Heath O’Fee

I've never been good at writing these 'bio' things. So instead of a boring paragraph about me, here's a list of things I like:

- my amazing wife
- my adorable daughter
- my dog
- coffee
- beer
- bourbon
- film (that stuff you get developed in a lab)
- Kraft Dinner
- The Dark Knight movies
- TV (like, a lot of it)
- Apple products
- chips (every flavour except ketchup. gross.)
- taking pictures

If you share any of my interests or would just like to chat about photography, fire me a message and we can talk. I'd like nothing more than to be able to share my passion for photography with you and your loved ones.

Heath

Coastline

Prior to going to Maui, my wife bought me a helicopter tour of the island for my birthday. Probably one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever been given.

I’ll tell you one thing: it’s much harder to shoot out of a cramped helicopter than you would think. Not only were quarters close, but the curved windows had so many planes of reflection it was hard to cut them all out all the time. I did my best and came away with a few shots I’m happy with…all while experiencing Maui one of the best ways possible: from the air.

Equipment:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
- B+W 77mm Circular Polarizer

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August 18, 2011 - 7:18 am

Dave DiCello - This is one helluva view man, I love the depth and the variations in the color of the water, incredible dynamic range!

August 18, 2011 - 7:20 am

Rick Louie - Great view! Love that you can see the deep greenish/blue of the ocean.

August 18, 2011 - 7:31 am

Chris Nitz - So much beautiful beach front. I’m totally jealous right now!

August 18, 2011 - 7:32 am

Jesse Pafundi - That blue water kills me. I want to go back to there. Really impressive work here, shooting out of that copter is extremely difficult.

August 18, 2011 - 7:53 am

Tim Gibson - This is sick…the color of the water is insane. I miss Hawaii!

August 18, 2011 - 8:15 am

Brian Furbush - Great work man! I can only imagine it’s a real pain trying to shoot out a helicopter, but you did a nice job with the framing! Dig this…gives a scale to how grand the whole place is.

August 18, 2011 - 9:33 am

Chris Frailey - Look at that blue water. Holy cow. I bet that was a fun ride. Kudos to your wife.

August 18, 2011 - 11:10 am

A.Barlow - Man, I wanna go! That’s awesome. Not to shabby for being through a window.

August 18, 2011 - 2:43 pm

Curt Fleenor - Incredible scene! The colors changes in the water are beautiful.

August 19, 2011 - 6:17 am

murphyz - Lovely shot Heath, right up my street. I appreciate how difficult it is shooting from a helicopter with other people up there also shooting, and as you mention the glass getting in the way. One of the biggest issues I had is that I seemed to actually catch the propellers in the shots, obviously a quick shutter release on a wide angle stopped them in their tracks quite well.

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Heath O’Fee

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