Friday, December 3, 2010
Hawaii Convention Center
Jalna had asked me if I wanted to go to the
Real Word dinner with her at the Convention Center. I jumped at the chance and I was honored that she asked me to go. It was amazing listening to everyone's stories and what this magazine was all about. I was so absorbed what was going on on stage that I forgot to get pictures of Jalna receiving her plaque! Yes! She' s one of the contributing STAFF photographers! Unreal yah!? They even had a HUGE picture of her on the big screen when they called her name! I suck. I should've caught that on film. The main reason why I didn't bust out my camera was because it was extremely intimidating being in the room with some of these people. As I went around looking at everybody's work I felt like I should've turned around and got the hell out of there. I sooooo did not belong there, let alone with my camera!!
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Anyways, here we are practicing with my dreaded flash...had to make sure all of our settings were right just in case I did need to take a few shots...
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As you can see it wasn't going too good...grrrr...
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I wanted to get pictures of Jalna with all of her new friends...here she is with Gerilyn Camarillo of
Hokuli'i Images (yup...she's one of the awesome photogs that were there!)
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This is
Tui Scanlan, an extremely talented slam poet, and Jalna's friend
Prime, someone who she's blogged about many times, showcasing his awesome graffiti murals
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The mastermind behind the magazine, Cheryl DiAngelo
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Rani Hanohano, Editorial Assistant
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Look what Prime made for Jalna! Cool, huh? He blew up one of her prints and mounted it on canvas!