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Life Is A Snap For The Ever-grateful Noyle
FROM PAGE 11
... not soon after that, I decided that Hawaiʻi was a good place to come to. I’m happy to tell you that I was here for six, maybe eight months, then I met my wife, Denise, and I’ll never be the same.
around the world,” he chuckles.
To make a living here, Noyle ex- plains that he had to expand his ex- pertise. Fortunately for him, that’s his
different genres of photography is im- portant. In Hawaiʻi, we really can’t be a specialist, unless you’re Zak Noyle. My son is one of the few people who really found a niche that he was able to specialize in and boost his career that way, but for the rest of us mere mortals, we just have to go about do- ing what we can.”
“My parents back in South Africa, my mom and step-dad, made a joke that if I moved further, I would actu- ally get closer because I’m halfway
favorite part of the gig.
“I’ve had a lot of experiences that
An 800-pound fiberglass golden elephant is Noyle’s subject when he’s off-duty.
PHOTOS COURTESY RIC NOYLE
“I use her when I feel like I can be creative on my own without having a client directing or requir- ing certain types of images. Un- fortunately, she takes up a parking space at my house, so that’s the only problem, but she doesn’t eat
“My dad inspires me in many ways
“I always tell people: Just be a good citizen on the planet and any- thing else is a bonus.”
make me really excited to get up and get going. Creating images is really in my DNA,” he says. “So, the idea that I was able to accomplish multiple
One day, Noyle might be in his stu- dio with macadamia nut chocolates as the star. The very next, he could be in a helicopter hovering over a five-star Waikīkī hotel for an aerial view or taking the headshot of one of Hawaiʻi’s high-profile names, like Barack Obama, Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O’Quinn.
PhotoCON founder Ric Noyle (right) sits down to film a virtual workshop with one of his children, Zak, who’s an accomplished photographer in his own right.
In his free time, Noyle still has his camera in tow — and can shoot what he wants. His muse of choice is an 800-pound 14-by-9-foot golden el- ephant stored at his Kaimukī abode.
When asked about his proudest achievements, it’s immediately evi- dent that nothing materialistic makes the list. Noyle does mention his digi- tal asset management service, Razz- bonic, and how he designed it at the dawn of the digital age more than 20 years ago. But, more prominently, he echoes how fortunate he feels to have made Hawaiʻi his home for the last 45 years and fostered a loving family (which has grown in recently as his daughter, Sarah, added two keiki to the ‘ohana).
Adds Noyle, “I think the places where I’ ve succeeded, where I’ ve felt the best about who I am as a pho- tographer, is to look after my family well, be able to live in Hawaiʻi ... and to do something that I love.
very much, which is good,” he says with a smile.
in my photography, but more so on the way he handles life and takes care of our family,” observes son Zak. “He is a very giving and caring person who wants to help and educate oth- ers constantly. To me, this character is what inspires me the most of all the many traits he has.”
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