Fashion Shows, 9/7 & 8/12

It was fun this weekend making photos of various fashion shows. The first one was at Ala Moana Center Stage - joined Erick and Sookie.

The following day, I went to the Hawaii Woman Expo. Erick mentioned that there was "Hawaii Most Beautiful Man" contest. Hee hee, that sold me.

One of the emcees

 The women were part of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA and Miss Hawaii USA Contestants

 The men were part of the Hawaii Most Beautiful Man Contest

Now that was fun!!!

Sushi Bistro, 8/23/12

My photo friends treated me to a birthday dinner which was so much fun as well as so deeeeelicious! The sushi chef tried not to laugh at us as we took pictures of his creations. Uggh, I should have gotten a picture of him. Here is a link to Shun Wah's blog - she used her Panasonic Lumix and got lots of pictures. Thank you very much Erick, Shun Wah and Sookie. 

(My birthday is actually 8/22, it is so neat because I have a cousin-in-law who has a similar name as mine and we have the same birthday - although not the same year)

Heather Toshiko workshop, 8/12/12

Thank you Lance with Eyes of Hawaii for this fabulous workshop with Heather Toshiko. Here is link to her website. 

There were 2 models. We learned to use natural light to captures these images.

Besides being clear with your model what you want, it is also very helpful to show them your pictures - feedback.

She is viewing her picture.

Heather you were so energetic and willing to share how to do a model shoot. I really appreciated not having to use any lighting equipment nor camera flash.

Fire Dancers at Kakaako Park, 8/9/12

Wow, what a fun evening it was as members of Hawaii Photographic Society enjoyed an evening of watching fire dancers. This is possible on Thursday evenings.

At first I was disappointed that my tripod was not working. So Shun Wah suggested we get creative and I left happy that my tripod did not work. Thanks again, Shun Wah. As you can see, I actually moved my camera.

 What is that? A led hula hoop.

 What is the other thing on the right? It was led lights dangling from a rope and swung in the air.

Lots of experimenting with shutter speed and ISO.