Aloha Maui fans, it’s finally here!

Tonight brings us the opening ceremonies for the first annual Maui Photo Festival and Workshops, and all this week I’ll be bringing you the best of the fest and the island of Maui.

In preparation for the festival, I’ve been out shooting various spots on this gorgeous island, both day and night. You can check out some of the results on the Maui by Photo page on Facebook, as well as photos from my Flickr photostream.

Follow Along

If you’re not out here for the festival (or even if you are), you can still tag along with me by following @MauiByPhoto on Twitter. I’ll be sharing updates from the different excursions and sessions that I’m attending, including a Haleakala sunrise trip and a doors-off helicopter tour on Friday.

It’s going to be an amazing week that you don’t want to miss, and if you love photography on the islands, something you’ll sure to want to see for yourself next year, too.

Talk Story

As always, drop me a line or leave a note if you have any thoughts or comments on the festival. Give me a shout if you’re here and attending, and be sure to say Aloha.

Mahalo,
– Kris

When I saw tweets from @DJSMOOK and @MauiHawaiiInfo with photos from last night’s sunset, it was obvious they were both worthy of a retweet. In that short second, I decided to throw in a new hashtag to keep photos like these together: #MauiSunset.

Within moments, @AMauiBlog strolled outside to her lanai, and snapped this beauty that stole the show.

#MauiSunset from @AMauiBlog on TwitPic

And with that, others started joining in and the use of the #MauiSunset hashtag started its journey.

Spread the Aloha

Much like the awesome #aloha09 idea that started on New Years Eve last year, I think it would be great to see how long we can keep this nightly tradition going. It’s simple. If you’re on Maui and capture a gorgeous sunset, tweet it and include the #MauiSunset (and #aloha09) hashtag. Try to include where on Maui it was taken, and be sure to leave a little room for an RT, too.

As the nights go by and with a fair amount of participation, the search feed for #MauiSunset will surely fill up nicely, leaving a great list of Maui sunset photos for all to enjoy.

Let me know what you think and if you wanna help spread the word out there. And if you’re not already following @MauiByPhoto, stop by and say Aloha.

Mahalo, and looking forward to those great #MauiSunset pics.
– Kris