Red Ohia lehua in Volcano rainforest mist Long Sleeve T-Shirt

"Kawaiko'olihilihiokalikolehua" is Hawaiian for the dew that settles/sparkles on the Lehua blossom. This red Ohia Lehua blossom is native to Hawaii and grows in the rainforests of Volcano, Hawaii. This picture was taken just after a morning rain mist, the normal beginning to a beautiful day. It is the favored flower of the Hawaiian Volcano Goddess ...Madame Pele, where Volcano is her home.

I feel my photographs captures and shares my moments of intimacy and the relationship between light, shadow, and the element of composition of my beautifu Hawai’i. As a photographer and a Hawaiian woman I try to convey through my photography the love for my Hawai’i with an understanding of the traditional Hawaiian value, that all natural resources of our environment, the ocean "kai", the land "aina", and the sky "lani", are interrelated and culturally significant to Hawaii and its people. “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” In my photography I try to capture the moments of my life I want to remember. It’s usually something that caught my eye and captured...