Aloha!

Aloha Friends!.

Its been a long time being away from my family, and to celebrate the end of my stint in LA, we took a little break on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The last time I was here on Oahu was during the filming of Jurassic Park III where we spend a month on Oahu and a total of 3 weeks on Kauai. Let me tell you, being here for pleasure is much more rewarding than being here for work.

We got our selves a little cottage on the windward side just about 10 miles south of North Shore. This week is the O'neill world cup surf competition. Dont think well make it up to watch as it gets crazy, but we did go up earlier this week to check it out . I got out on the lava fields at around the Pupukea Beach to shoot some of the violent surf crashing on the lava that lines the coast. (tempting the island again it seems)

We of course made the trip to Hanauma bay for a day of snorkeling. On the way back we stopped by Sandy Beach which has a special attraction for me. While I was here with JPIII, I went here with a buddy I was working with, and after a couple of hours of snorkeling at Hanauma, we found sandy beach. It looked fine as there were pleanty of locals swimming. But things didnt fair so well for this Haole (howlie) I almost lost my life trying to swim here, it was as close to drowning as Ive ever been.(sorry mom if I never told you...Im sure you know why) I'm a land lover and not gifted with peace in the water. Long story short, the island was telling me... Not today, so I respectfully crawled back to my scooter to tell the story today.

Well alls well that ends well. We are almost at the end of our time here, and it has been the best vacation Ive had to date. Its been fantastic reconnecting with my lovely wife and daughter. With that I leave you with a few images along the way. My view of Hawaii.

Aloha & Mahalo!

Equestrian Photography

Forgive me as I've been terribly remiss in keeping material on my blog. I was informed by sheila that I needed to blog more than once a month. truth is, Ive been busy, and my patience for things online has grown shorter and shorter as of late.

From time to time, I get into a theme for my shooting. Over the past couple of years, Ive been extremely interested in the equestrian world of show jumping and english riders. I suppose that due to the regality of the sport interests me. As a kid, my mother and father used to train horses for a living and as a result, I also rode english and jumped. While it was more of a "thing" my parents wanted me to do in an effort to find something that I was interested in, though I never really took to it, funny how I find my interest in it now.

For more on Equestrian portraiture, you can view them on my website gallery and by reviewing my show work by visiting my event sales gallery. The link can be accessed from my website front page.

Cheers

Justin

Good bye LA

Well its that time again. Its a time to once again load up all my belongings and make my trek back home to the Northwest and my Lovely wife and daughter.





Having come down to LA back in September, its been a shorter stay than my normal stints. Still any time I spend away from my family can become arduous. To pass the time while Im not working in the film business, I am roaming the streets of Hollywood in search of interesting subjects to shoot. Notably, there is never an end to the supply of subject matter.


This is a common scene on the streets of any city. For the homeless, after a long day of restless passing, finding shelter and peace under the eaves of sleeping business.


Funny how not all the stars shine so bright.


Cheers