https://www.charleymyers.net/docs daily 0.75 2020-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457112491687-0S0MDUYFV1IQ6FAZTI20/portraits-82.65.2_PS2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457112491687-0S0MDUYFV1IQ6FAZTI20/portraits-82.65.2_PS2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643613303-SP75X3BPHZZYAPHNDY99/No.1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Mother and daughter Photographing by natural light is the best. You just can’t beat the big light outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643668124-UBPU2GC0YKUHTNNVJ9WR/No.2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - The story of Linda Photographed in the old Agee House, located at the beginning of the Manoa Falls Trail. The house was built by a lone Japanese carpenter, using only Japanese tools and I was told no nails. Owned by the Board of Water Supply, it burned down in the early ‘90’s. Agee House was leased to the University of Hawaii Art Department, for the Graduate Painters as a studio. I was fortunate to be able to photograph there. Linda was a great model, she had a lot to say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457108948941-TBB1X97QMGRFOO3H3Z1J/82.65.424_PS1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643713091-GYJHYFZI0SULEN82HNIL/No.3.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Shannon's Birthday circa 1977 I love to mix up light sources, daylight, candlelight, and tungsten here for this photo. Renders beautiful colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643741958-4M6MO7DVP2TGZSA1B9U5/No.4.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Vika My friend’s daughter, 17 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643772671-7T7BQBKOFMTM9SIVJLM4/No.6.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Portrait of Julia Lovely expression enhanced by the lovely light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643808219-WT944HEOJ0DGS2NFRJ0S/No.7.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Undergraduate student, Chaminade University I was hired to photograph student life on campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643848140-JC76PB94BKC5CVWDKM0P/No.8.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - John and Emily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583643946098-LWEO0ND4GO9VPT4KTB6I/No.9.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Amanda Ellis - East West Center Portrait Session for new position at East West Center June. 28, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644029522-Y2C7T7PB0VXM6HGKC5VX/No.10.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Amanda Ellis - East West Center From portrait session for new position at the East West Center, Jue 28, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644092260-BFQ2NCHXYX4VCVAHOIZ5/No.12.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - The Pagan Baby's The almost original line up of one of Hawaii’s most original pop band. Played at Anna Banannas for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644138657-NIY9124SXHNZJW6T34C6/No.13.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Frank Orral - Musician Portrait session for Honolulu Weekly. Frank has been part of the music scene here in Hawaii and now the mainland. He was in; Pagan Babies, Hat Makes the Man, Poi Dog Pondering, and now in Thievery Corporation, out of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644173749-U016XROW7YXIL92HN2U3/No.14.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Mark Prodos and the Blues Enablers From a portrait session on location outside the Onstage Hawaii Bar, Kapahulu Ave. Honolulu, HI. Theme for the picture is The Girl in the Red Dress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1591680592782-Q4NB4ZCKWGY4YH1AGEVL/image-asset.jpeg Documenting Life's Experiences - North American Bush Band The North American Bush Band or otherwise known as NABB, was a fixture on the musical carnival of Honolulu in the 1990’s. Led by the gentleman on the left, Kalomo-Sax player, they were an Afro/Jazz/Reggae/Funk /Dance band, that became addictive and not to be missed. This was an early incarnation of the band, as memebers comer and go. All of them fabulous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1596410179900-5BKL2DPG4E5S5DUZP6F2/image-asset.jpeg Documenting Life's Experiences - Pau Hana Blues Band The Pau Hana Blues Band, led by Mark Coleman, has been one of the most active Blues bands in Honlulu, performing at OnStage Hawaii on Monday nights for most of the last ten years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644225180-329CSL3FRNFFCK53ICHK/No.15.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - DeSoto Brown, Bishop Museum Historian The Bishop Museum Archives department annual Halloween party. An event Mr. Brown truly appreciates. Make up and costuming was his own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644905461-GJOHNQ6OX3L93DA5VGWR/No.16.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Leah Caldeira, Bishop Museum Collections Leah and “date” at the Bishop Museum Halloween party. The party theme was Senior Proms from Hell. Shep Myers, from the museum Entomology Dept., responsible for his amazing costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583644949594-OMMMY9TQ3KJZNWRBEKIG/No.17.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Irma and her grandson, Steve The affection shared between these two was great, luckily I had a camera nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583654717214-HI7NWVKXCOHJ7QAE2E6I/No.20.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Shannon Motteler My nephew, Shannon was digging around in my room and found this ceramic mask I had made of myself. He asked for the portrait. Glad to oblige. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583654759798-G9CNYX8LO1B3GUH4UQ39/No.19.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Kealoha Kealoha was a story teller and educator from the Bishop Museum. A most charming person. Photo was made on a Kodak Retina IIIc, from the 1950’s, on Kodacolor 35 mm film. My first camera, still working in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583654991570-H34KEU06KP4798JE4267/DSC_5087_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Dream Lion This and the next eight photographs are made using an alternative process for printing. From the late 19th century, called Gum Bichromate. Using water colors and gum arabic and potassium dichromate, in a mixture spread on heavy print making paper or water color paper. Once dried the contact print is made with a good light source, sun light for me. The negative has to be made at the final size of the print. I was a drawing and painting major and was attracted to the surface ambiguity, not looking at all like photographic process, rendering the photo with a “what is that” presence. This allows for the use of more metaphorical subject mater. This is the start of my personal work, looking at the camera work done for me. I am interested in finding alternatives to the usual look of photography, and subject matter, and my love for figure photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655070599-IZWTZ1Q5B4YFL6WTILLD/DSC_5104_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Blue Kettle Gum Bichromate print with hand coloring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655134442-CNEDX44EBTTDF1L6SEL7/DSC_5078_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Figurative Gum Bichromate print with hand coloring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655227419-MOVPKD7Z7MMLI8GL6V84/DSC_5102_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Still Life with vine Gum Bichromate of nude subject. With a little hand coloring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655291546-F1CSE4752GIV6QGQ7O1Q/DSC_5090_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Three Stories of Linda A print made with four Gum Bichromate images, and colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655373252-IXZ5A4X2NGXVQ8S6BVJ8/DSC_5099_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Great Wall Gum Bichromate print with hand colored areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655446288-5RKRCKBR2WRT733KLXI0/DSC_5111_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Ambiguity machine Gum Bichromate print made of found object. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655514775-0RIFVCZ28B644WM5AA17/DSC_5096_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Bottle for the Blues Gum Bichromate print made with a Polaroid negative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655571056-A6VEE80W395LNAXDTPBY/honolulurapidtransit.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Getting a handfull Gum Bichromate print of rapid transit, in Honolulu circa 1978. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583655950561-8BAHPL7T9W2QWJ06UF8X/noexpectation_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - No Expectations A commissioned portrait, documenting last month of pregnancy. This image won best photograph, Honolulu Printmakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656003657-A48JYRMLR2F01HS4KH0V/DSC_5056_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - I'll be right back.... One of the series, Three Stories of Linda. Photographed on the cliffs above Makapuu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656034010-52ZYX71R9R1HT2PAUYEH/DSC_5118_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Linda pauses Photograph made at Agee House, Manoa Falls, 1978. The house was used as the Graduate Painting Dept. of University of Hawaii, and incredibly beautiful setting, unfortunately burned down in the 1990’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656093933-PIB2L1BEJ0JCGPL7NPH9/DSC_5074_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Body Surfer Using a slide projector as the only light source, projecting a slide of mine, (of a body surfer at Sandy Beach) onto the model’s figure. Photographed in the studio of the U.of H. Art Dept. circa 1977. Photographed in Black and White, then hand colored with oil paints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1596411208967-WVLEM7EVQXPM83XGPIRK/image-asset.jpeg Documenting Life's Experiences - Dangling Conversation A study in light and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656156159-M7TOTORZEGLJLHPKXTD9/lifeinstream_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Life in the Stream My curiosity of the ecology of the minutia in this natural environment. Nuuanu Stream, Old Pali Road. Photograph made with a Rolleiflex SLR 66, medium format camera, great macro capabilities. I am about an inch from the water. 1990. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656312047-DK5UZGMMOVCU3AY0HYOA/10_stubby.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Stubby Portrait made of my cat, doing what comes naturally. Staring. I printed this photograph, printing through a piece of rice paper, laid on top of the photo paper adding this wonderful diffusion. The beginnings of my approach to alternative processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656230939-UQL87M20SKCHBH9YU5S9/DSC_5084_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Jeff Gere, Story Teller This photograph was made for Jeff’s recording of “Arabian Nights”, used for the CD jacket in 2004. Jeff still performs this story, and the photos that follow were from a show from 2016 at Mark’s Garage. This is the beginning of my events catalogue, containing Theater, Music, and Island events like a Hot Rod show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656478836-B3JEN56WIBT1SA7TFLX8/DSC_5225.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Arabian Nights, Jeff Gere at Mark's Garage Jeff prepares the audience for what is to come. Story telling in the finest form, with dance improvisitions and percussion from Babatunji Heath. 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656578876-PDFYU6J8AQAU8VZ8MBSJ/DSC_5250.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Arabian Nights with Jeff Gere The story begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656692770-LIG5Z5QVZUD0LY5O5AY8/DSC_5350.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Jeff Gere, Arabian Nights at Mark's Garage, 2016 The story teller emotes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656782539-308Q8R2LY3IBZIYSV87F/DSC_5467.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Puppet Master, Jeff Gere, Arabian Nights Jeff Gere, Arabian Nights with Puppet Show, Mark's Garage, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656869056-7SPPQOAJ4QLU42670DKU/DSC_5487.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Willow Chang, Arabian Nights, Mark's Gaage. 2016 Willow Chang provides the dance interpretations for the story, Arabian Nights, with Jeff Gere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583656968827-SOGJI6651202MEDLT3LW/DSC_5475.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - The accompanists for Arabian Nights, 2016. Babatunji Heath, percussionist and his instruments with Willow Chang. Arabian Nights with Jeff Gere, Mark’s Garage. 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657051451-VYIK6B3C5OJV1985W4YO/DSC_5529.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - The genie is out of the Bottle Willow Chang dancing the Arabian Nights story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657143279-S0V61BSRG5JPPBW1Z990/DSC_5546.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Willow Chang and Jefe Gere, Arabian Nights. The story tellers come to an emotional turning point in the story. Willow Chang, dancer, and Jeff Gere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657240142-3B9Y05KK8R08FO3OD1P2/DSC_5586.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - The final scene is coming. Arabian Nights. Jeff Gere delivers the final scene of the Arabian Nights story. Mark’s Garage. Honolulu. 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657313832-I874FW5SXJUAVKG16K4M/ACC_109.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - A Christmas Carol. Chaminade University The ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve. Chaminade University put the play on, 2007. My son, Zachary performed three roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657347407-YLR29CN0YAFE14G6ZCKC/ACC_131.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - A Christmas Carol, ghosts visit. Scrooge confronts the ghosts, learning of his past, present and future. Chaminade University Theater Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657363660-ZXPGJBW9CT1KR4JSBV7V/ACC_135.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Street Urchin as performed by Zachary Myers. The street urchin on Christmas morning ready to do Scrooges bidding. Zachary Myers in his first play. Only two other children were in the play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657390722-5BZR5FRAGXB3007I2LCP/ACC_155.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Scrooge vents. Christmas Carol. Scrooge and the father of Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol, Chaminade University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657419076-21OXL0K3ZJ5S8G7ARSZZ/ACC_167.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - The Three Young performers in A Christmas Carol. All three actors played various roles, with the middle fella as Tiny Tim. Great to see these young actors take the play so seriously. Chaminade University Drama Dept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657507844-8BHS5D6LG8AN13Q2IJ94/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_67.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - El Sanchez, Moth Radio at Hawaii Theater, Oct 21, 2019 El Sanchez performing for Moth Radio Hour, National Public Radio show, at Hawaii Theater, Oct. 21, 2019. Her story is amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657571134-EUNAQZX3VIT4IXFNM65C/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_62.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Ruby Cooper, National Public Radio's Moth Radio SHow Ruby Cooper, mom, activist, comedian, and ranconteur. Moth Radio Show at Hawaii Theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657625287-UQBXNS83MLK2DE1BW9XM/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_88.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Monte Montepare, story teller for the Moth Radio Show Monte Montepare provided North American view points and humor. A woodsman turned story teller. National Public Radio visits Hawaii. Hawaii Theater, Oct. 21, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657665022-TL1GLXVHWNCO6VD4OORM/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_25.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Allistair Bane, of Moth Radio, National Public Radio. Allistair kicked off the show with his story of not belonging. Hawaii Theater, Oct. 21, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657707592-Y4M1Y8N3G3CB14PPE7WN/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_37.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Alani Apo from Hawaii perfoms for Moth Radio The only Hawaii performer, gave us a terrific account of his growing up and being left out, an outcast. His life turn around was well presented, inspirational. National Public Radio brought Moth Radio Show to Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2016. I was fortunate to be hired to photograph the evening and meet some amazing people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657791656-LPSCXH5AWEU0OVWZAY7B/191019_Mainstage_Lost%26Found_104.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Cast and Crew for Moth Radio in Hawaii. Oct. 21, 2016. I was joking around to get the performers loose after a long night. I played a trick on them for the “Smile” prompt. Honored to photograph these folks and get them to laugh at one of my jokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657853424-OGMUEPN673R7H4BYX5AN/DSC_1555.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - KCCN Birthday Bash at Waikiki Shell I was hired to photograph the KCCN Birthday bash for three years, A great chance to meet some of my musical heroes and get some terrific shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657915739-B2Q32ZPWIFF45Z96J30K/DSC_1353.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Kelly Boy Delima One of the original members of the ground breaking trio, Kapena, Kelly Boy Delima continues on his own amazing virtuoso journey with his Ukulele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583657971256-F1RXUC882KXEEXXH1TC9/DSC_2201.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Fiji aka Geroge Veikoso Originally from Fiji, but raised in Hawaii, Fiji, has re-defined what it is to be a singer in the Pop field, he combines material from Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Jazz, and Hawaiian. Beautiful voice and presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658010548-JK9M09FJ7AU3E6YDA695/DSC_1667.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Jehua, from Natural Vibrations Natural Vibrations, a island reggae band got their start in the 1990’s, became one of the most visible and popular “Jawaiian” bands. Jehua, pictured here is the Bass player. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658067040-WGUL81TWIP9ELHYDFX60/fijiwarchild.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Young member of Fiji's band and entourage. Fiji performed every year at the KCCN birthday bash, always brought something more to the stage, celebrating life in a larger sense. This young man’s intensity is real, and provided compassion to Fiji’s music and what it means to be an Islander. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658102050-0WE6A1LS6LJZKAU6NRAN/DSC_7851_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - David Lindley performs during Hallowbaloo Block Party. David Lindley is a master musician and player of many instruments. He performed for the Hallowbaloo Block Party, on Nuuanu Street, downtown Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658174047-9SW2VE4WSCZ1TQG533WW/hook%26line_4.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Hook and Line at Anna O'Briens, Honolulu Hook and Line, a rootsy Americana band from Honolulu, performs many American folk styles, and also many original tunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658230782-RZXTOI4BHKP5DN47TPE0/hook%26line_6.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Mahree, singer for Hook and Line Her voice is so passionate and defies being categorized, sings a blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658283309-SJR8VX79UMN22OZY2E3R/hook%26line_8.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Alex Morrison on Bass One of Hawaii’s premier Stand Up Bass Players. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658324587-PEGH3UPUXZUYP4A7KXWK/TikiJiveKats_2.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Tiki Jive Cats - Rock A Billy The Tiki Jive Cats, playing at the famed Ward Rafters in Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658461817-GDJWFYR6P32DWBIF55HA/DSC_8144.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Hot Rod Show in Windward Oahu I love this American tradition of redefining what a car can be. Customizing an old car and bringing something more to the automobile, is a craft I secretly admire. Tiki Jive Cats played this event bringing the appropriate music to the affair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658535046-581TJBT25NR8MJ7KKLCU/DSC_8152.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - A 1950 Ford Hotrod One of the most popular cars to customize from the ‘50’s, were the 1949 -1950 Ford and related Mercury cars. Ready to be chopped and channel into sleek roadway spaceships. Versions like this are known as Rat rods, leaving the impression they haven’t been finished in the customizing. Harking back to days when teenagers had limited budgets for their hot rods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658606376-VNEVW8T90AP30POI05C3/DSC_8151.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Ford Rat Rod The skull grill ornament sums it all up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658689924-PLV8YYOPOF9SOOG1FZSZ/DSC_8161.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - 1930's Ford Hot Rod Truck This car has been lowered to the max. By channeling the frame members and chopping the top, reduces the profile of the car, projecting an aura of speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658728033-A691YPW149NGJASPVGCX/DSC_4405_3.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Hang Five sistah. My work to document Hawaii and it’s culture, begins with surfing. This lady astounded me with nose ride after nose ride, in perfect surf at Makaha Beach, this past December, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658774265-YN91IZLBD2VUM88KJOU3/DSC_4405_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - On the nose, Makaha, December, 2019. This is different version of the preceding photograph, giving the viewer a better sense of the size and beauty of the wave. The surfer in the foreground is preparing to “duck dive” under the oncoming wave avalanche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658793925-TS17SLA1A6H0V589HNCQ/DSC_4399_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Surfing Tai Chi move, the graceful swan. A classic pose on the nose. Wahine surfing at Makaha Beach, Hawaii. December 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658838030-DCIOVKI3MSCLCKQYGXQE/42_Sandy_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Boogie Boarding at Sandy Beach, Hawaii. About to have maybe 5 seconds of bliss before being rolled and tumbled in the Sandy Beach shore break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583658892448-QH0U5O9TGYG4GYRHO7Y3/waikiki_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - On the beach at Waikiki I was trying to duplicate a photo I found at the Bishop Museum, the perspective which I recognized as being from the Moana Hotel, on Waikiki Beach. The hotel has these viewing lanais on each floor. The photo was taken in the 1960’s. I wanted to see if I could duplicate it, complete with surfer carrying a longboard and sunbathers on the beach. Even the shadows and light were working for me. Success. My effort is in color, original was in Black and White. Passage of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659007418-WQQI8DDMAAJWZXE3L49G/DSC_5065_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Banjo man, Pan Wilson I saw a banjo player at a table in Kapiolani Park, went over, as the lady sat down and worked on her ice cream cone. Synchronicity. Pan was an early memeber of the Kapakahi Jug Band, here in Hawaii, back in the 70’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659086573-WVJ99A7NBZT5B3EM1O0P/DSC_4463.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Chess players, Waikiki, Hawaii. 1976. I love Waikiki for it’s diversity and the stage it shares with all players. Great place to find peace of mind and great photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659159825-IVZXTYGTSG4DUF5W9HYK/IMG_1921_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Hotel Street diorama. Honolulu. 2016 I took this picture through the window of the Downbeat Diner, on Hotel Street. The gal just outside, was the door person, collecting the cover charge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659208764-ZH5SUX4OGCV6OMRZ7EVD/IMG_1924_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Do you have the Keys? “Aliens” in conversation outside Downbeat Diner, Hotel Street, Honolulu. 2016. Center of attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659264730-G7O8U4DX49WF4W1I2583/52_Waikupanaha_4.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Waikupanaha Eruption, South coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. As I photographed this event, the eruption spewed one waterspout after another for a couple of hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659307801-PYCDB5M0SPKCB9ZRCJBV/50_Waikupanaha_2.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Waikupanaha Eruption, south coast, Big Island of Hawaii. A sheet of molten lava bursts into the air for a couple of hundred feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659371629-UTRH7LSKAGA6729T6906/53_Waikupanaha_5.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Waikupanaha Eruption, south coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. As the sky got darker the eruption grew more intense and spectacular. The clouds of steam and ash rose thousands of feet into the air, seen for miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659426569-GMS3HGXPV8MGA0X1Q1GP/DSC_5071_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Waikiki Beach, Honolulu. 1975. Man in solitude with pigeons. I like how his hair is in sync with the bird’s wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659494660-VLOW5XZV64LP5DKE9NT1/IMG_2197.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Mural on the side of the Queen Theater, Kaimuki, Honolulu. I love this mural, the expression on the woman’s face is so wonderfully done. Unfortunately the mural has been replace by more graffiti. We are looking down Waialae Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659593972-YICYICJGF32DF9NSIRUO/quintero%27s_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Wall Art in down town Honolulu This graffiti mural is no longer there. The building has been repainted, Glad I had a chance to photograph it. I waited tor the day the parking lot would be empty, so I could get the shot. It was there for several years, a masterpiece of sorts. The building sits on the corner of Keeamoku and Young Streets. It used to be a Mexican restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659683313-MOCUE1E631RF8FNL0WKK/DSC_5126_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Room with a view. 1979. Way up the Palolo valley, are farm lands, mostly watercress and loi for Taro. Accessed by a one lane mud trap, for only the most willing vehicles, the farm land provides a great escape, harking back to the 19th century. As the farms shut down, adventurous students moved in, buying land for very cheap. This house was of the “hippy” style, low key and pieced together. It had this great sun room with a screen roof. Goats and chickens in and out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659853135-R1PNX03TJDHYXVOYNOX7/Warm+pond+-+Kapoho_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Ahalanui Pond otherwise known as Millionaire's Pond or Hot Ponds. Ahalanui Pond was the spot to visit every time we visited the Big Island. The pond was thermal heated to about 90 degrees. So warm and beautiful, to be floating in the middle, surrounded by all those coconut trees, with little fish tickling your feet. The pond now lays beneath 40 or 50 feet of lava from the last eruption. Pele made a new peninsula of several hundred acres over this. Located between Kapoho and Kalapana. Gone. Sad, but that’s life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659928668-W9TF8FWHQIJY6VQPHN7M/img100.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Crater Festival, 1971. Diamond Head Crater, Honolulu. The Crater Festival was the place to be on New Years Day, free to anybody, providing music, crafts, and food. On this year, Santana was one of the featured bands. These fan/folks jammed afterwords just off to the side of the stage. After about four years, the City decided to run the event, turning it into a commercial enterprise, ruining the ambience, eliminating the free spirit and vibe of the “sixties” as the era passed into memory. The first photograph of mine where I realized the potential of this craft. Photo made with a Kodak Retina IIIC Rangefinder 35mm camera. Great lens and build. Made in Germany for Kodak in the mid 1950’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583659973371-6XBP2Y6F7XTT5ATTYGHA/DSC_9154_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Missles of Water and Light On a very rainy night, I took this photo from my porch, lighting with a Nikon SB-910 Speedlight, and a slow shutter speed, probably around 2 seconds. The flash was off camera to the left. The surprise for me, was the variation in colors recorded in the rain drops, ah yes, the little prisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660032130-W6C1YFGK0OELBRIGO5ZE/dsc_9596_2.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Red Moon over Kailua Beach. After a few trial and error shots, found the right shutter speed and f stop combination, and got this shot. Happy to get the palm frond included. Photographed with a Nikon D600 and a sturdy tripod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660139572-5EJ6ZEC3JCT7OAQM74VD/img734.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Untitled. Fiberglass sculpture by Kelley Hestir. Kelley Hestir made these beautiful sculptures with a sort of Science Fiction quality. Almost life size, I photographed this in the studio, in front of black back drop paper. I burnt little holes in the paper with a cigarette and placed a flood lamp behind the back drop, creating the “Starry night”. This is the beginning of the Archival photographs, documenting artwork, museum pieces, and artifacts. Also a sample of photo restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660277073-WMEKMS3W9FXUD35K8FAQ/img736.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Untitled. Resin sculptures, nearly life size. 1987. Two female forms made of molded resin and fiberglass. By Kelley Hestir. We took these down to the beach at sunset to get the evening light. I also illuminated the forms with a handheld Vivitar 283 Speedlight. I was pressing the fire button on the flash at various angles, I made about 3 or 4 different pops, hoping to bring out the contours. Worked out nicely. I remember people watching, must of been a good show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660345902-2GEQ1A3HEETWP89NF8PM/DSC_2705.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Optometrist tool - Phoropter From the Queen’s Medical Center Archives collection. I was hired to photograph and digitize much of the collection, under a grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. As the oldest business in town, they had quite an archives, mostly medical equipment and journals and early publcations from Hawaii’s doctors. A good source of Hawaiian Medicinal Practice as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660401540-D8L23HNEPCJPE0KUU2TN/DSC_2127.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Midieval Japanese Herb and Rice Grinder. Japanese apothecary device for grinding herbs from about the 16th century. Made of stone, wood, and Iron. Beautiful shapes and condition, still very use-able. From the Queens Medical Center Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660461246-7FRGC8MV2VRG0JSYC5XA/DSC_2448.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Mounted Hawaiian Bird from the Bishop Museum Collection There is a collection of about fifteen birds from Hawaii, stuffed and mounted, over a hundred years ago. Twelve are known to be extinct. I was asked to photograph the series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660497600-8GKEPI5976SD3B8AA0JS/DSC_2503.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660558789-993QQ0SERP247UXNXDFZ/DSC_2595.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660609979-GO281PZRYACTLW4S1OOT/Photo+Restoration.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Photograph Restoration Techniques A colleague asked if I could try and mend an old picture of her father’s football days. Generally, not an archival practice. It is considered best to leave a photograph in it’s original state, so as not to alter anything historically. But, now this photo will be able to live on, to give his grandchildren a better memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660712267-PTVRBC8K095CQXJYERTP/DSC_6453.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Samples of a private collection of Chinese Paintings Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660807648-UQRWXUL6CQLXAR1H0Y24/DSC_6483.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Samples of Chinese brush painting from a private collecton. Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660885557-5XMYWGJ49FL3TNBKNWHP/DSC_6486_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Samples of the brushwork of a Chinese painter, from a private collection. Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583660957074-90NFTN16I8H8E8HZ8UL2/DSC_6634_1.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Photograph of a painting in a private collection. Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583661023521-R0N8PWYHYXW7AB0W32SR/DSC_6518.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Pencil drawing portrait. From a private collection. Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583661067625-XJDHH6HKM03O6WT1SMGL/DSC_6498.JPG Documenting Life's Experiences - Pencil Drawing from a private collection. Documenting the condition of the artwork, for both historical and insurance purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1583661395199-F9ORORW6W5QG2VMDWKJ4/RBWsart_cadillac.jpg Documenting Life's Experiences - Cartoon for Raised By Wolves Drawing and computer graphics artwork being photographed for documentation, presentation, and other uses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/5d21118aad195500011c9133/5edf1fb1b1ceec6994c27b4a/1596410806629/ Documenting Life's Experiences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1596410607202-G390RKCL04QY3GNOTRGX/image-asset.jpeg Documenting Life's Experiences - Pau Hana Blues Band. One of the most active Blues bands in Honolulu, lead by Mark Coleman on Bass. https://www.charleymyers.net/my-photography daily 0.75 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748818505655-CUDVLSXFT88G6M8LG0B9/*DSC_6666original.jpg My photography - Still life with National Guitar and Hawaiian Papale (Hawaii style hat). Sepia toned photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748818505655-CUDVLSXFT88G6M8LG0B9/*DSC_6666original.jpg My photography - Still life with National Guitar and Hawaiian Papale (Hawaii style hat). Sepia toned photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699158458-FAWFVZDZDNMIGOY21C9T/Picture+003-2_portfolio.jpg My photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748817907068-HMQH24H1V6XUZ1W9VCRO/DSC_0308_colorized_small11x18.jpg My photography - untitled Black and White photograph, with hand coloring. #CharleyMyers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748818772258-P92KWU5O141UFTSW6SDD/DSC_2351_portfolio_sepia.jpg My photography - Linda and Kimono. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748818276613-2WTL8TAAANHDCX9H56DJ/DSC_0408_4_sepia_final_portfolio.jpg My photography - Ala Moana Bridge in evening glow. Nearly a century old bridge in Ala Moana Park, Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1748818373182-3QV1G5MXZ64Q167MADNF/DSC_1162_2_portfolio.jpg My photography - Watercress Farm Sumida Watercress farm in Aiea, family owned for several decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698387582-JW4Y5VLHXCZSM5UGQL7X/DSC_2490_portfolio_brighter.jpg My photography - Still life with Watercress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672952722405-0EXFX2QUZYEC7PV2BZ7W/DSC_2457_sepia_portfolio_crop.jpg My photography - Queen’s Crown Crown flowers were Queen Liliuokalani’s favorite flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698409368-B0ETRT8KSQFZ2NLF6LST/DSC_2545_sepia_portfolio.jpg My photography - Karen and Brian Portrait made in garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698857129-LC5Y0IBNA3WRXNJ8L2LZ/DSC_2650_portfolio.jpg My photography - Rest time Lovely moment captured in Waikiki. 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698902984-AALLOHW56KXSVTPKK0I0/DSC_5065_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Pan and banjo, early '70's. Kpiolani Park, Honolulu, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698909173-208W7BWTGYK3B2P23H4K/DSC_5074_1B_portfolio.jpg My photography - Body Surfer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698950509-TTCBQ4ER8GN8QUHB0CWC/DSC_5080_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - My wife, eight months along. 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698958623-WUQ1XGOOZZOS1Y83ETBE/DSC_5084_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - The many sides of Jeff Gere, story teller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698893412-6L4COSM9249ILRP1Z17E/DSC_5056_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Spirit rising. Photograph made on the cliffs at Makapuu, Oahu, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698993341-B3A1ZVD3Q4F7YIW2TWPD/DSC_5096_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Water and air Photograph of vase on window sill. Gum Bichromate print, made with blue watercolor ink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698982903-CWDBL5TYHAEHDYR26BX5/DSC_5087_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Untitled Detail photograph of a fountain on the grounds of Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii. Hand colored Gum Bichromate print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672975408356-47MDDNFEF2K9OVMORN3Z/DSC_5102_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Still lIfe with vine Gum bichromate photo print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672698915531-62GM6GC1CQMMJGI8CYS9/DSC_5078_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Untitled Gum bichromate print in sepia ink, and hand colored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699056183-LN3SJB19DVG7ZFS6GR15/DSC_5104_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Still life with Blue Kettle Gum bichromate print with blue pastel added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1673320354608-GISZ0DYBPIO49OO782E3/honolulurapidtransit_crop-6x8.jpg My photography - Honolulu Rapid Transit - 1977 Gum Bichromate print made on watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1673320263849-5ECGZUWIDXUANIQUK31Y/DSC_0122-9x7.jpg My photography - The curtain rises Gum Bichromate print made in 1978. Brown spray paint applied after the gum print was made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1673320307297-LEJ6YOB0T43FAT51N7IH/DSC_0123_9x7.jpg My photography - Untitled or Blades of grass. 1978. Gum Bichromate print with additional hand coloring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1675387574941-2DL32YDXMEI4BZGRAWLF/DSC_0613_9x12.jpg My photography - Slow One Lane Gum Bichromate print with further hand coloring. I was attracted to this visual metaphor. The crane had become a lovely comment on man’s slow progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1675387687742-XP9NHZIGBCDXP8ZJ7FM1/DSC_0615_9x12.jpg My photography - Untitled Nude Dancing Gum Bichromate print with hand coloring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1675387959414-R8ESN0VP40MLCHWG5XP7/DSC_5111_1%2B8x12.jpg My photography - Science was done here Gum Bichromate and hand colored print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699075455-OJ8QMQ36GU9E7HU41YM6/DSC_5114_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Linda in the morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672701272653-IGV9C551HCUMJ8TTSHU6/DSC_2977_B%26W_portfolio_Posterizedcrop.jpg My photography - End of the line.... Document of Hawaii Rail project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699095900-Z7OJKV52AT2NDP23UPRH/DSC_5126_1_portfolio.jpg My photography - Room with a view Photograph made in 1973 on farm in Palolo highlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699100248-MMR3M4F8L6MN2W8HPC0I/DSC_7278_portfolio.jpg My photography - Red and Green Hand colored B&W Still life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699079156-9PQZL5K0KUCUWOKL9Y5O/DSC_5122_2_portfolio.jpg My photography - Dangling conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699128707-I9Z6KIN4Y57FURCLDZ6S/img736_portfolio.jpg My photography - Untitled Sculptures made by Kelley Hestir, photographed on the beach at Ala Moana Park, Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672976343606-DVGAO5VPZ1ABALM0R459/noexpectations_portfolio_.jpg My photography - No Expectations....eight months along. 1977. Portrait made for my friend, glad to help celebrate her becoming a Mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699154265-O4BTWVO5O8TNXXI0EDU1/Picture+001-2_portfolio.jpg My photography - Maintaining Paradise Kahala Park, Honolulu, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672699178141-WCW4BQAL2EE9IR0RJPHM/Picture+005-positiveB_portfolio.jpg My photography - Three Graces at Ala Moana Park Chance encounter with these lovely ladies at Magic Island, Ala Moana Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672700770595-YPAHWUY2RQP7KZ0ESVJ3/DSC_6794_portfolio.jpg My photography - Daikon dreams Still life with Daikon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1672701269256-8FIL4I9BN9FVE8M5IVJ4/Picture+004B_crop_portfolio.jpg My photography - Body surfer with audience. Point Panic, Honolulu,Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1674543563414-2ZUITP96M223JQ56LSD9/img224_2.jpg My photography - He gets ready for the Year of the Rabbit Not so still life. My rabbit had other ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1675450318653-R4TOTBP19WYVNQTFK87B/img734.jpg My photography - untitled Cast resin sculpture by Kelley Hestir. She wanted an night sky appearance, so I burned holes in my backdrop paper and placed a light behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1678591215781-6NJUY96JB165MPRW4V6F/DSC_1663_8x12.jpg My photography - Petite Floral Grouping Small plants from my yard help define small can be big. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1678667375677-K40HDU1E6T98NDOS0XEV/DSC_1674_3_8x12.jpg My photography - Still some life Still life with vintage toy baby bottle and garden variety weeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680750588923-H64M6DZ446B2PI8XTTGL/DSC_7303_1.jpg My photography - Robert with his Magic guitar Location portrait, with vintage Kodak 5x7 view camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680750639135-JZAY1UJNS77LFKQKE1MU/1.+DSC_0288_sepia_5x7.jpg My photography - Jon and Mary Osorio Made ths portrait at their home using a 1926 vintage Kodak 5x7 View Camera. They had to sit still for about a minute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680750669069-5P5469X0A8ANDGPMGYM6/DSC_7318_1sepia.jpg My photography - Dr. Yash Our band’ Bon Ton Roule’s, accordion maestro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680750831849-OVVQD7V709885O8VXD1M/DSC_0715_sepia.jpg My photography - David Chasing Stars David is a mix of several different Native American tribes. A man of peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680751067840-NFWXNDF75KNYQLMI7POO/DSC_5071_2jpg.jpg My photography - Waikiki 1976 Street photography on the Kalakaua Blvd. Made with a 1950’s vintage Rolliecord camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680751219557-2FOY7Z18ZKJP8QKOBG6Q/DSC_5057_1.jpg My photography - Windward Oahu history An old abandoned roadside Lei Stand on Windward Oahu. 1973. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680751234833-DKRG5O6X0DF5XON1GJJB/BEST_DSC_0300_sepia.jpg My photography - Coast of Kaneohe Bay 2020 A seaside forest of Mangrove trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680751521794-WPPUCJ7E1NESOX2H4W5W/DSC_5129.JPG My photography - The Pagan Babies I made this portrait of my favorite world beat band, the Pagan Babies. House band at Anna Bannanas, 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680751602146-FBX6AJH9TCBZ6LWAR5BR/DSC_5062_1.jpg My photography - Mother and daughter, 1977. Natural light portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1680752543267-T5KSAM9A42GP1V3PRDKU/DSC_4673.JPG My photography - Waikiki beauty On a photo walk through Waikiki, I turned around and captured this moment, magic of sunset in Waikiki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1681459838827-YSA9FVDBHJ7CSWK08DQI/DSC_9659_1.jpg My photography - Summer swell at "The Bowl" at Ala Moana. Surfer achieves the classic stance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1686004507536-OXMQS478P63ELAZIL0WF/stubby_300dpi.jpg My photography - Stubby watches the neighborhood Black and White photograph, printed through tissue paper onto B&W Fiber paper. The tissue adds a texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1686004554987-QGCGYYJ5148U6UHU3FT1/Shannon_300dpi.jpg My photography - Shannon My nephew found a ceramic mask I had made of myself and asked me to make a portrait of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1686004593195-0M5ZMV5VCZFPY78FV295/lifeinstream_11x12.jpg My photography - The life in the stream Sepia toned B&W photo of a close up of little waterfall in a stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1686004630440-EGV3T0YJMRDFN1VERRZL/DSC_1120_sepia_8x12.jpg My photography - Dust to dust Abandoned home, now being overcome by the jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1691472702049-810SSRFWUOJ71BFYTONR/DSC_2888_8x12.jpg My photography - Kaliha Street. 2023. No. 1 The store has been long closed, as it ages and waits for demolition, it still has a beauty to share. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1691472812154-O7USTYV2P6THS0NOUFHL/DSC_2889_8x12.jpg My photography - Kalihi Sterrt. 2023. No. 2 The side view of this building on Kalihi Street, just a document of aging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1698575946469-EHF2QLJV5J0S7IG3RT94/IMG_2194_2_8x10.jpg My photography - Queen Theater, Kaimuki, Honolulu, Hawaii The theater is closed, but I loved the marquee. Vintage Honolulu. Sadly, the graffiti portrait of the woman has been removed. It lent so much to the experience of Kaimuki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1711499376966-IMV8FX4FH5Q2MKNEL3VX/DSC_3702_National%252BBattle%252BScars_12x8.jpg My photography - Self Portrait with !926 National Steel Tri-cone Guitar 1926 National Resonator Guitar, designed for playing on musicians lap. Speaker cones in the body, amplify the sound, mechanically. Originally used for Hawaiian music, played with a steel bar, hence the name, Steel Guitar. Eventually used by Country Music and Blues. A front view of this guitar appears in the beginning of my photo collection in the web site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1715821612459-AMFXUIRUFA4P54GYMOTR/DSC_2448_12x18.jpg My photography - Hawai'i O'o Extinct Native Hawaiian Bird. Mounted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718511521985-JGJSS5U3YE2REEZ3OYNG/DSC_2387.jpg My photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1686004458777-3OX4CTYMQBFCPLFRVGWH/waikupanaha-7-19-08_1.jpg My photography - Waikupanaha Eruption, Big Island of Hawaii The flow from Kilauea had finally reached the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718524766260-IOX8TWLJ6L4RU5KG96K3/DSC_0970_9x18+crop.jpg My photography - Volcano Godess Pele shows her passion Waikupunaha Eruption, Big Island of Hawaii. ca. 2006. . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1715822592580-ENSVVTWUS50F3NNH4CEV/DSC_1039_12x18.jpg My photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718407470536-CAZM47JKOJIS6S07V6V2/IMG_6254.jpg My photography - Evening Light Magic Parking lot on Nuuanu St. Honolulu Hawaii. Behind Bangkok Chef. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718525533325-BRL9VLMRBJNGSMYAOXLC/IMG_6303.jpg My photography - Time to repair the crab net Gary, local Hawaiian Crab fisherman, repairs his net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718434830869-BV0DPZ298WMWSFJCZ2SM/IMG_6305.jpg My photography - Crab Net Repair Crab Fisherman, Gary, repairing his net by the side of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718513797425-PAEWKE7SALEII6JK016L/IMG_6306.jpg My photography - Time out from Crab Net Repair to smell the Plumeria flowers Gary, crab fisherman, repairs his net beside the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1718511092294-BYA974TSASSPT3EBTU26/IMG_6214.jpg My photography - Wonder if she knows how special she is. Honolulu stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1720474691450-A6XQE6DUPFNXUAG8I6M2/2615329086_77d3317b9b_o.jpg My photography - Native Echoes Clothing Courtney models a new dress by Native Echoes. On the beach at Ala Moana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1720474705710-XMQSG5P3HRI895QRVG6N/2615329740_85cfaea64c.jpg My photography - Native Echoes Clothing Hand painted designs on fabric by Lucy of Native Echoes. Courtney, Kalayani, and Gus model the new line of Aloha wear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1720475829206-80D2HXMHHOUQ5AJL9PA5/fortstreetmall.jpg My photography - Fort Street 1974 Before Fort Street became a Mall. Just a small lane. drive only 10 mph. The juxtaposition of image content provides a quiet narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1726706192691-MVDBGEFRMK0B8NLSWVRU/IMG_6828.jpg My photography - Spirit Record Improvised cumulative applications of spray paint with no thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1726705530864-4SEAN2K51V2XYSURUII7/IMG_6827+2.jpg My photography - Lovely moment in Hawaii Photo I made from my car as I drove by. People posing for Wedding Photographer outside The Hawaii Theater, in Down town Honolulu. Beautiful moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1739319140607-UCD8SCIYB55ZA20HZRBP/DSC_4626_Small_BEST.jpg My photography - Leonards Bakery, Kapahulu Ave. Honlulu. Driving by this scene day after day, I realized how iconic it is of Honolulu’s culture and beauty. The amazing signage inspired me to do a series of signs in Hawaii. Photographed with my Nikon D850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1739319179127-XBQ6Q9B4PRB4PBCSDAEC/DSC_4603_small.jpg My photography - City Mill, Honolulu Hawaii This department store, developed for Home Improvement has been an iconic presence on Dillingham Blvd. in Honolulu for many years. Just recently I noticed the signs qualities and photographed it for a series on signs in Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1739319238034-LE6JK5Z8TTKND00JYDBX/DSC_4615_small.jpg My photography - The King Kalakaua Building. On the first block of Kalakaua Ave. This building and it’s beautiful Copper sign dominates the street. I photographed this for my series on signage in Honolulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1745274710945-HPXBNPI5AEUV9GYOPTK8/DSC_4928_6x4.jpg My photography - Chik's Auto Air Chik’s Auto Air shop on Lililha St, Honolulu, has been catching my eye for a year or so. I finally got around to photographing it. Shot with a Nikon D850 SLR, ISO 800, F 22 for a one second exposure. No photoshop other than resizing to fit various needs, original size too big to file. https://www.charleymyers.net/contact daily 0.75 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1562449200933-Y9CBC844F4K2KDQSQWOW/IMG_0143.JPG Contact https://www.charleymyers.net/new-page daily 1.0 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d210f584eaf340001d4a050/1623798536691-THSIMBE0CSI5LML4HZTK/IMG_0225.JPG Photo work for Me