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Alooooooha, I’m Jason O’Rourke and I’m a wildlife and landscape photographer who has spent most of the last 20 years in Hawaii. I’m excited to join /bigenergy today to share a bit about my photography journey with you all for Foto Friday.

Another big Mahalo to the /bigenergy team for the invitation to Foto Friday yesterday. I got a request to build a thread with all of my casts from yesterday, starting with the introduction below and wrapping up with my AMA last night.

Setting up the thread here for anyone that missed a cast or two yesterday, and I'm always available to keep answering questions too!

I am almost completely self taught, with some great mentors along the way. My mother gave me my first camera, a hand me down Minolta 110 film camera, when I was 5 or 6. 
 
I used to take photos of the frogs and toads and turtles (and my thumb over the lens) in my back yard, growing up in New Hampshire.

I still shoot a lot of wildlife today, but the turtles in my backyard in Hawaii are a little bigger.

Second cast and one of my most iconic images:

Wildlife and landscape photographer from Hawaii. All photos copyrighted. More images on my website: www.jasonorourke.com

https://foundation.app/collection/honu

Second cast and one of my most iconic images: 
https://warpcast.com/jasonophoto/0x283408a8

I love this Jason. Gives me joy to know this one will be swimming in the ocean!

We are Kathryn and Dave life partners & photographers with many interests. Storm chasing & storm spotting is one of our passions. https://linktr.ee/phos3.com

We have been lucky enough, since the pandemic, to become aware of nesting activity on Oahu, so not just this beautiful Honu but future generations as well!
🤙🏼💙🐢