Si Woo Kim

In last year's Sony Open in Hawai‘i PGA Fedex Cup golf tournament, SiWoo Kim (of South Korea) won the tournament by one stroke, as Hayden Buckley missed the tying putt that could have sent the final round into a playoff. Kim is seen above, posing with the tournament trophy for the sports photographers. I got this shot after the broadcast that I was a part of ended.

Kukuihoʻola Island

Happy New Year!

Kukuihoʻolua Island is located off of Lāʻie Point on Oʻahu's north shore, and is noted for the hole in the middle of the island. During high tides and east swells, it gets battered by waves as seen above.

Sparky Cloud Blast

During one of The Chainsmokers songs, the cold spark machines and the CO2 blasters fire. The carbon dioxide cloud columns blast over the crowd then dissipate, while columns of cold sparks rise at the front of the stage.

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a blessed 2024!

Media Pool

The lineup of television news camera operators for the 2016 Hawai‘i Bowl press conference. This was one of the very few times that the press conference was held at Aloha Stadium, instead of Waikīkī.

In previous years, this game was played on Christmas Eve afternoon, but this year it was played a day earlier on the 23rd.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Sunrise Wing

The sun catches the trailing edge of the wing of our early morning Island Air flight as it approaches the south Maui coastline. The summit of Haleakalā is right below the sun.

Roll In The Grass

Yuki takes a roll in the grass during one of her runs in the yard.

Piano Keys

Taxiing into position for takeoff on HNL's Runway 8R, or the "Reef Runway". These, known as "piano keys", are white bars painted on the runway to signify the end of a runway. I got this photo during the Island Air Dash8-Q400NG media flight.

Opposing Teammates

Seattle Seahawks teammates, Cornerback Richard Sherman (25) and Wide Receiver Tyler Lockett (16) played against each other in the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl. Sherman is seen trying to distract Lockett from making the catch. Lockett made the catch, then stepped out of bounds.

Those selected to play in the NFL's 2016 all-star game, were then selected to play for either Team Rice or Team Irvin. Sherman was selected to play for Team Irvin, while Lockett was selected by Team Rice. The Seahawks had two other players for Team Irvin: QB Russell Wilson, and DE Michael Bennett; and LB Bobby Wagner was selected by Team Rice.

Gold Coast Sunset

Sunset from the Elks Lodge on Waikīkī's Gold Coast.

That 70's Look

These United Airlines stewardesses pose in front of the 747 Friendship poster during the post-arrival media event. They were dressed in their 1970s-era uniforms to mark United's final 747 flight.

Shredder

Tennis balls do not stand a chance with Peanut. He's able to start peeling the felt covering in under 15 minutes, and completely shred it in under an hour.

Keawa‘ula Blowhole

The Keawa‘ula Blowhole is one of the lesser known blowholes on O‘ahu. It's located at Keawa‘ula Beach (or Yokohama Bay), before Kaena Point, on the Leeward O‘ahu coastline. At high tide, the spouts can get quite high.

Game Time

Inside the video control room of the Aloha Stadium Scoreboard Department during a University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors football game. This is where the magic happened for the stadium's video board. From front to back, there is the director, producer, live graphics operator, and video board graphics operator. Sadly, the Aloha Stadium was decommissioned and closed in 2021.

Pure Love

Artist Tara McPherson painted one of her "Pure Love" murals as part of the 2017 PowWow Hawai‘i street art festival in Kaka‘ako. This mural was painted on a wall at the corner of Cooke and Auahi Streets.

Spotting Fail

Among the aviation photography community, a spotting fail is where there is an interference blocking the aircraft being photographed. In this photo, Airport Rescue Firefighting Truck 7 from the airport's Station 2 on a taxiway, crosses in front of the departing Antonov Airlines An-124 on Runway 8R. Note that the fire truck still has the Honolulu International Airport titles, when the airport was renamed in 2017 as the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, in honor of the late US Senator.

Torii Field Sunset

Raymond Torii Field at Wai‘anae High School, has one of the best views of any high school football stadiums in the country. Located right on the Wai‘anae coastline on Leeward O‘ahu, breathtaking sunsets can be seen from the home team grandstand before the evening varsity Seasiders game begins.

Happy Heavenly Birthday Emi!

Wishing our departed miniature dachshund, Emi, a Happy Heavenly Birthday! Had she lived, she would have turned 20 today. That's 96 in human years. She's dearly missed, and always in our hearts.

Taimane Gardner

Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner, or just Taimane, was one of the guest performers for the 2017 Hawai‘i Bowl halftime show, which included an ensemble of Hawaiian music artists and hula dancers. 

Who Is That Masked 747?

This Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400F had a mask decal added to the nose of the cargo jet during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. N744CK "Captain PW Bishop 1" wore the mask from February 2021 to December 2022, and has been since repainted to the new Kalitta livery. It is a frequent visitor to Honolulu as this "Queen of the Skies" occasionally rotates in Kalitta Air flight to/from Los Angeles.

Old Lāhainā Courthouse

Another landmark consumed by the August 8th wildfire was the Old Lāhainā Couthouse. In the aftermath of the fire, the concrete and stone structure remained standing. Here was the courthouse, along with the iconic banyan tree that survived the fire in the background, in a photo taken in 2009.

Please keep the people of Maui in your thoughts and prayers, and kōkua (help) in any way you can.