Who We Are

Ron Dahlquist grew up in Southern California and began his career as a surf photographer. In the early 70’s, he moved to Colorado. He shot skiing in the winter and everything from rodeos to rafting in the summer. The diversity of each season in the Rocky Mountains brought endless creative opportunities. While living in Colorado, he also managed to take many trips to Hawaii to shoot the big surf. Even though Ron loved Colorado, he became captivated by the beauty and splendor of the islands. In the late 80’s, he made Maui home. Ron shot editorial, commercial, and stock photography with his passion being travel photography. His photographs range from sports to sensitive pictures of the environment. He has won numerous awards throughout the years. Previously, he won "Best Sports Photo" and "Best in Show" in the Professional Photographer's of America photography contest. His photograph of a surfer in the barrel of a wave won first place in the International Photography Awards, Sports Category.

He has been published in numerous books including the Day in a Life series "24/7" and the ASMP "10,000 Eyes". He also has 6 books that are solely his work including the beautiful coffee table book "Under a Maui Sun". Throughout his career, he has had 100’s of covers to his name. A few of the publications that Ron’s photos have appeared in include: Life, Time, National Geographic World, National Geographic Adventurer, Forbes, Esquire, Runner’s World, Outside, Islands, Family Fun, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside, Powder, Ski, Surfer’s Journal, Snowboarder, and Windsurfer.

Sharon Dahlquist Sharon manages their stock photo library, does all of the digital processing and prints their images on archival canvas and photo paper. Sharon can frequently be seen behind the camera also!