12th annual Kamehameha III “Lani Kauikeaouli” Concert

Well Saturday night was the last of 3 shoots for the Kamehameha Investment Corporation. Last night was the 12th annual Kamehameha III “Lani Kauikeaouli” Concert on the back lawn of the Sheraton Keauhou Beach Resort and Spa.

The concert and hula demonstrations was great. several bands and Hula Halau performed both new and traditional works. It was fun night even though I was on my feet for 5 hours.

As the afternoon sun faded to evening I had to break out the flash to ensure I could capture everything crisp and clear.

In celebration of Kauike'aouli Kamehameha III

This week has been a fun week in photography for me.  I got to shoot the annual event honoring the late Kamehameha III.  On Friday March 16th I attended the the adopted birth date of Kamehameha III.  He so admired Saint Patrick that he changed the date of his birthday so he could celebrate it on the same day that the rest of the world acknowledged St. Patrick.  All before green beer entered the celebration of course.

The Keauhou Beach Clean-up

Last week I was contracted to shoot the cleanup of the Keauhou Bay area. 1 year ago the Keauhou Bay was hit by the Tsunami that was generated after the devastating earth quake in Japan. Several businesses in the harbor area were wiped out from the waves that hit the harbor on March 11, 2011. Sea Paradise scuba diving company's building was severely damaged by the tsunami. The build had to be torned down and Fairwinds building had to be renovated too.



Tires attached to the sides of the concrete piers were ripped from their spots and submerged into the bay to act as the newest reefs.

The community turned out in force to help with the clean-up. Volunteers painted, hacked down brush and even put on their scuba gear to retrieve the trash that littered the floor of the bay.

The bay is much cleaner now that the fantastic turnout of young and old worked hard to bring the bay back to it's old clean self.

Traveling back in time

A few years ago a good friend of mine was trying to get her new business on the map.  The map happened to be located in Italy.  Her business was property management for fractional ownership homes.  Her company is called Carrara, LLC. Carrara offer beautifully restored villas to buyers seeking the lifestyle of an Italian vacation home and the convenience of a professionally managed, shared investment.  We started talking about her first home in Gaiole in Chianti.

 She wanted to have photos taken of the property and she needed help.  To complicate things a bit she was planning to have hip surgery soon but the trip to Italy had already been planned and she had undergone a procedure that made it almost imposible to drive so she asked me if I'd be up for an adventure.  I agreed to be her driver and she agreed to hire me to photograph her first property.  The photo were destined for use in brochures, websites and various presentations to perspective owners.

The following are a few of the images I captured inside the house, or the grounds and from my window of the apartment I stay in the small village of Volpaia in Tuscany.

And the view from my apartment

Click in this link to view a few more images from my trip to Volpaia

The Times they are a changin!!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked city... Keep your eyes and ears open for more enlightening stories to come.

Club shooting

I've been the co-founder of a local photo club called Just One More Shoot. Over the past year we have hosted 13 shooting events.  The goal of the club is to bring together photographers, costumers and make up artists of varying skill levels and provide them with a themed shoot. We develop the theme, recruit the talent, find the location and then invite the photographers to join us as we create images that they would probably not have access to or the opportunity to pull together an elaborate shoot on a small budget. The following are some of my contributions.

Long Time

Aloha,

It's been a long time since my last post but I haven't been snoozin.. 2010 & 2011 have and are being good to me. With a few new gigs and lots and lots of images I've been on the move. I've co-founded a creative Photo Club, joined West Hawaii Today as a freelance photographer and have signed up as the monthly photographer for the Keauhou Shopping Center Concert Series. I'm also seeing an increase in requests for portraits and I have a wedding or 2 to tackle this spring and summer but I still find time to capture a sunset or two.