"The Best Camera is the One That's With You"

I want to start the week on a positive note, so here's to gratitude & loving what you've got.

majestic Hawaii sunset taken with my iPhone 4 camera

Seeing Life Through These Lenses podcast

Are you interested in Photography? Listen to the pilot episode of the podcast: Seeing Life Through These Lenses where I play a little easy listening music, talk about life in Hawaii, Hawaiian history and culture, and landscape photography... the ambiance is warm and light-hearted, conversations sprinkled with some philosophical musings about life...so grab a drink, sit down, relax and I hope you enjoy listening!



Credits:
Slide #2 from Flickr under Creative Commons license
Jack Johnson's picture from Flickr under Creative Commons license
Jack Johnson music
Pu'uhonua O' Honaunau
Ken Rockwell
The Best Camera

This podcast was made possible by:
Garageband '09
Countless hours of pacing through my condo unit while organizing my thoughts
And an impending deadline

I "Heart" Keynote + Jing!

Warning: geek talk ahead!

I had fun making this slide show and I hope you enjoy watching it too!

Okay, but if you really want to know the whole truth... well, there was a little bit of frustration there too since this is the very first time I am using Jing. For a while there, the preview looked like it can't be resized and was cutting out the text of my slideshow, so I embarked on this mad editing task of resizing my Keynote slides, which I will find later on to be unnecessary.

You see, I am the type of person who likes to just try it out and find my way around, I am usually pretty confident in my abilities to just wing it, you know and since I was up against a deadline, ahem . However, as with most things new, there is a learning curve and I found that I was getting ahead of myself there for a minute... So I forced myself to take a deep breath, slow down, eat a piece of humble pie and watched the video tutorials, and I am glad I did since I learned a few cool things.

Now if only I can find a way to compress the data size without sacrificing the image and sound quality... Hmmm, any techies out there that can give me some advice or am I asking for the moon?

The video might load excruciatingly slow, patience little one, patience... I heard it's a virtue.

Up in the air

I've spent a lot of time looking out the window. As a child, I always chose the window seat, a habit that stuck with me until now. I guess there is something poetic about faces and places passing you by, and while photographers talk about developing a keen artistic eye, personally, I look at it as cultivating appreciation and gratitude. Appreciation for the beauty, artistry and grandeur of this place we call home and gratitude that we are able to be a part of it.


An aerial view of the majestic Diamond Head.



The world famous Waikiki Beach.


The pristine Kohala Coast amidst a cloud of haze and vog.


My friend Holly, looking very much like a beautiful fairy at the Parker Ranch Historic Homes & Gardens.

The artistry is in the details.

Aloha, I'm Elaine Panlilio & welcome to my photography blog!

For my first blog post, I invite you to get up-close (& personal? Hmmm, maybe we'll work on the personal part later on, shall we?).

I am the type of person who appreciate the beauty and artistry in patterns and intricate details. When photographing along this theme, trying out different angles can produce interesting results. Don't be afraid to get up-close, kneel, or lay down if you have to in order to get that shot.







The chandeliers and the candle sconce in the photos above are from the Parker Ranch Historic Homes in Kamuela (or more popularly known as Waimea) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Puuopelu, the second home on the site, was purchased by John Parker II and was expanded and modernized by Richard Palmer Smart. This home is known for its European heirloom furniture, crystal chandeliers and delicate figurines, along with one of the finest private art collections in Hawaii.



The MacBook Pro in this photo is my own (and what I am using as I am blogging this!), the desk is from one of the rooms at the Courtyard Marriott in Waikiki.



The Bird of Paradise flower is from a garden in Waimea. Can you see the tiny black ladybug?

So what are you waiting for? The best way to learn is to just go out there, start snapping some photos and above all, just have fun!