If you are interested in joining TJ Thorne and I on a workshop in the Columbia River Gorge, we have opened up a second workshop on the dates May 13th-17th due to demand, and have one spot left. Please find more information HERE This is a common view anyone could see while driving along the Kokee road in Waimea Canyon State park on the island of Kauai. That's Waipo'o falls, plummeting into what many call the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I loved shooting Kauai because it's relatively easy to get around the island and chase down what conditions are best on any given day. On this day, the evenly dispersed, yet plentiful clouds passing overhead meant there'd be a good chance of catching some dappled light in the canyon, a shot I was after. That morning I had hiked up a stream in search of a waterfall to see if it had any potential. My hiking shoes were really muddy, and for some reason I thought it'd be a good idea to just leave them sitting out, under my car near the entry point for the journey up the stream. The shady neighborhood and dead pig carcasses hanging from the fence near by should have given me enough foresight to see that leaving any of my belongings anywhere other than on my person, or in my locked car was probably not the best idea. Yeah well, the waterfall adventure didn't produce any fruit(it was nice, and I enjoyed the journey, but didn't get a shot that I like), and when I returned, or course, the muddy, worn out, on their 'last legs' hiking shoes were gone. I'm not sure why anyone would have wanted them, but it's probably safe to say that whoever took them probably needed them more than I did. I'll just believe that was the case. I would be forced to spend the rest of my trip using my water shoes to hike with. Oh well, could have been worse. So, you know, one thing led to another, and I ended up here, taking this image of beautiful dappled light dancing through the canyon, producing rainbows in the spray of the waterfall. So I've got that... and I would happily trade my shoes for it again if I had to. I continued on to completely blow it, trying to get a shot from the Pu'u O Kila Lookout lookout later that afternoon. Win some, lose some.
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