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Military Appreciation Night and Wounded Warrior Tribute - Utah State at Hawaii

6 Nov 2011
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November 5th was Military Appreciation Night at Aloha Stadium when Utah State brought their brand of football up against the Hawaii Warriors. There were special presentations before kick-off, honoring military spouses, as well as a "wounded warrior" ceremony at halftime. Military and local dignitaries were there for the festivities, amongst a grateful crowd and the always jubilant University of Hawaii Marching Band.

On the field and under a rainy Halawa sky, the hometown Warriors lead 31-14 after three quarters. Utah State then rallied for the comeback to win 35-31. Pre-season Heisman hopeful and quarterback Bryant Moniz finished with 227 yards through the air on 27-of-43 passing and joined Timmy Chang and Colt Brennan in the 10,000-plus yards club. The loss, however, puts Hawaii out of the race for the Western Athletic Conference title.

As a huge Hawaii fan, it was great being on the sidelines shooting again. But it's always a privilage to honor the men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom every day.

Ohana Arts' Presentation of "The Wizard of Oz"

6 Aug 2011
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When I first heard that Ohana Arts was putting on a production of "The Wizard of Oz," I was both curious and excited - the film version of the story is a cherished part of my movie collection, and is part of my regular rotation of favorites. How were they going approach this? Would it be grandoise? Minimalist? How close to the source material could this group take it?

Enter, play director Cari Taira. We met at Starbucks a few months back to discuss photography for her upcoming wedding. As do many of my "business" meetings, discussions turned casual and we began to converse about other things - the realities of weddings and the wedding buisness, common friends, theater... I shared about my experiences being on stage a few times and experiences I had photographing stage spectacles such as “The Marriage of Figaro,” last year.

Now, I had originally pre-enrolled my son to be a part of the Ohana Arts summer program, but scheduling didn't quite work out this year. At that point, I thought my involvement would occur strictly as part of the audience, but fortunately, I was able to sell (I almost hate using that word here) Cari on the value of photos. Weeks later I am backstage photographing what I thought was, in the end, a pretty grand, very amazing adaption of the Oz. I'm hoping my photos do it justice!

Carnival

5 Feb 2011
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Decided to head down to the annual Punahou Carnival with fellow photographers Dallas Nagata and Jonas Maon yesterday. The plan was to get a jump on the white elephant sale to find old clothing or props to use in our shoots. It wasn't too much of a success, but we had fun nonetheless. Cameras in tow, we shot in the harsh light of the morning sun. The results differ greatly from what I shot a couple of years back, but I'm mostly happy with the results despite not being "completely into it." :)

We waited about 45 minutes in the scalding heat to get into the tent where the rummage sale was.

I really want a filter like hers. Anyone got an extra 250 bucks?

Jonas' great find. The battery had blown up inside, but for ten bucks, I'm thinking I should have picked this up for prop value alone. It also came with a really cool leather bag!

Credit Dallas for pointing this out to me. Her shot came out almost identical, and I'll post a link once it's up there publicly.

Dallas bought this littler bubble maker in hopes of using as a prop and to help whittle her script count. It was mostly useless. I think I captured the only instance in which it blew any bubbles. It end up in the trash 15 minutes later.

On the way back to the car, the masonry at Central Union Church's parking lot caught my eye. I asked for model volunteers, wanting Jonas first. LOL (jk). Dallas stepped up to the plate.

Military Appreciation Night and Wounded Warrior Tribute - Utah State at Hawaii

Ohana Arts' Presentation of "The Wizard of Oz"

Carnival

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