Shootz! Photographing The Light That Is All Around Us
Light is bright, clear, shining, dull, radiant and intense. Everywhere the Civil Beat photographers went this week they tried to record its nature. From flaming hillsides to floating tourists and on to quiet galleries, sunsets and silhouettes, our images reveal this past week.
Light is bright, clear, shining, dull, radiant and intense. Everywhere the Civil Beat photographers went this week they tried to record its nature. From flaming hillsides to floating tourists and on to quiet galleries, sunsets and silhouettes, our images reveal this past week.
A military helicopter drops water on a large fire in the Mililani Mauka-Launani Valley area Monday, as seen from the Ewa Forest Reserve. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)The Mililani fire had burned 1,100 acres and was 30% contained as of Thursday. The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch across the islands from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon due to gusty, dry weather. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)A tourist snorkels along Waikiki Beach Sunday. Tourism has been fluctuating in Hawaii since the pandemic and the Maui wildfires. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Tourists from Korea photograph themselves with outrigger canoes at Crescent Beach at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki on Sunday. Visitor arrivals are projected to be lower than previous years, with the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism forecasting 9.8 million visitors in 2023. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Tourists and snorkelers enjoy Sharks Cove on Thursday in Haleiwa. A new housing development at the already crowded beach and snorkeling spot on the North Shore would create more crowds if the homes are used as short-term rentals for tourists. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)The Hawaii Forest Industry Association’s annual exhibition, which is open through Wednesday at 848 S. Beretania St., displays everything from the bizzare to the beautiful — all created from Hawaii-grown wood. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)The Hawaii Forest Industry Association’s annual exhibition featured pieces like “Spark” by Luke Shaffer, a Steampunk-style wooden robot dog using milo, koa, copper and epoxy, valued at $16,000. It won Best in Show. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Michael Patrick Smith’s “Ahi, Mahi and More” is turned wood with pyrography made from cook pine and valued at $4,600. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)As the sun sets just outside of Sand Island Recreation Area, local fishermen make their way back in to port, Wednesday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)An OC1 paddler finishes off her workout close to Sand Island as the sun sets. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Paige DePonte, owner of Spirit Horse Ranch in Kula, brushes one of the horses she uses for equine therapy. (Allan Kew/Civil Beat/2023)
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