Everyone in the group thought that 2005 was the final year that the Japanese TV networks would have coverage of Japanese celebrities arriving in Honolulu for the New Year's season. So we thought we'd get a group shot for posterity. A bunch of us asked a magazine photographer to take shots with our point-and-shoots. One of the other videographer's photo made in the "Focus On O‘ahu" section of Mid-Week magazine in April 2005. In the photo above, it's the three TV crews (videographers in front with our sound guys behind us), co-ordinators, and reporters. By the way ... I'm third from the right in the front row.
Over the years this paparazzi-type of assignment has been big, with TV crews and photogrpahers vying to get a shot of some Japanese celebrity as they exit the foreign arrivals at HNL. The funny part was that people would ask who we were waiting for,and shrug our shoulders, then told them to ask the reporters. Sometimes celebrities would try to evade us, so it was off to the races! For about ten days, it was a 0500 call time and Byron's Drive-In for breakfast. It's the only time I ever eat there. I had to eat something different everyday ... the fried rice omlette is probably the best (with a side of Portuguese sausage)! Don't forget the Tabasco® sauce either!
As you saw earlier in the year, we got the call for one more year. Will we be back for 2008? We shall see ...
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Cool shot of the group, looks like everyone is lots of fun!! Glad that you folks got the assignment for 2007.. Hopefully 2008 will work out as well :) :) :)
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