Joe and Rachel's wedding

On Saturday May 29, 2011 Joe and Rachel got married.

Golf, it's all about the clothes!

This past weekend was a busy one for me. I had 2 photo gigs at opposite ends of town. One was a charity golf tournament held at the beautiful Makalei Golf club the other job was my monthly Hawaiian music concert at the Keauhou Village Shopping Center.

One of the fun things at Kapa radio, the hosts, asked of the participants was to wear some funny slippers. Only in Hawaii can you golf in slippers.

The Hawaiian music concert was fun, Mark Yamanaka and his band played. March 31st marked the end of Kapa's Champaign to collect food and slippers for the under privileged Keiki in the Kona area. It was fun and moving as the same time. The United Way kicked in a check to help out the efforts.

This pair of shoes caught my eye, what was she thinking?

I also couldn't pass-up this T-Shirt.

Annual Makalei Golf Tournement

This week was a funny week. At the beginning of the week I had one photo job over the weekend. By Thursday I had another job and a potential arrangement with a book writer from Australia. No word on if the deal will happen but it was cool to be bombarded by opportunity. I love weeks like that.

Here are a few roughs from todays golf tournament, sponsored by Kapa Radio, that was held at the beautiful Makalei Golf club in the hills above Kailua-Kona. It's a great looking public golf course. It even has Peacocks and Turkeys for your dinning pleasure.

Hawaiian Music makers

Over the past year I have been fortunate to be the photographer for the Hui Kako'o Benefit Concerts at the Keauhou Village Shopping Center in Keauhou Hawaii.  I have heard dozens of Hawai'i young and old music makers on the last Saturday night of the month. The following photos are a small sample of the images I've shot at these concerts.

Jeff Rasmussen

Damon Williams

Brutha Walta

The Hui Kako'o Benefit Concerts at the Keauhou Village Shopping Center in Keauhou are scheduled event month on the last Saturday of each month. Admission is just 2 cans of food that will serve as a donation to the Hawaii Food Basket.  Its for a great cause and you get to hear some great Hawaii music at the same time.  See you there.

Kirk

Makalawena Beach - Hats and Kites

Today was the second time that I've ventured the 40 minute walk over hot dusty trails to get to the most beautiful beach in West Hawaii.  Makalawena...

After our grueling trek we arrived at a very picturesque setting but this time there were lots of people on the sand and camping along the trial that leads out to the various beach spots.  When we settled under a tree we noticed one of our beach going neighbors was trying to launch a kite for his daughter.  I almost forgot to mention that we had 2 dogs in tow with us.  One dog, Lani, was a calm and fun loving dog while Holly, the newer pup, was full of vim and vigor....  Holly couldn't keep still so Jamie put the leash back on her to try to keep the peace with our neighbors.  After a few moments it seemed that all was right in the animal kingdom so Jamie let Holly go.  This turned out to be an almost fatal decision for the kite.

Holly attacked the kite 3 times causing it to develop a slight left turn on subsequent flights.  The owners was cool, they said it wasn't damaged too badly, just a small broken part on the left wing.  It was salvageable.  Holly was issued a long time out for her spirited moves.... LOL

The rest of the time was spent climbing trees, playing frisbee, drinking and enjoying the beautiful sunny day - until the clouds and rain sprinkles rolled in.

I almost forgot to mention the main reason why I braved the march to Batan leading to Maks - to photograph Jamie's new hand painted hats.  She's got them on display in the Beaches swimsuit store in the Sunset Plaza Mall. Check 'em out.

Mahalo for a fun day,

Kirk

Sometimes a picture is worth 10,000 words!

I think I'll let these images speak for them selves.......

The above images are a small collection of photos that I've taken on Maui and the Big Island.

Look up in the Sky.... It's a bird, it's a plane!

    When I first moved to Kona 8 years ago you could count on a killer sunset with clear blue mixed with evening orange, pinks and reds and yellow tones of the setting sun every night.  Then the Volcano decided to change the plan and the skies have never been the same.

    So rather than abandon shooting the setting sun due to heavily vogged air I used my imagination to create some very cool and colorful sunsets using the vog as a feature.

Shine on you crazy diamond!!!