Hayden's First Birthday, 1/30/10

Jalna, Erick, Hiromi and myself had the pleasure of shooting Hayden's first birthday.

Here is Hayden's sister taking a peek...

of his birthday cake.
Here is Hayden.
Dad and sister.
This is an example of being in the wrong spot. I didn't get a good picture of his mom.
This roast pig was to die for. I have never tasted such tender pork. Sorry piggy.

This picture barely shows how many came to help Hayden celebrate his first birthday.

The magician Obi did terrific card tricks, dunno how he got that card on the wall.
The entertainment included a magician and a halau (hula dance group) that performed many dances. They were terrific.

This little one was way cute!

Al Green, 1/23/10

Stan Y. and I enjoyed Al Green's concert at the New Blaisdell Arena. We sat in Section F, row 9, seats 7 and 8. Although they were great seats, we were on the risers so my 12x zoom was very helpful. I used my Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3.

The rest of the pictures are cropped.

Airbrushed Motorcyles, 1/17/10

Jalna, Erick and myself were awed by the talents of Earl Bantolina. He airbrushed Kenneth and Mike's bike. If anyone knows about airbrushing, it is difficult to get the right pressure as well airbrush on metal and curves. Earl is the husband of Jalna's co-worker Joy.

I wish I had taken more pictures of his beautiful art work. So very talented!!!

This is Kenneth, check out his Ironman bike.





This is Mike, check out his Darth Vader bike.

Waikiki, 1/16/10

Hawaii Photographic Society had their first outing for 2010. We met at the "Kapahulu groin" in Waikiki, hoping for a good sunset. Since that didn't work, we enjoyed just being out and shooting.

For dinner we went to Lulu's above Starbucks, at the corner of Kalakaua and Kapahulu Avenue. It was just across the street and it was perfect for a large group. Needless to say it was fun.

Makapuu Lighthouse, 12/27/09

Another early morning, Milton S. and Derek picked me up at 4:30 am to go to Makapuu. It was a pretty easy hike but it was good to go early and set up for the sunrise.

While waiting, I enjoyed taking these shots. I kept my ISO at 100 and allowed more exposure time to get more light. I like mornings so these shots were fun to get. The sky was lit with the stars.

6:09

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North Shore, 12/25/09

Tis Christmas and I woke up to my 4:00 am alarm. Why??? I got picked up at 5:00 am.

Stan Y. and Richard had rented huge lens to shoot the North Shore waves. As luck would have it Stan shoots with a Nikon and Richard shoots with a Canon hence two large lens. My camera is the smaller one; they were nice and rented a 2x converter for my 70 - 200. Therefore all of us had 400 mm lens. Here you see John and Stan. I cropped out Richard since he was sitting and I only got his knees.

These shots were at Waimea Bay.

These shots were at Pupukea.





Even at Turtle Bay the waves were high and furious. We treated ourselves to an expensive lunch. $8.00 hot dogs and $4.00 ice teas. Yikes!

Just wanted to show you the difference with the waves across from Sea Life Park on the south east side of the island.

Because Stan and Richard had rented their lens they wanted to make good use of them. The weather really was cloudy but we tried again at the lookout from Tantalus. I zoomed in and got Stan Sheriff Center which is part of the University of Hawaii and where the basketball and volley ball games are held.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.