February, 2008

Big News

Hey gang, got some pretty big news. First off, while shooting my piece on Hilo I bumped into a reporter for Big Island Weekly. She was very nice and took my picture and there's a small write up in the paper and a plug for the site. (You can read the full article here)

In other news, the local TV station KHHB has hired me to shoot video around town on assignment, basically this means sending me to interview people or shoot specific locations that will be featured on the nightly news update. Now I won't be on camera so I'm not that famous... yet. But its a step in the right direction.

Hawaii - Small Town Politics

A look at what goes on in a small town during the democratic caucus.

Hawaii - Small Town Politics from dustrotter on Vimeo.

Democracy in action

Tonight I went and covered the Hawaiian Democratic Caucus. It was quite interesting to see, there was a huge turn out and the local news is reporting record numbers for total ballots counted. I talked to people, met a super-delegate, took pictures, shot video and stayed till it was all over. I'll post a video hopefully in the next few days. And the best part? Someone actually recognized me.

"Hey haven't I seen you before? Aren't you from those videos?"


Double checking the ballots. Hilo, Hawaii Caucus 2008

Hawaii - South Point

This week we head to South Point, the southern most point in the US and swing by a green sand beach.

Hawaii - South Point from dustrotter on Vimeo.

Download This Weeks Royal Radio

I've streamlined the way I record, edit and upload the recordings of my weekly radioshow. So they should be popping up a lot more frequently now. I'm technically not supposed to do this, but I'm a nobody so I'm sure all the somebody's don't care.

Hawaii - Hilo Underwater

As promised, I've delivered; today I went downtown and shot some video of the flooding. From what I heard and saw the flooding was quite a bit worse on Saturday. Rain is still in the forecast for this week so if things get crazy here, I'll get it on tape and get it on line. I planned, shot and edited this video today its a little rough, so bear with me.

Hawaii - Hilo Underwater from dustrotter on Vimeo.

So whats the haps?

A few people have been asking me what I've been up to lately; well the last 2 weeks have been basically non-stop rain. And when I say non-stop I don't mean California non-stop which is cloudy skies and a few inches of drizzle. I mean heavy to torrential rains for probably 80 - 90% of the day. From what I've heard the downtown area (visible in the beginning of the Hawaii By Motorcycle Video) is totally flooded out. As a documentarian it's my responsibility to inform the public of whats going on.