About Us

Hawaii Photo Shooters is a digital photography club for beginners and mentors. Members believe that everyone can help each other by sharing their particular area of expertise or special places to photograph.

Digital photography today is a complex mix of both art and computer software. Club meetings will feature a speaker who will present basic lessons involving either the art or science of digital photography. In addition, we will share our digital photographs or slide shows, as well as tips about photo shooting that we have learned. Outings are planned so that members can practice what they have learned.

We meet on the 2nd Thursdays of each month at the Komohana Agriculture Research & Extension Center, 875 Komohana St., Hilo, HI 96720. Outings will be planned for each month announced either via email or at the club meetings.

Wailoa Fountain Exhibit: Big Island, Places and Faces

January 9, 2026 to February 2026 (end date is uncertain)

Partner group for Poetry/ Prose: Pau Hana Writing Ohana (9 members)

Hawaii Photo Shooters: goal is to have all interested, active members have at least 1 exhibited photograph

Total number of photographs (estimated): 20

Organizing Committee of Exhibit for HI Photo Shooters: JB Friday, Ken Jackson, Susan Miyasaka, Joe Poellot, and Lee Schechtman

Rules and Regulations:

1. Exhibit will be open to all interested, active members of Hawaii Photo Shooters. Active members are defined as members who have given talks or been responsible for club activities (such as organizer of challenges, newsletter editor, web master, etc.) during the past 2 years. Also, members who have attended at least 4 meetings/ outings during past 2 years.

2. Your images must been taken within the past 5 years, and not exhibited previously. They should be cropped and of high enough resolution to produce an 11" x 14" print. You will have the option of: a) printing on paper and then matting it using a white mat, and framing it with a black metal frame that is 16" x 20"; or b) printing on metal (without a frame). Images must be ready-to-hang. Estimated cost of either method is about $60 to $80 per picture. In addition, there will be a fee for hanging at Wailoa Center of $200 to be divided up among members, based on number of images.

3. There are two parts to this exhibit: first, we will have artist John Dawson help each of us to select our best images out of 5 submitted images on August 28 at 1 p.m. at Komohana conference room. Please email up to 5 images (1600 pixels in longest dimension) to Susan (sc_miyasaka@outlook.com) by Wednesday (8/27), or you can bring them on a jump drive to the August 14 meeting. Please do not put your name on the image (such as copyright); judging will be confidential. Susan will input names of photographers as A, B, C, etc. John is okay if you would like to attend this judging on 8/28.

4. Then, we will send selected images to Pau Hana Writing Ohana after judging, so that they can write poetry or prose in response to the images. Our suggestion to the Ohana is that the writing should fit on 8.5" x 11" paper with a font size of about 20 to 24, so that viewers can read the text easily.

5. The second part of the exhibit will be that Pau Hana Writing Ohana will submit poetry/ prose for us to photograph by early to mid-September (Remember that theme is Big Island: Places and Faces). They have 9 members, so we should receive 9 writings. Then, Hawaii Photo Shooter members will have the opportunity to read the poetry/ prose and produce photographs in response to the writing. Then, in November, John Dawson will decide on the best image to go with each writing.

Photographs taken at UHH Botanical Garden during a tour with Dr. Don Hemmes, February 8, 2025

You can view Bud's video ("UH Hilo Botanical Garden") on YouTube at Bud's Underwater World.

"UH Hilo Botanical Garden" by Bud Kinsey

"Chris, Delores, Lisa, Bud, Joe, and Don at UHH Botanical Garden" by Susan Miyasaka

"Macrozamia lucida male cones" by Susan Miyasaka

"Chris and Roseann" by Joe Poellot

"Bromelia (cycad)" by Joe Poellot

"Bromeliad (Cycad) in Black & White" by Joe Poellot

Photographs of Hawaii Photo Shooter members taken by Daniel Berke using his Drone, September 12, 2024

"Hawaii Photo Shooters" by Daniel Berke

"Hawaii Photo Shooters: Look up!" by Daniel Berke

"Hawaii Photo Shooters: Like Ants!" by Daniel Berke

Photo Outing to Shewmaker's Sculpture Garden on March 16, 2024

"Chris photographing Conchatus" by Joe Poellot

"Self-portrait" by Chris King

"Joe photographing Conchatus" by Chris King

"Joe shooting Covid Man" by Susan Miyasaka

"Joe in Vita" by Susan Miyasaka

"Susan through Vita" by Joe Poellot

"Ken photographing Vita" by Chris King

"Ken and Vita" by Joe Poellot

"Ken in Circus" by Susan Miyasaka

Winner of Lucky Drawing for Blue-footed Booby cap from Galapagos!

"Chris King wearing a Blue-footed Booby cap from Galapagos Islands!"

Outing to Kaulana Manu Nature Trial on November 18, 2023

"Susan, Kristen, and Chris" by Joseph Poellot

"Susan, Kristen, and Joe" by Chris King

"Joe and Chris at Kaulana Manu Nature Trail" by Susan Miyasaka

"Chris at Kaulana Manu Nature Trail" by Susan Miyasaka

"Joe in Action!" by Chris King

"Susan taking pictures with a Cell phone" by Chris King

Walk for the Wild at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, October 14, 2023

"Chris at Start of Walk" by Susan Miyasaka

"Roseann at Volunteer T-shirt table" by Susan Miyasaka

"JB: Shaka!" by Susan Miyasaka

"Susan, Paparazzi in action!" by Roseann Leiner

Night Photo Shoot at Steam Vents, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

"View from Steaming Bluffs" by Stephen Clark

People Portrait Photo Outing to Panaʻewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, August 6, 2022

"Eye of Mary" by Ken Jackson

"Toby" by Joseph Poellet

"Peekaboo" by Ken Jackson

"Susan" by Joseph Poellet

"Joe, Chillinʻ with Tigers" by Mary Konczyk

"Ken and Camera" by Mary Konczyk

"Ken, Our Fearless Leader" by Susan Miyasaka

"Joe and Red Jade Vines" by Susan Miyasaka

"Susan & Mary & Red Jade Vines" By Joseph Poellet

"Toby and Camera" by Mary Konczyk

"Action, lights, camera!" by Susan Miyasaka

"Toby & Susan" by Ken Jackson

"Shot in the Dark" Photo Outing to downtown Hilo on 1st Friday, March 6, 2020

"Night Photo Shooters: Ken, Chris, Susan x 2, Lynnette, Phil and JB" by Susan Miyasaka's camera

"Susan setting up the camera for a timed group shot" by Ken Jackson

"Figuring out settings: Ken & Susan" by Lynnette Silva

"Lynnette taking a cell phone picture" by Susan Miyasaka

"Sugar Coast Candy: Susan M. and Susan O." by Lynnette Silva

"Susan at the Candy store" by Lynnette Silva

"Susan O. in action" by Ken Jackson

"Hilo Paparazzi: Phil and Susan" by Ken Jackson

"Night Photo Shooters: Lynette and Susan O." by Susan Miyasaka

"Looking up! JB, Susan, and Ken (l to r)" by Chris King

"Night Photo Shooter: JB" by Lynnette Silva

"Night Photo Shooter: JB" by Ken Jackson

"Susan taking shots of Two Rogues in Hilo" by Chris King

"Two Rogues in Hilo: Ken and Lynnette" by Susan Miyasaka

Holiday Pot-luck Get-together, December 12, 2019

"Happy Recipients of Gift Exchange: Lynnette, Ellen & Susan"

"Focused on Slide Shows: Lynnette, Ellen & Toby"

"Selfie! Ken Jackson by Ken Jackson"

Photo Outing to Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden on October 19, 2019

"Harry and Ken" taken by Susan Miyasaka with Harry's mirrorless Nikon camera

"Liquid Sunshine: Susan" by Harry Messenheimer

"One hand on umbrella and one hand on camera: Ken taking pictures in the rain" by Susan Miyasaka

"The Big Game Hunter, Ken Jackson" by Toby Hazel

"Harry the Rainmaker" by Susan Miyasaka

Photo Outing to Hilo Orchid Show on June 29, 2019

"Ken and Glen" by Chris King

Sunrise photo Outing to Honoli`i on April 20, 2019

Photo Outing to Pana`ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens on March 31, 2019

Holiday Get-together on Dec. 13, 2018

Ellen, Chris, Rick & Amy (l-r)" by Ken Jackson.

Photo outing to Mauna Kea sunrise and Palila Forest Discovery Trail on July 14, 2018

"Breakfast and Fellowship half-way up the Mountain" by Susan Miyasaka.

"Serious Birders" by Tamara Brown;

"Happy Birders" by Tamara Brown;

Night Photo Shoot at Halema`uma`u Crater, 4/14/18

"`Twas a Dark & Stormy night: Lee and Jean" by Susan Miyasaka.

"Fellowship: Nathaniel, JB, and Ken" by Susan Miyasaka.

"Elizabeth" by Susan Miyasaka.

"Bright spot of color: Katie" by Susan Miyasaka.

Photo Outing 2 to Harry's Garden

Photo Outing 1 to Harry's Garden

"Crazy Photographers Shooting in the Rain" by Ellen Train.

"In the Teeth of the Famous Veteran's Day Storm" by Harry Messenheimer.

Portrait Lighting Session by Jeff Ikeda at Nov. meeting

"Lighting, Action, Camera!"; "Ellen" by Susan Miyasaka.

"Susan L" by Susan Miyasaka.

Photo Outing at Kailua-Kona in 28-29 October 2017

"Angel and Norman at Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary" by Lee Schechtman;

"Ellen at Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary" by Susan Miyasaka;

"Rick at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park";

"Pauline at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park" by Susan Miyasaka;

Underwater Photo Outing at Richardson Beach Park in 2017

"Susan" by Mary Bowman-DeMent.

"Nancy" by Mary Bowman-DeMent.

Photo Outing at Zoo on May 21, 2017.

Joint photo Outing at Pana`ewa Rainforest and Zoo on May 2 with Hilo Photo Club (HPC). Left to right: Doug (HPC), Lee (HPS & HPC), Pauline (HPS), Susan (bottom, HPS), Lynnette (top, HPS), Steve (HPC), Claudia (HPC), and Linda (HPC).