Be Back Soon...

Hey there!!! Been kind of caught up with my taxes lately and haven't updated...trying to come up with all the DEDUCTIONS!!! I'm almost done filing. I wanna get it over with!!! Anyways, I haven't gone out to listen to LIVE music lately too. I know I'm missing out on all those gigs. Sorry to all the Musicians......I'll be back soon.
Well, HAPPY EASTER folks!!!

やぁ、みんな！お久しぶり。今日は会計士さんと会い、税金の処理、、、。うーん、最近ずっと数字ばかりで疲れたよー。と、こんな調子のここ数日っだったんだけど、今日は久々に兄のモリくんから電話があり、両親とも久々に話したよ。モリくんは京都、僕の両親はグアム、そんで僕はハワイ。いやぁー、やっぱり家族としゃべると電話でもなんか嬉しいねー。ちょっと税金とかで凹んでたけど、元気がでたさー！！！よし、俺もいつもの「ナンクルナイサー」精神でがんばらねば！！！

最近はちょっと音楽人の撮影もしていなかったので、沖縄へ旅行に行ったときの写真をどーぞ。これは従兄弟の「ひーでー」と「マーキー」と北部に行ったときに。ちょうど日が暮れていたので道の脇に車を止めて、、、。この写真、結構好きかも。そのうち、沖縄写真も、その他の旅の写真もアップするのでお楽しみに！！！


Here's an image for the meantime. I was organizing my travel photos, and found this image I took in northern OKINAWA. I like this pic :)

Pacific Weddings Magazine

Hey everybody!!! It's officially the end of March(spring break), but for me, wedding season is just about to begin. It's been nice to have some time off the actual wedding shoots, but it's time to start shootin again!!! Anyways, since the new blog started, I haven't posted anything wedding-related. So, HERE It IS!!! I'd like to share some of the FUN stuff I do at work(?)!!! Here's a video of the latest photo shoot for the cover of PACIFIC WEDDINGS magazine, I shot with VISIONARI. We've been lucky to work as a regular CONTRIBUTOR to the magazine, and have done projects from fashion, food, product, and many :) I'll post a collection of some images from the past issues of the magazine(what I could find). Also, I'll post along the COVER PHOTO of the WINTER/SPRING 2009 issue taken by MIKE JOY of VISIONARI!!! Check out the VISIONARI BLOG for more images from the video, and many more AWESOME wedding photos!!!!! Also, I'd like to thank cinematographer Angel De Armas for putting together this AMAZIN video!!! This was shot in the beautiful North Shore of Honolulu, Hawaii.


３月も終わり、春シーズンですねー。さて、新型ブログになってから初のウェディング関係のものをアップしまーす！！！で、なんと今回はVISIONARIのファッション撮影の映像を公開！！！ここ数年お世話になっているウェディング雑誌、 PACIFIC WEDDINGS のドレス・水着ファッション撮影の模様です。オアフ島のノースショアで撮影。今回の撮影からのもので、雑誌の表紙を飾る事ができました！！！表紙の写真はMIKE JOYがゲット！！！僕の写真も２ページのったぞー。イェイ！とりあえず、表紙とあとは過去に雑誌にのったものをちっちゃいながらまとめてみました、、。でゎ、下のビデオ楽しんでください！！！

Jazzminds, Guam? (cont'd)

Here are the actual images in full size from the post earlier. Just testin some black and white :)
Thanks again to ALL the MUSICIANS!!!!!!

Jazzminds, Guam?

Hey guys!!! Just a quick post of a few from a couple of days ago at JAZZMINDS. ML(Mark Lindberg) & The Plate Lunch and The Bentos with Santino and Joy James, were jazzin down the house!!!!!! Adding to that, I was lucky to be able to see MORE special guests. Trumpet player Eldrich(formerly performed@Las Vegas...WOW!), another trumpet Marcel, and our old friend from GUAM Mel Fausto on vocals!!!!!! Such a great night, with sooo many musicians :) It's cool to see other musicians jump on and JAM with others. Personally, to see Santino, Joy James, Mel Fausto on stage, while me, Gene Park(also from Guam), and Sal Diamore having beer and soco shots really made me feel like I was back home in GUAM. Plus we had at least a dozen more Guam people visiting supporting the LOCAL musicians. Just hearing them cheer with their budweiser in their hand with FOKAI shirts made me feel I was in CASA NAMI or something...haha. Well, here's just a few of the pics from that night. I'll post some more later!!!

いやいや、皆さんお元気ですか？さて、新型ブログになり４回目のアップですが、音楽の写真ばかりです、、、。最近ちょっと結婚式のほうは数少なく、、まぁ、こっちのほうを楽しんでます。そのうちウェディング関係ものせます！！！家族も心配しちゃうよねぇ。（笑）
さて、３月も後残り３日。「あっ」ちゅー間に春ですな。ハワイも最近「雨期」が終わったかな？と思わせるように。ただ、風がよく吹く。そんで冷たい。南国なのにたまにユニクロのフリース着てるよ。そんな事はさておき。。。実は６月にワシントン州・シアトルまでを計画中。私の大好きな日本人ジャズピアニストの「上原ひろみ」の生演奏が聞きたい！！！今や、世界中で演奏し、ジャズ界に旋風を巻き起こしている彼女、、、同じ年くらいなのにとにかくスゴい！！！そんな彼女が２日間、シアトルで演奏。ハワイから＄４００弱で航空券を見つけたのだが、、、あと２クリック、、、。ま、決まったらお知らせします。。。ってことで、一昨日の夜、ジャズバーに行ったとき撮った数枚です。では、また！！！

Shout out to the GUAM peeps that came to support!!! Yup, if you stop by Hawaii, come by JAZZMINDS!!! Not far from Waikiki.

Dis Is Da Drum

Hey everybody!!! Hope you had a nice day :) Honolulu peeps, feel like doin somethin after dinner??? Come check out JAZZMINDS on Kapiolani from 900PM(3/26)!!!! Here's Mark Lindberg, AMAZING DRUMMER who plays tonite leading the Plate Luch and The Bentos, also special performances by vocalists from GUAM Joy James and Santino Sgambelluri!!!!!! GUAM PEEPS, come by when you visit Hawaii!!! GUAM MUSICIANS, come by to HAWAII more and JAM nai!!! I hope the bridge between GUAM and HAWAII musicians get closer, so more of Guam's talent can experience more out here, and musicians from Hawaii can come experience the "Che'lu-ness" and talent of GUAM :)


*this flyer made by Mark Linderg. Thanks bro!

Love the keys

Well, here's another one from Jazzminds, Honolulu. Ikaika Tescon on the keys, with High Mercury. He is also a good friend of mine, and a very talented musician. He is one of the few people I know who knew Hiromi Uehara's music (I'll try to post some videos in the future), one of my favorites!!! Through him, I was able to meet a lot of musicians in Hawaii. Thanks Ike!! You can check him out tomorrow(?) tonite(?)....3/26 at Jazzminds on Kapiolani from 930PM. ML Plate Lunch and The Bentos with special performance by: Joy James and Santino Sgambelluri on vocals. Occasionally, you will be able to witness a stand up comedy show of Mama-san. Just kidding, she's a sweetheart (-.-)'. Feed yourself with some good music, come out and be healthy. Have a beer enjoy the music, drive home safe :)





Also, quick announcement for next month(Apr/09)!!! Ikaika Tescon, Santino Sgambelluri, and Sal Diamore every Friday at the Dragon Upstairs!!! Everyone in Honolulu, check it out, it's in downtown NUUANU ST. above Hank's. Enjoy your Aloha Friday with some LIVE JAZZ!!!!!! I'll follow up on this when I find out more.

Blog Post Numba One!!!

My first post on my blog!!! I'll start off with a couple of images I took of my good friend and "Da Numba One Male Bocalist" Santino Sgambelluri. I love listening to LIVE music!!!.....and of course, I always have my camera with me :)
Before my passion for photography grew, and still now, I love music more than anything in my life. Once I picked up a camera, I enjoyed taking photos of what I love, which was live music. Where I grew up in Guam, I was fortunate to be around a number of talented musicians. I remember going out every night lugging my camera around to all the bars. Wait a minute...I think I started by bringing those snap-shot instant cameras.....anyways, all that shooting actually helped out on my photography! I guess I just wanna express my appreciation to all my musician friends, and to music itself.

Random thought, but I just remembered my friend once told me that Music is like Food. You are what you eat. Good music, healthy soul! So, everyone, go eat healthy!!!
Go support your local bands!!! LIVE music is the way to be, go and feel the music :)

Well, thanks for stopping by, and congratulations, you've read my FIRST OFFICIAL POST!!! Yay.

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どーも、hikoです！新しいブログを作ってみました！！！最近独学でパソコンとオタッキー生活、、、、がこんな感じに仕上がりました。ルックスは・・・どうでしょう？まぁ、そんな事はさておき、このブログでは僕の仕事の結婚式の写真だけではなく、旅行やプライベート、ファッションや食べ物、ぜーんぶアップしていくよ！、、、、、多分。。。
なるべく、英語と日本語、両方で書くさー。ま、家族や友達のみんなも俺の写真見れるし、楽しくやって行こう、楽しく！！！
でゎ、よろしくー！！！！！
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さて、第一回目の写真は私の音楽人（ミュージシャン）のコレクションから。以前から、何よりも音楽が大好き！！！「音楽あるから命ある」みたいな、、、まぁ、特にライブが好きなんですわ。やっぱり生演奏は音楽を「肌」で感じ取れるのが何とも言えませんねー！ライブにももちろんカメラと一緒。とにかくライブのあるとこに毎晩行ってましたねー。まぁ、飲みながら楽しくできたし、いつも友達や仲間と一緒だったし。そんなこんなで撮りまくったおかげで、現在の経験にもなってる事間違いなし。音楽に感謝！！！
みんなもたまには「生演奏（ライブ）」でも聞きに行っては？！？！？！グアムだったらHouse of Brutusとか、Acanta MallのReds、Sheraton Laguna GuamのPointやAtrioなど、個人的に行ってます。ハワイでは、KapiolaniのJazz MindsやDowntownのDragon's Upstairsなどに行ってます。主にJazzですが、是非どーぞ！！！

それでは、最後に、喜納昌吉さんの言葉です。
「全ての武器を楽器に」、、、、、うーん、素晴らしい！！！

次回、お楽しみに！！！！！！


Santino singing at the House of Brutus, Guam. I think he hit a high "E" this night, AMAZING!!!




Tino at Jazz Minds. Honolulu, Hawaii.