Blue Wave Pix

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Reef Runway Sunrise

Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou!

Sunrise view from the Reef Runway at the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, as the sun peeks through the clouds above Lēʻahi (Diamond Head), and a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 clearing the runway after landing.

Wishing you all a blessed 2025!

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Finale

The finale for The Chainsmokers Dream Weekend concert featured a myriad of pyrotechnics, with butane flame columns, and fireworks.

Wishing you all a Hau'oli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)!

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Christmas Lights

A portion of the Christmas lights hung on our lanai.

Wishing you all a Mele Kalikimaka!

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Keaweula Sunset

Sunset as seen from the Keaweula State Park.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Windshield Replacement

Maintenance crew members of Asia Pacific Airlines replaces a windshield panel on one of their Boeing 757 freighters. Definitely more than a Safelite windshield replacement for a car ...

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Monsters

A section of the Monsters mural painted by artist Kevin Lyons for PowWowHawaii, in the Kaka'ako Arts District.

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Foamy

Sea foam on the rocky shoreline from a wave that crashed a few seconds before.

The Why

After beginning the HNL RareBirds blog, I wanted to put together a photo-a-day blog of my non-aviation photos ... whatever caught my eye at that time I had one of my cameras with me, and the story behind the photo. I will also include photos from projects I have done, like commercial shoots, weddings, and senior portraits. I'll sneak in aviation-related photos here and there, mostly photos that are not on my airliner blog.

Being a videographer for the past 35 years, I am used to capturing moving images. With photography, I am now capturing moments in time, sometimes at very small fractions of a second. It's a totally different mindset, on two different levels of creativity, though the basics for both, photo and video are the same.

Over the past few years, I have been blessed to have a few dozen photos published in several international airliner magazines, and other publications, along with articles I wrote, or co-wrote.

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I thank Jesus Christ, my Lord & Saviour, for the creativity and inspiration to take these photos, for putting me in the right place & time, or for the idea to modify them. I thank all of my photographer friends for your support and advice, also for pushing my creativity further.

... And, I thank you all in advance for taking the time to check out the photos, and for the comments you leave, which are greatly appreciated.

Aloha!