Sunday, December 12, 2010

Hawaii Post #8: Smith Family Luau

Our last night there, we got to go to a luau! I didn't get to go to one last time I was in Hawaii (5 years ago), so this was really exciting for me. My mom had told us ahead of time that there is a luau on the island that lets you just go to the show, without having to pay 100 bones to go to the dinner part, too. So we just did that, and it was so much fun! And so much cheaper. We went to the Smith Family Luau, which I HIGHLY recommend. Such a great show, a lot of variety, and so much theatricality.



It was really cool - they went through different heritages that Hawaiians have (Chinese, Japanese, Maori, etc.). This was a beautiful and sweet Japanese dance

The Haka...reminded us a lot of BYU Football back in the golden days - and we agree they should bring it back next year. I love the crazy mad faces men get when they do it.


We both loved the fire. I mean, come on, look at the next picture...

...the guy ate fire!!!

Luckily I had my new awesome camera (Canon 50D), so I had more flexibility with my ISO and shutter speeds. They are pretty grainy, but what do you expect? It was pitch black outside! :)

7 comments:

Katrina Reinert said...

I'm so jealous of the new camera! That is so awesome for you! What kind of lens did you have on it? When we were at the Smith Family Luau, I felt like I was so far back and I didn't want to crop them because the grain quality would get crazy bad.

Richard said...

These Pic's are awesome. I really like the last one, it looks like he has wings of fire. That's some awesome pictures.

Kent said...

I love the fire pix!

Q said...

Great exposure on the fire shots!

Karen said...

I basically gave up trying to get a good picture when I was there. You did an amazing job though! Very cool exposures!

Randi said...

Alec and I have been looking through all of your Hawaii pictures and they are so great! I can't believe all of the fun stuff you guys got to do while you were there. Awesome. We'll see you soon!

Ann said...

I'm with Kent. The fire pix are amazing--love the way you capture the shape of the flames. Nice!