Hawaii 1 – Celebration and Hilo

Sunset at the Lava Lava Beach Club in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii (above). The last time we were on the Big Island was over 50 years ago, so it was interesting to see the changes. There were a lot more resort communities and restaurants. Saddle Road, formerly a dirt road connecting Kailua-Kona with Hilo has transformed […]

Floating Lantern Festival Hawaii 2023

After 3 years of absence due to Covid restrictions, the annual Shinnyo Lantern Floating festival returned to Oahu, Hawaii this Memorial Day again. Shinnyo-en is an international Buddhist community and teaches “reality, or the true nature of all things”. The red lanterns provide light and guide the souls of the deceased toward peace. The light […]

Bolivia 6 – Parade & Finale

The Republic of Bolivia was founded in 1825. Although Spanish is the official language, there are also 36 Indigenous languages that are officially recognized. The indigenous people felt they were being ignored by the country’s political leaders, and it is estimated there are between 40-70% of the 12 million population are indigenous and minorities. In […]

Christmas 2022 in Cuenca

The Christmas Eve Pase del Niño Viajero parade used to be massive, lasting for 8 hours and involving at least 20% of the city’s citizens. COVID put a sudden and unexpected stop to the continued growth of this parade in 2019, with the parade being forbidden in both 2019 and 2020. Last year, in 2021, […]

Cuenca Soup Kitchen Christmas 2022

Last year, in 2021, we volunteered at the Cuenca Soup Kitchen by offering professional portraits of all the kids they help, to give to their parents. We came back to Cuenca this year just in time to do it again. The Cuenca Soup Kitchen has grown to support some 250 families, and we ended up […]

Lunar Eclipse Honolulu 2022

There was a total Lunar Eclipse here in Honolulu starting Monday night, November 7th-8th. At totality, it transforms into the Blood Moon, a reddish-orange color cast from the light of sunrises and sunsets, seen at the top of the above composite.  A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon align, and will be […]

ShakaCon Backstage

We were asked to photograph another charity photo event last Wednesday night at the Polynesian Cultural Center. There were five different categories we were asked to document. This was the second event we helped on the Shaka Project, which is making a documentary on the origin and history of the shaka, a Hawaiian gesture of […]

Honolulu Pride Parade 2022

Last Saturday was the annual Pride Parade in Honolulu celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. There has been no parade since 2019, due to COVID, but has otherwise been annual since 1974. The parade went along Ala Moana Boulevard then along Kalakaua Avenue fronting the beach, from Magic Island to the zoo, and took […]

Chinatown Art Festival

The Plein Air Painters of Oahu (PAPO), led by Mark Brown, was invited to showcase their plein air paintings at a Chinatown street fair yesterday. Approximately 20 painters from our group participated in the fair. The organizer was DAC (Downtown Art Center, in the Chinatown Arts District in Honolulu). The show was called “The HEART […]

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