Doing My Homework

Big waves along the north coast of Maui from the Ho’okipa Lookout near Paia, Hawaii

One of the fascinating things about digital photography is that it is possible to take way too many photographs, edit them down to a reasonable number and still have multiples of the number of photographs we would have had in the film days. That holds true for our traveling, and especially true for our trip to Maui.

Early morning light on the beach near the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel in Wailea, Maui

According to my Lightroom catalog I took 4,654 photos with my Fuji camera, 160 with my Olympus point & shoot – exclusively out of the airplane window, plus about 78 with my phone. I typically use the phone only for food, wine, airplane window shots, etc. But they back up into Lightroom and get stored there. I have mostly gotten away from other storage methods like Gooble.

Out of those nearly 4,900 photos I processed 749 “picks.” Why such a difference? Because out of those 4,900 photos, many of them were “burst shots” of action, like crashing waves, elusive whales, or dancers at a luau. I generally chose the “best” one out of each burst, and while some of the others might be photo-worthy, there isn’t a lot of point in saving multiple photos with slightly different splashes, poses or expressions.

Early morning light on the beach near the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel in Wailea, Maui

Out of those 749 processed photos, I have posted a gallery of about half of them – on my Adobe Portfolio page. And those 330 or so photos are still the equivalent of 10 rolls of 36-exposure film, probably about the amount I would have carried back in the Dark Ages!

Early morning light on the beach near the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel in Wailea, Maui

So if you are really desperate for entertainment, feel free to check out my gallery. The page also contains links to photos from our other travels from the last several years!

Early morning light on the beach near the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel in Wailea, Maui

3 thoughts on “Doing My Homework”

  1. Who would have thunked you’d see photos from your vacation in Hawaii with you and Kathy wearing winter coats and stocking caps? I enjoyed you gallery by the way and I wasn’t desperate for entertainment, just wanted to enjoy them.

    1. Since we do tend to plan ahead, we took a packing cube with hats, gloves and rain pants (for the wind). We also had sweaters from when we left Charlotte and always carry rain coats. The temperature wasn’t as cold as we thought it might be (40-ish, but with a pretty stiff wind) but we were glad to have the layers!

  2. Just so happens that I was thinking of all those dupes today as I excavated my archives for forgotten nuggets. As I browse through the old files I’ll trim back the dupes that I’m pretty sure I’ll never use since I’ve already picked the winner and the losers just take up space now. For some reason, when they’re fresh they still hold a possibility of future use. It’s only when the future arrives that they reveal their worthlessness.

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