Oahu Photography Tours
After booking our flight to Oāahu for our honeymoon, I started googling āthings to do in Oāahu.ā I came across Oāahu photography tours. As I read the description for the āInstagram Hawaii Tourā I thought to myself, this is EXACTLY the type of thing i want to do! The tour totally lived up to our expectations and more.
Our tour guide, Dee-Jay, is a master of his craft. Not only is he clearly knowledgeable and passionate about photography but also an amazing tour guide. At the end of the day my husband and I talked about how we felt like he was an old friend we were meeting up with to show us around the island. He was extremely friendly and easy to talk to and get along with and talked about whatever we wanted to talk about. Weāve been in some scenarios on other tours/ in other cities where the guide isnāt exactly social and it can get pretty awkward, especially on a smaller/ more intimate tour but that was not the case here at all.
We went on a weekday which probably had some of the destinations a little less crowded than the weekend and made for great pictures. DeeJay took us all over the island and tailored our route to the things we wanted to see.
Note: you do NOT have to be a professional or even a self proclaimed photographer to go on this tour! I am an āiPhone photographerā aka basically all the pictures I take are for social media. I would consider myself pretty experienced when it comes to using my iPhone but Dee-Jay showed me some tips and tricks that enhanced my iPhone photography skills as well as an editing app that i had never heard of before but now have already started using for my vacation photos. We only brought our phones on this tour (not a digital camera or DSLR) and it was definitely sufficient.
We were picked up and dropped off to and from our hotel. He didnāt need navigation and was familiar with all routes, which made us feel confident. He shared with us fun facts about different places all around the island and took us to cool spots that I know we otherwise would not have found. Clearly heās got the island hospitality thing down!
Dee-Jay took pictures of us at each stop and we had a link to the photos before we even got upstairs to our hotel room after getting dropped off!
This is a genius business model and we felt like it was absolutely worth the money. I have to admit, when I booked this I was really hoping this wouldnāt be something my husband would roll his eyes about, being an āInstagram photography tourā and all, but he had a blast too. Thank you for a great experience Dee-Jay! For sure a highlight of our trip and would recommend to anyone visiting Hawaii!
Response from Host
Nov 2019
Aloha Allison,
I can not tell you how much this review made me smile! I had such a blast with you on the tour and really wish it didn't have to end! WE really want all of our guests of the future to know that you can enjoy our tours with any camera, whether it is on a phone or a larger dslr or slr. Thank you again for this review and I really hope we can see you again!