Nix Kinney of Honolulu sunbathes at Fort DeRussy beach park in Waikiki, Hawaii.
Summer is over, and Fall has arrived. The fall semester has started and people are headed back to school. Dreams of summer waft in the wind as the seasons change and friends head off to school, once again, or for the first time. Everyone embarking on new adventures.
But, It’s still really, really hot every day here in Hawaii Still feels like summer time.
In October I will be joining 99 other students in Jeffersonville, NY for Barnstorm XXIV, the Eddie Adams Workshop. The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense, tuition-free, four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along with 100 carefully selected students. Stoked to be going along with Joel Hawksley, Drew Angerer, Maddie McGarvey, Thomas Simonnetti, and so many other talented photographers. Stay tuned to the blog for more posts as EAW2011 closes in.
A dog lounges in the shade while it's master pays for his phone bill at a Verizon Wireless kiosk at the Ala Moana Shopping Center's 2nd floor on June 2, 2011 in Honolulu, HI.
From the Archive – a lazy day at the mall. From the Archive will feature a photograph that hasn’t been posted to the blog, as I dig though the archive and find little gems here and there.
All Images copyright ©Kent Nishimura, Honolulu HI based photographer | www.kentnishimura.net
A volunteer helps set lanters out to open waters on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Haleiwa Jodo Mission Bon Dance and Toro Nagashi (Lantern Floating) on the North Shore of Oahu in Haleiwa, Hawaii
Yesterday, I made the long hour drive out to Oahu’s North Shore to the Historic Haleiwa Town for the Haleiwa Jodo Mission’s Bon Festival. The Festival, held during Obon Season, featured a Bon Dance, Food, Hapi Coats, Yukatas, and a Toro Nagashi.
Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the departed spirits of one’s ancestors. This Buddhist custom, which has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years, has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.
At the beginning of Obon Season, I covered a Toro Nagashi, or Lantern Floating, officiated by the Shinnyo-en buddhist sect and put on by the Na Lei Aloha Foundation. http://goo.gl/2C5gL
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A woman exercivsing is cast in silhouette by the setting sun at Magic Island.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Magic Island is the best place for silhouettes in Hawaii. Especially if you’re just learning photography. Not only is it a great place for silhouettes, but it’s great to be able to see people doing tons of different things.
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Relay for Life participants walk around a track made up of Luminaries at the 2011 Relay for Life at Magic Island on July 16, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Spent my Saturday-Sunday at the The 2011 American Cancer Society Relay For Life at Magic Island. The relay gives people in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At a Relay event, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length.
A man who wished to remain unidentified watches surfers off of Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, HI.
Went out in the afternoon in search of Wild Art with Geena. We ended up hitting up the monthly Eat the street hullabaloo near Restaurant Row. After ETS kinda fizzled we ended up walking around Kaka’ako Waterfront Park. More images after the break.
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Framed by sea spray, a man and a young child play on the rocks at Kakaako Waterfront Park on June 24, 2011 in Honolulu, HI.
All Images copyright ©Kent Nishimura, Honolulu HI based photographer | www.kentnishimura.net
A young boy is silhouetted against the late afternoon sky at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, HI.
Everytime I see a sunset here, I think…“Lucky I live Hawaii.” 
All Images copyright ©Kent Nishimura, Honolulu HI based photographer | www.kentnishimura.net
Negihamachi, Maguro Nigiri, and Poke Nigiri go around on the conveyor belt at the newly opened Kuru-Kuru Sushi restaurant in Kahala Mall.
One of my all time favorite Kaiten Sushi (conveyor-belt sushi) places has opened up shop near my place of work and school! Kuru-Kuru Sushi has opened up a shop at Kahala Mall. Kuru-Kuru is one of many Kaiten Sushi establishments in Hawaii. There are other pretenders to the throne, Genki Sushi, G-Sushi, and Sushi-San, but Kuru-Kuru beats out the competition with their reasonable prices, good quality fish, and generous portions.
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