remember shooting over the shoulder at a slab slide as I snowboarded out from under it! After moving to Maui, I got a Nikonus V to prove I was seeing sharks on my free dives into the caverns. Whales led to a fast SLR and super zoom for surface intervals. Inheriting dad's Nikonus SB-101 strobe brought the underwater colors out and sucked me in for good! I read lots of magazine articles and sponged a few sage tips (don't bother with ttl). I was blessed to have spectacular subject matter, as well as more that a little luck (right place right time). A few years in Monterey put the SLR back in my hands, for whale watches and coastal wildlife, but I yearned for Maui. A couple months in Key Largo earned my SCUBA instructor credentials, and a Stephen Frink photo-pro course from Michael Waters prepared me for 16 great rebreather dives with my new Nikonus V/20mm lens/Ike SS200 rig. Returning to Hawaii, the world was going digital. I surfed the web extensively to decide on the Oly 5050. I knew I needed wide angle and my Ike strobe was more than competent shooting manual. Soon I had photo's on display in the dive shop gallery where I worked, and sold many matted prints to neighbors, tourists and craft fair patrons. Unfortunately that was Oahu's North Shore and I just had to be on Maui. There's more good scuba instructors here and more good underwater photographers as well, so getting noticed requires more effort. I need to find a dive model/girlfriend with a gift for marketing! http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:13:45 -0800 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:18:53 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2010, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Supermano/243133721_eTiXk-Ti.jpg http://halemano.smugmug.com/popular/ http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/4157254_RCKYZ#242679813_2pDcz <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />SpookyDescent</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/4157254_RCKYZ#242679813_2pDcz" title="SpookyDescent"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/-/242679813_2pDcz-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="SpookyDescent" title="SpookyDescent" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:02:11 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/-/242679813_2pDcz-Th.jpg 560695e4868b99bd2d2115664a6861b0 8dc5f9eb783c3f994f6f4f4eabdcb49e 973369bf00056a8edd23d394b9410080 868c069b033c1719191ef55e0715d444 fbddfc9871da31842df0083670e42c58 fbddfc9871da31842df0083670e42c58 SpookyDescent <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />SpookyDescent</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/4157254_RCKYZ#242679813_2pDcz" title="SpookyDescent"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Sea-Tiger/-/242679813_2pDcz-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="SpookyDescent" title="SpookyDescent" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683268_gtyAq <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />IMG_2965</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683268_gtyAq" title="IMG_2965"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683268_gtyAq-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="IMG_2965" title="IMG_2965" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:09:59 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683268_gtyAq-Th.jpg 2006-05-02 15:28:33 ab7ecebabf4c263d21f74dc053463a3c 53796340df51a166cf3dbb2b5bdbb484 836f0f7cbb137c5def0622435ac2fe4a f92f2ee5ad1612f03f9f1e7dd9dd149a a5757f5aa781423612edba59a89b7305 a5757f5aa781423612edba59a89b7305 IMG_2965 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />IMG_2965</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683268_gtyAq" title="IMG_2965"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683268_gtyAq-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="IMG_2965" title="IMG_2965" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683269_fxV6h <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />IMG_2966</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683269_fxV6h" title="IMG_2966"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683269_fxV6h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="IMG_2966" title="IMG_2966" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:09:59 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683269_fxV6h-Th.jpg 2006-05-02 15:29:16 451db3da493b67f166a333398667c009 8baddcb941bffa662dd9305977f44df5 8e0bc2d0a8a8fea851ebd9d99f48f276 d36bdd3b4658e01fc792e00c8d86f29d d36bdd3b4658e01fc792e00c8d86f29d IMG_2966 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />IMG_2966</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/4157322_PJfpc#242683269_fxV6h" title="IMG_2966"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Dolphins/-/242683269_fxV6h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="IMG_2966" title="IMG_2966" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682880_7vJjo <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />DoubleDigitCleaners</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682880_7vJjo" title="DoubleDigitCleaners"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682880_7vJjo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="DoubleDigitCleaners" title="DoubleDigitCleaners" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Underwater Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:09:09 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682880_7vJjo-Th.jpg 3993626ab411ff01026085d9e2327913 8a1b12c5c67b39174c17ed7d75561f13 9c6890589e9602c47d5288df65760fca 74d992dcf9adde518bd3c87a8c128cee 74d992dcf9adde518bd3c87a8c128cee DoubleDigitCleaners <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />DoubleDigitCleaners</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682880_7vJjo" title="DoubleDigitCleaners"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682880_7vJjo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="DoubleDigitCleaners" title="DoubleDigitCleaners" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Underwater halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682875_nsSsm <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />EagleRayEats</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682875_nsSsm" title="EagleRayEats"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682875_nsSsm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="EagleRayEats" title="EagleRayEats" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Underwater Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:09:08 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682875_nsSsm-Th.jpg 74515997fe500f5530a2a1eacb1f04bf a9a4612bd8442a00af3ec1f0b5e44899 8fd6ffcac2d086ef726564abe54e576c a5805a513e678239ab9dc834020cffb9 a5805a513e678239ab9dc834020cffb9 EagleRayEats <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />EagleRayEats</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/4157317_EQVoX#242682875_nsSsm" title="EagleRayEats"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Underwater/Helms-Canyon/-/242682875_nsSsm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="EagleRayEats" title="EagleRayEats" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Underwater halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/4157299_oX3hV#242682293_x2WBQ <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />SanPedroWhiteTip</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/4157299_oX3hV#242682293_x2WBQ" title="SanPedroWhiteTip"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/-/242682293_x2WBQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="SanPedroWhiteTip" title="SanPedroWhiteTip" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:42 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/-/242682293_x2WBQ-Th.jpg 420eb96bca569b640a40f712a877b544 78e3cce92c10e91a398f45aa19614231 df5830a9b4215451d2b21abe89b5a2cf df5830a9b4215451d2b21abe89b5a2cf df5830a9b4215451d2b21abe89b5a2cf SanPedroWhiteTip <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />SanPedroWhiteTip</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/4157299_oX3hV#242682293_x2WBQ" title="SanPedroWhiteTip"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/KewaloBasin/-/242682293_x2WBQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="SanPedroWhiteTip" title="SanPedroWhiteTip" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/4157296_Ct5hg#242682218_8NRzd <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />MahiEagleRay</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/4157296_Ct5hg#242682218_8NRzd" title="MahiEagleRay"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/-/242682218_8NRzd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="MahiEagleRay" title="MahiEagleRay" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:33 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/-/242682218_8NRzd-Th.jpg f9cf4e657ba15dc162d427cda928938d ce0cd6e96b81b1d685ca93cbb4b71ad8 65fb84214c740ca4957c871b9a9cb2e9 23b35981bf88c7e7e07e649db1db0cd0 23b35981bf88c7e7e07e649db1db0cd0 MahiEagleRay <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />MahiEagleRay</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/4157296_Ct5hg#242682218_8NRzd" title="MahiEagleRay"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Mahi-Wreck-Dive/-/242682218_8NRzd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="MahiEagleRay" title="MahiEagleRay" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682158_NUHC8 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />P1010012</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682158_NUHC8" title="P1010012"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682158_NUHC8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="P1010012" title="P1010012" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:24 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682158_NUHC8-Th.jpg 0bf8174adbe499b900f9161866375c3b 1c685898f3eb7470ff7dee4b07cee30a 22493ca3ed41856e6d2861e4c93d00fe 9e40086a8b344adecfd5f9d6536532c2 9e40086a8b344adecfd5f9d6536532c2 P1010012 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />P1010012</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682158_NUHC8" title="P1010012"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682158_NUHC8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="P1010012" title="P1010012" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682143_Q3L87 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />CuriousCutie</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682143_Q3L87" title="CuriousCutie"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682143_Q3L87-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="CuriousCutie" title="CuriousCutie" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:22 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682143_Q3L87-Th.jpg fd0618247c4b146e266070f6deeab563 6db18ca130cd9e237a141a50e9140ef8 8a0e95908dcbb15764e4493282008bfa 23d6e368bcf11380c2ba9a5622581c75 23d6e368bcf11380c2ba9a5622581c75 CuriousCutie <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />CuriousCutie</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242682143_Q3L87" title="CuriousCutie"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242682143_Q3L87-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="CuriousCutie" title="CuriousCutie" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/4157289_rm5rk#242681898_jrNG9 <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />BabyBreach</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/4157289_rm5rk#242681898_jrNG9" title="BabyBreach"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/-/242681898_jrNG9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="BabyBreach" title="BabyBreach" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:47 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/-/242681898_jrNG9-Th.jpg 62d1a3a11e07b345604ffd9aff79fbec 08cccf4996b2e0d8ca0047e18d83548a e1100a3f481dab028584462696eee105 e1100a3f481dab028584462696eee105 e1100a3f481dab028584462696eee105 BabyBreach <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />BabyBreach</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/4157289_rm5rk#242681898_jrNG9" title="BabyBreach"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/Maui/-/242681898_jrNG9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="BabyBreach" title="BabyBreach" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681160_DXUst <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />Seal</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681160_DXUst" title="Seal"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681160_DXUst-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Seal" title="Seal" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:05:11 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681160_DXUst-Th.jpg 8520f7fece0737d0bc4ed92abac5d194 41d81b2b3dec9c23758462e288c7e67c ece374d4fb68ecc57e5418dd0ff7fd2d 9a8850539db56feb57654aac6eb64197 9a8850539db56feb57654aac6eb64197 Seal <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />Seal</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681160_DXUst" title="Seal"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681160_DXUst-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Seal" title="Seal" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681151_x5cDM <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />Hitchhiker</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681151_x5cDM" title="Hitchhiker"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681151_x5cDM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Hitchhiker" title="Hitchhiker" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:05:10 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (halemano) http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681151_x5cDM-Th.jpg d5b716279d6ac77f92874638e050f6a3 86c685319c75f81b9b636d6ba0d2de3c 29731b64842234118f695d5529a9b66f d32a99f58b4a33aa62d4960eb79e84a7 d32a99f58b4a33aa62d4960eb79e84a7 Hitchhiker <p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com">halemano</a><br />Hitchhiker</p><p><a href="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/4157276_WsQ2U#242681151_x5cDM" title="Hitchhiker"><img src="http://halemano.smugmug.com/Other/PhotoMail-Uploads/-/242681151_x5cDM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Hitchhiker" title="Hitchhiker" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other halemano halemano