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Archive for October, 2008
Shoulder Art
Shoulder Art

I love this photo, took it during the tetris party and there was someone there painting stuff on people.

Ko’Olina – It’s Beautiful
Ko'Olina - It's Beautiful

Ko’Olina is a resort located on the most south west tip of the island and is probably my favorite place to take photos. It is not crowded at all, extremely beautiful, and the sunset shots are amazing! In fact, I totally recommend it if you ever come out here and want to have your photos [...]

Do the Dance
Do the Dance

Guys break dancing on the street was totally awesome!

I’ve always found church a architecture to be amazing. I took this photo at a church in a recent trip to Costa Rica.

Playing with Fire
Playing with Fire

Fire dancing is pretty rad, kids don’t try this at home. I shot this with my 10-20mm Sigma lens so you can imagine how close I was. Security kept telling me to move back but you can’t get good shots unless you’re part of the photo. I was worried however as he twirled the flaming [...]

Looking Up
Looking Up

Game Over Suckah!
Game Over Suckah!

Just Chillin’
Just Chillin'

Dancing in the Street
Dancing in the Street

Bells a’ Ringin’
Bells a' Ringin'

Church Bells I took this atop the town church in Metapan, El Salvador.

Taming Dragons
Taming Dragons

Cory Shaw from Ilovephotos.com invited me to the Tetris Burning Man party at Aloha Tower last night. I must say it was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Here is one of the fire dancers demonstrating her awesomeness. She was using ‘poi balls’ but obviously not poi but fire.

Surfing Skillz

Saw this dude surfing on a boogie board. I can’t even get up on a short board let alone something like that!

Iris
Iris

Waves Crashing
Waves Crashing

Senorita
Senorita

Moo!
Moo!

The Wall – Waikiki
The Wall - Waikiki

Time to Cross
Time to Cross

Butterfly
Butterfly

Ala Moana at Sunset

Ala Moana at sunset, originally uploaded by JPhilipson. Ala Moana at Sunset -4 photos taken at 10mm with my 10-20mm sigma -Stitched with CS3 -Took photos portrait style, I’ve learned that when your doing panoramics it’s best to do them portrait rather than landscape. Made Flickr’s Explore

Flower Girl
Flower Girl

Like LIke Drive Inn

Like LIke Drive Inn, originally uploaded by JPhilipson. Like LIke Drive Inn

To Watermark, or Not to Watermark?

“Love when photographers plaster their name & © all over an image. It’s like a chef peeing his initials onto your mashed potatoes. Voilà!” -Merlin Mann Watermarking has always debated on doing. As a photographer I find it hard to paste something over my photos. By drawing the eye away from the object I was [...]