Mike & Lani

Mike and Lani decided to have their vows renewed, and had asked me to take some photos for this event which included photos of them, and a family portrait. What I didn't realize is that they originally wanted to do something small in their back yard. I had a little convincing to do, and I could honestly feel a little reluctance, with the idea of taking photo's at a location other then the yard they see every single day as they walk out of their front door. As much as possible we were able to get to a better location for the shoot, I was happy and the final outcome of the photo's looked great! Because of the fact that I needed to be in these photo's I had brought along my friend and fellow photographer Claire Suzuki, who took most of the photo's of this event.

Mother's Day Hula Show

The mothers day Hula show held annually @ the keahou sheraton resort is a big event. And this years event featured some top Na Hoku award winning musicians along with the hula students from Halau Kala’akeakauikawekiu. The show itself was a lot more entertaining then I had originally thought, and If you've never been to this event before, I highly suggest checking out next years show.

Pick my brain: The lighting inside the ballroom, where the event was being held was hard to work with. The stage area was not evenly lit, the left and right sides of the stage were brighter then the center stage. And I refuse to use on camera flash unless I"m bouncing in a room. I was also plagued with not having fast glass with me so I had to rely on higher ISO #'s and nikon's Vibration Reduction to help me out. I was surprised that I had quite a few good shots in the end. Trust me going telephoto @ f4.5 with uneven low light, and high ISO... not the best idea but all I had to work with. But if I was a big time professional, I be able to afford the fast glass and the mortage payment to go along with it sheesh