The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers were the first headlining act of the first Dream Weekend Music Festival in December 2017. This shot was taken during a CO2 blast. 

Lightbulbs

Lightbulbs as part of a display at Anthropologie.

Bamboo Rice

This weekʻs photo is bamboo-infused rice grains.

Coconut Trees

Starting off the weekly posts by going into the photo archives to 2011, and this ultra-wideangle lens shot of coconut palms at Kaimana Beach Park. I took this photo with a Tokina 10-16mm before shooting a wedding later in the day.

Football Helmets

After a three-year-plus absence, we are back! However, we are scaling back to a weekly posting, along with an Instagram collage to lead-off each month.

For January 2020, the Instagram collage features football helmets of varying levels of play taken at Aloha Stadium.

Row 1: Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors retro; Fresno State Bulldogs chrome; Oregon State Beavers; Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders' Hawai‘i Bowl variation; Houston Cougars; Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors island chain.

Row 2: Pearl City Chargers (HS); Farrington Governors (HS) tribute decal to former coach Edward "Skippa" Diaz; Rice Owls; Northern Iowa Panthers; Saint John Bosco Braves (HS California); Faga‘itua Vikings (HS American Sāmoa).

Row 3: Waimanalo Sharks (JPS youth); Team Amerika Sāmoa (JPS youth); Damien Monarchs (HS); Kahuku Red Raiders (HS); Mililani Trojans (HS); Torrey Pines Falcons (HS California).

Row 4: Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors white variation (2016); Waipahu Silverbacks (JPS youth); Highland Colts (OPW youth); PAC-5 Wolfpack (HS); 2016 NFL Pro Bowl commemorative helmet; University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors green variation.

Bubbles

An underwater shot of Ellie and Cobe ...

Sun and Norfolk Pines

The late afternoon sun peeks through Norfolk Pine trees.

Hanapēpē River

A shot of the Hanapēpē River while standing in the middle of the Hanapēpē Bridge.

Pine Needles

A macro shot of pine needles ...

‘A Hui Hou Pastor Jon

Pastor Jonathan Smith was a worship leader at New Hope Leeward. He also led, and played on worship teams at other churches. Pastor Jon lost his battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago, and went home to be with Jesus.  This afternoon, our church will gather to celebrate his life. He will be missed here, but I'll get to see him in Heaven.

He was a friend, and co-worker, as well as a great man and great guitarist. He considered me a part of the worship team, even though I don't sing nor play a musical instrument, but because I shot hand-held video camera on stage; and always wanted to include me in the worship team prayer huddles.

Rugby Ball

Today, at Aloha Stadium, is the 2016 ‘Ohana Cup Rugby League Festival.

LAX Rollout

Rolling out on LAX's Runway 25L after landing on a flight from Minneapolis.

Snow

A depth-of-field shot of snow on the ground ...

Packing Beer

While waiting for my dad at Costco, I saw this lady break open a case of Bud Light, and pack it in her suitcase, along with some snack foods she put between her clothes. Why would someone pack a case of Bud Light in their suitcase? Isn't it available globally? Her and her husband appeared to be Japanese Nationals. I just had to sneak a shot of this! After they packed their suitcase and a large carry-on bag, they walked off into the parking lot.

Skippa Tribute

Edward "Skippa" Diaz was a long-time (1982-99) head coach for the Farrington High School Governors football team. In 2014, Coach Skippa, as he was affectionately known, lost his battle with cancer. For that season, the team honored Coach Skippa with two stickers on the left side of the players' helmets.

Propellor Blade

I took this photo of a propellor on one Island Air's ATR72s with an ultra-wideangle lens.

Sprinkler And Sun

While walking from my car to my office, I caught the water droplets from the sprinkler lit by the sun.

Ray's Kiawe Chicken

On weekends in Hale‘iwa, the Ray's Kiawe Broiled Chicken stand draws a huge crowd for its delicious Hawaiian-style rotisserie chicken cooked over kiawe wood chips. This chicken is the best kiawe chicken on the north side of O‘ahu, and worth the drive out to Hale‘iwa.

Kisa And The Statue

Kisa mimics the statue in front of the Ko Olina Golf Course.

Car Accident

While out shopping a few months back, we came across this accident scene outside the Pearl Highlands Center. It appears that the dark blue SUV driving down Acacia Road, lost control, crossed against traffic, then ended up over the hedge, and against the building. The SUV also took out a palm tree, which can be seen under the front end.