Polar Plunge?, 4/1/12

What a creative way to benefit Special Olympics Hawaii.  Jalna, Les and I took pictures of this crazy and fun "Freezin For A Reason Polar Plunge".  

According to their website, "The minimum amount raised per person to plunge is $100.00 by April 1, 2012."

It is hard to tell but it was 20 degrees Centigrade.

This father was a trooper: first he jumped in and stayed in to assist each daughter one at a time and remained while his wife participated.

 I kept my camera dry by using a large zip lock bag and tore open a hole at the bottom and pushed my lens through.  I also shot continuous shots to get these action shots.

Shop a Le`a and Maunalua Bay, 3/25/12 & Sand Island, 3/26/12

Shun Wah, Erick and I met at Ala Moana Shopping Center to enjoy the fashion shows.  Each hour for about 10 minutes, we saw different designer's fashions.  LOL, we saw some our friends and others with their cameras.  I did not come early enough to see the swim suits, heard that show was longer.

Valerie Joseph is located on the ground floor near Barnes and Noble.

Betsey Johnson, I think is located on the second floor.

Hmm, where are we now?  This is Maunalua Bay in Hawaii Kai.  14 members of Hawaii Photographic Society gathered for a photo outing followed by dinner at Kona Brewery.  Yes, our meals afterwards is a must.

I used my Nicna Wide Band Fader ND(W) for these pictures.

One of the reasons I chose this area was because of the canoes.

Yay, I was happy when Rob wanted to make pictures at Sand Island today.  I had the day off because we celebrated Prince Kuhio Day.

 Got some interesting stuff here.

 Again taking long exposures.  I enjoy seeing how it affects the water.

Rob, I enjoyed going to a new place and having dinner afterwards.

What a great weekend!

The Sacred Urban Landscape, 3/10 & 11/12

This was my metaphoric picture of the journey I took the weekend of March 10 and 11 from 8:30 am - 6pm. Doug Beasley's class was incredible!  I really liked his comment "make a photo" versus "take a picture"

I shared how I used my hand to express this metaphor.

We learned to connect with the place.  I hope you can tell what feeling I got when I saw this kayaker.

 Use of positive and negative space.

I just liked the ripples of this duck and the raindrops. 

After, I realized what our chosen leaf was for, I asked if we could find another leaf. LOL, no dice.

 More connection...

 Poetry...

We ended our workshop with making pictures of "street art".  

It was cool to see how this artist used the building's shutters for his picture.

Earth Meets Spirit by Doug Beasely - will be a book I will continue to treasure. It was just published and I am so glad I purchased it. Thank you so much Doug for a wonderful weekend.

Tonight, I also posted/blogged Kawaii Kon