Ukulele Lesson by Bruce Shimabukuro

For those of you who are thinking about learning to play the ukulele but don’t know where to start, here’s a video to give you a starting point. Bruce Shimabukuro, an ukulele instructor and performer, was gracious enough give us a quick lesson on strumming and picking. It’s not really a lesson on how to [...]

Trip to Japan (video)

Last month I went to Japan for some work and play. The highlight of the trip was feeding the deer and monkeys. The night before we went to see the monkeys, was saw TV news reports of monkeys going crazy and attacking vendors and families for food. So when I asked some hotel peeps if [...]

8 Minute Sunset in 20 Seconds (video)

I wish my camera had a time lapse feature. But since it does not, I must resort to speeding things up on the time line in Premiere. Here’s what a sunset looks like at 30X normal speed.

Beach Sunset (video)

It takes patience and luck to film stuff where weather is involved. This sunset video was planned for about a month but rain, clouds, wind, vog, traffic,…you name it…delayed filming until this week. I even drove out to the North Shore on a semi-cloudy day hoping that the weather out there would be better than [...]

Mobile Blog

This site is now mobile friendly,…at least it should be. If you visit the site through an iPhone, Android Phone, Blackberry, or other smartphone browsers you should see a mobile version of the blog. If you visit the site with your computer browser, you should see the regular version.

How Aloha Shirts are Made

Local clothing manufacturers have been making Aloha shirts and dresses in Hawaii since the 1930s. And although modern computer technology has greatly changed the way designs are created, the actual manufacturing process of the shirts themselves today hasn’t changed all that much. It is still a labor intensive process that requires great skill at certain [...]

Sharks Cove Summer vs Winter Waves (videos)

If you and the kids want to explore tide pools to check out little fish, crabs and other creatures, Sharks Cove is good place to go (when it is calm). It features a huge tide pool shielded from waves by a natural outer rock wall making it ideal for kids. It’s also a pretty good [...]

“From Here to Eternity” Beach (video)

Remember that famous beach scene in the 1953 movie, “From Here to Eternity”? That scene was shot at Halona Cove Beach on Oahu. Halona Cove Beach is sometimes referred to as “Eternity Beach” because of that movie. Anyways, I’ve always wanted to visit that beach since I pass it every time I go to Makapuu, [...]

Big Wave Surfing at Waimea Bay

The North Shore of Oahu is known for its large winter waves. Every December, if the waves are big enough and surfing conditions good enough, the Quicksilver Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational is held at Waimea Bay. The last time it was held(prior to 2009) was back in 2004.  As you might expect, the event [...]

Old Flight Footage Over Oahu

Take an aerial video tour of Oahu to the soothing steel guitar music of local musician, Paul Togioka.

Music by Paul Togioka

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