WELCOME!

To the Eyes of Hawaii Photography Club Website!

We are photographers of all skill levels who not only share our love of photography but also like to socialize with other like-minded people.

Our meetings are held on the 4th Monday of the month. Potluck is from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Our general meeting is from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Meetings normally consist of member presentations, short technical tutorials, the Theme of the Month Slide Show and a guest speaker.

Dues are $24 a year from July to July. Anyone joining in other than July will have their dues prorated.

Visitors may attend up to 2 meetings before deciding whether to join the club. with over 90 members, the meetings tend to be quite crowded and confusing to some so if you are there for the first time, please ask for our Vice-President, Eddie Freeman.

MONTHLY MEETING

The next EOH Monthly Meeting will be in-person at the St. Louis Clubhouse at 7:00 pm on October 23, 2023.
(Scroll down to bottom of this page for directions)

Potluck will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Meeting starts at 7:00 pm

THEME FOR OCTOBER: "LOOKING IN / LOOKING OUT - BORDERS"

The border could be a fence, wall, gate, hedge, window, etc. The idea is to give the viewer a sense of looking into or out onto a scene, place, happening, etc. It could be revealing a personal space or somewhere public.

Submit images or video to: drostow@gmail.com

Send to: by midnight WEDNESDAY, October 18, 2023.

Submit up to 5 pictures or video of up to 15 seconds (2 videos totaling 15 seconds can also be submitted.)
The pictures should be labelled with your first name and last name and a numerical number indicating the sequence you want the picture to be in i.e. SamChu1 then SamChu 2 etc. Pictures should be resized with the longest side not more than 2000 pixels but at least 1000 pixels. You can contact Lance at the email below if you need help in resizing.

After sending your pictures, if you have not received an acknowledgement, please send a second email asking for such, since it might mean they did not arrive.

HOLIDAY PARTY

The current consensus for our holiday party is to hold it at the St. Louis Clubhouse, the same night as our January meeting(January 22) from 5 pm to 9:30 pm. We will cater food from several places. Bring a 8x10 print of your favorite photo for display on the tables(no frame, no mounting, no metal, can be from your printer). Bring a $10 gift card from anywhere in a plain white sealed envelope (not less, not more just $10). We will put them in a bag, shake it up and people can pick one out. There will be one, maybe 2 $50 gift card(s) as the grand prize. The photo and the gift card is voluntary. We will try to keep the price person at $40-$45. I will need a few people to assist with picking up the food, checking in their photos and gift cards and decorating the place. Please email Lance at dragon0419@yahoo.com to help.

EYES OF HAWAII FACEBOOK GROUP

Members are welcome to join our Eyes of Hawai‘i Facebook group to share their photos:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/374042199339717

If you are the first participant posting photos about an event, please create an album (e.g., Byodo-In Temple, Flying Dress Photography Workshop, etc.) then upload your photos:

Main Page > Media Tab > + Create Album

Once the album is created, other EOH members can add their photos to this album.

NOTE:  Do not post anything to the Facebook group listed as "EyesOf Hawaii-Group".  It is an individual account belonging to an unknown person, and is not administered by the Eyes of Hawai’i Photography Group.

"5 PHOTO STORY"

"5 Photo Story" will be a new feature at our meetings. . It would be similar to the Contemporary Photo Exhibition where a "portfolio" of photos which is called Visual storytelling or Narrative Photography. It could be something simple as a day in the life of a photographer or Christmas shopping or the homeless problem in Honolulu or the birth of a butterfly. The story (in 2-3 sentences) must be submitted with the photos. The challenge will be not to have 5 photos of an event but to tell a story within the event. For example, it’s easy to get 5 photos of a wedding but the challenge is to get 5 photos of the cake cutting ceremony with the smiles, laughter and messy faces.

Send you photo stories to Lance Wong at: dragon0419@yahoo.com

Portrait & Model Workshop - Lili'oukalani Botanical Garden
Saturday, August 5, 2023
Thanks to everyone who came to the Workshop

75th Annual Floral Parade
Saturday, Sept 30, 9:00am to 12:00pm

From Ala Moana Park through Kalakaua Ave to Kapiolani Park

KOKO CRATER PHOTOWALK
Saturday, November 4, 9:30am
led by Naomi Hoffman, Botanist for the Honolulu Botanical Gardens

FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Saturday, November 18, 9:30am
Wahiawa Botanical Gardens - Cooking by Luther Chong

LATEST THEMES & PRESENTATIONS

EAST GREENLAND
By Karen Ahn

https://player.vimeo.com/video/868479444

GREENLAND
By Sergio Accatino

https://player.vimeo.com/video/864246047

SNACK FOOD
THEME FOR SEPTEMBER 2023
By Lance Wong

WE ARE FRIENDS MAUI CONCERT
By Eddie Freeman

https://player.vimeo.com/video/868499648

GREENLAND IN BLACK & WHITE
BY Sergio Accatino

https://player.vimeo.com/video/868534923

2023 OKINAWAN FESTIVAL
By Roy Adaniya

https://player.vimeo.com/video/863701372

PORTRAITS - THEME FOR AUGUST 2023
By Roy Okano

https://player.vimeo.com/video/859183761

JAPAN GION FESTIVAL
By Lance Wong

https://player.vimeo.com/video/858098985

REMEMBER LAHAINA
By Roy Adaniya

https://player.vimeo.com/video/858100030

BHUTAN
LEICA PHOTOGRAPHY ADVENTURE
By Sergio Accatino

https://player.vimeo.com/video/854528623

CLICK HERE TO SEE PAST THEMES AND PRESENTATIONS

Not Receiving Emails from the EOH?

The club frequently sends out emails to members about upcoming photoshoots and other important announcements. If you are not receiving emails on a regular basis or want to change the email you are receiving the announcements at, contact Don Rostow at:  drostow@gmail.com

The next Eyes of Hawaii General Meeting will be on

Place: St. Louis Alumni Assn Clubhouse - 925 Isenberg St. or 916 Coolidge St (back parking lot)

The EOH meeting will be in the Kalaepohaku room behind Agu Ramen. You can also enter the parking lot from 916 Coolidge St. POTLUCK will go on as usual at 6:00pm in the room. Consumption of Alcoholic beverages will be allowed but must be consumed on premises and must be purchased from the Bar in the same building.
Beverages (Alcohol or otherwise) from the bar can be ordered through the window from our meeting area.
If you come late and the doors are closed, ask the bartender where the meeting is and they will direct you in.

Potluck: 6pm - 7:pm
General Meeting: 7pm - 9 pm

For the potluck, members should bring their own tongs, serving spoons or other utensils to serve the dish. Pies should be precut. The monitor will be bringing the plate, napkins and chopsticks.

Parking is available in the lot directly behind the building (Coolidge St) or at First Hawaiian Bank next door. Your ticket will be validated by the bartender at the bar. Just deposit the ticket and validation in the Diamond Parking machine slot number that corresponds to your parking space. Parking is also available on Isenberg or Coolidge St.

EOH T-Shirts Still Available

EOH T-Shirts are still available. We have 7 Large, 9 Medium & 7 Small remaining. $10 each. If you are interested, email Mike Loke at: mloke3@gmail.com

EOH MEMBER WEBSITES

We would like to rebuild the member website page. If you have a website or place on the internet where you share your pictures, please send the link to: eohmail@eyesofhawaii.org.

GUEST SPEAKERS

The Eyes of Hawaii features a guest speaker monthly. If you would like to be a guest speaker or know of someone who is willing to be a guest speaker, please send an email to: eohmail@eyesofhawaii.org.

THEMES OF THE MONTH

A Theme Committee has been formed to decide what the monthly or special themes will be. Members are: Eddie Freeman (eddie@eddiefreeman51.com); Lance Wong (dragon0419@yahoo.com); Erick Tsukiyama (erickt72@gmail.com). If you have suggestions or comments about the themes, you can email the members directly.

2023 Themes
January - Your Best of 2022 (Erick Tsukiyama)
February - "All Creatures Large & Small" (Roy Okano)
March - "Variations" (Milton Hee)
April - "Feelings or Emotions" (Don Rostow)
May - "Island Style" (Milton Hee)
June - "Color to Black & White" (Don Rostow)
July - "Celebration" (Ken Stringer)
August - "Portraits" (Roy Okano)
Portraits: formal, informal, candid.  Individual, family, group.  Young, old.  Pet.  Color, B&W.
September - "Snack Foods" (Lance Wong)
Chips, fruits, carrots, cookies etc.
October - 
November -
December - 

2022 Themes
January - Your Best of 2021 (Milton Hee)
February - Urban Living (Ron Rostow)
March - Parks,Gardens,Forests & Farms (Roy Okano)
April - Food Markets (Burt Johnson)
May - Feet (Erick Tsukiyama)
June - Bridges (Don Rostow)
July - Macro, Micro or Close-up (Gary Nakanishi)
August - Music (Lance Wong)
September - Sun and/or Moon (Gary Nakanishi)
October - Parades (Burt Johnson)
November - Photography as Fine Art (Roy Okano)
December - 

2021 Themes
January - Your Best of 2020 (Don Rostow)
February - The World Around Us Today (Celia Doo)
March - Architecture (Milton Hee)
April - Frame Within A Frame (Kainalu Kamai)
May - Something You Love (Erick Tsukiyama)
June - After Dark (Don Rostow)
July - Ending of Covid (Jerry Anaya)
August - Signage (Sergio Accatino)
September - Color/B+W (Don Rostow)
October - Still Life (Roy Okano)
November - Things that Fly, Run, Swim or Crawl (Erick Tsukiyama)
December - 

2020 Themes
January - Erick (Food for Thought/Cooking/Fruits)
February - Erick (Architecture/Buildings)
March - Erick (Water - Oceans/Rivers/Surfing/Snow/Rain)
April - Travel or Macro - Shannon (Travel) or Jerry (Macro)
May - Celebration - Don Rostow
June - Black & White - Karen Ahn
July - Transportation/Trains/Roads/Cars - Don Rostow (drostow@gmail.com)
Don has train songs so wants some pictures of trains.
August - Abstract/Artsy - Karen Ahn
September - Street Photography - Cliff Kimura
October - Macro - Celia Doo
November - Silhouettes/Shadows - Roy Okano
December - Holidays - Erick Tsukiyama

We still need slideshow persons for future themes 
Please contact eohmail@eyesofhawaii.org if you are willing to do a slide show.