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Windows

Jamm Aquino — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:41 +0000

A glimpse of a construction site of a new building on the Iolani campus is seen through two windows in a fence on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Iolani School in Moiliili. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

I saw this while waiting to photograph a baseball game yesterday afternoon at Iolani School. Mind you, I had to wait about half and hour or so for the right elements to line up within the two windows on the construction perimeter safety fence. A truck backed up, and one of the workers stepped out from the structure into the sunlight, and voila. Image made. This didn't make print today, so I'm sharing with you all here. Enjoy!

Brolly

Jamm Aquino — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:55:13 +0000

A woman with an umbrella waits to cross the street at the intersection of Queen and Cooke Streets on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 in Kakaako. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Sometimes, things like sheet metal walls make for great backgrounds.

Kalaheo and Moanalua hoops

Jamm Aquino — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:33:52 +0000

Hey all,

Since print real estate is very limited these days, here are a few of my faves from last night's coverage of the OIA Red Division boys basketball championship between Moanalua and Kalaheo. What a game! This is basketball, y'all! No contracts, no trainers, no sponsors--just kids with the heart and soul to win a game for their team. Enjoy.

Moanalua's Jon-Michael Sharsh goes up and over Kalaheo's Kurt Vegas during the first half of the 2013 OIA Boys Red Division championship basketball game between the Kalaheo Mustangs and the Moanalua Menehune on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at McKinley High School in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Kalaheo's Derick Morgan goes in to block a shot by Moanalua's Kahanu Puulei-Auld during the first half of the 2013 OIA Boys Red Division championship basketball game between the Kalaheo Mustangs and the Moanalua Menehune on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at McKinley High School in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Moanalua's Kahanu Puulei-Auld steals the ball away from Kalaheo's Silila Tucker during the first half of the 2013 OIA Boys Red Division championship basketball game between the Kalaheo Mustangs and the Moanalua Menehune on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at McKinley High School in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Kalaheo's Derick Morgan snags a rebound ahead of Moanalua's Jordan Williams during the second half of the 2013 OIA Boys Red Division championship basketball game between the Kalaheo Mustangs and the Moanalua Menehune on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at McKinley High School in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Kalaheo's Shem Sukumaran takes a hand to the face from Moanalua's Antoine Hines as Ola Brown, right, goes up for the block during the second half of the 2013 OIA Boys Red Division championship basketball game between the Kalaheo Mustangs and the Moanalua Menehune on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at McKinley High School in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Toby

Jamm Aquino — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:04:08 +0000

Happy Saturday, everyone!

With Maryknoll's ILH championship last night, I figured I'd give y'all a preview of Maryknoll center Toby Schramm's portrait I did earlier this week. He's so tall, I had to put one of my lightstands on a chair! Enjoy!

Maryknoll basketball player Tobias Schramm poses for a portrait on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Maryknoll High School Gymnasium in Makiki. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Leo

Jamm Aquino — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:09:16 +0000

Kalani's Leo Klink stays ahead of Punahou's Royce Romero, right, and Kainoa McDonald during the first half of the 2013 HHSAA Boys Division I soccer championship game between the Punahou Buffanblu and the Kalani Falcons on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Waipio Soccer Complex in Waipahu. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Kalani's Leo Klink celebrates his goal during the first half of the 2013 HHSAA Boys Division I soccer championship game between the Punahou Buffanblu and the Kalani Falcons on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Waipio Soccer Complex in Waipahu. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Hello everyone,

This past Saturday, I photographed the 2013 HHSAA Boys championship soccer game between the Punahou Buffanblu and the Kalani Falcons. What turned out to be a nailbiter of a game also turned into tragedy later on, unbeknownst to myself and so many others.

As many of you have probably already read in today's Star-Advertiser, Kalani star player Leo Klink's mother suffered a stroke during the game, and was taken away by ambulance in the middle of the second half of the game. Read the complete story by Michael Tsai and Jerry Campany here

Here is the ambulance leaving Waipio Soccer Stadium. Leo Klink can be seen third from the right amidst the huddle of his team.

Nobody--not myself or our reporter--knew that this was Leo Klink's mother until the game was done and the celebration by Kalani was over with. When Kalani clinched the victory in penalty kick, the jubilation that occurred centered around Klink and how he helped carry his team to the title. It was a genuine moment of triumph. While I photographed the team celebrating and piling on top of each other, my attention focused on Klink because of his key role in the win. He was crying tears of joy, exclaiming "WE DID IT!" It was a surreal moment--seeing the triumph of an athlete's hard work and training culminate into the biggest victory for his team and himself. Here's the moments immediately after the game.

I had a really tough time dealing with my emotions after hearing about Mrs. Klink's selfless act because I love my parents with all my heart and soul, and I can only imagine the dilemma felt by the Klink family at that very moment that night. I feel I should share her son's moments of triumph with all of you.

Because that's what she did.

Mrs. Klink shared her son with all of those present that night in letting Leo and the Kalani Falcons fulfill the dream of winning. Please have the Klink family in all of your thoughts and prayers, and live like you mean it.

Alakea Street

Jamm Aquino — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:12:29 +0000

Hey all. Happy Friday. I was walking along Alakea Street after a court assignment a few days ago and stumbled upon this. It's amazing what a shiny SUV hood and some lines can do for you.

Welcome back! Best of 2012

Jamm Aquino — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:05:34 +0000

Hey all!

So I'm just getting settled into the new Cafe couch here on our new Staradvertiser.com server, and I figured I'd throw you guys a "Best of 2012" from some of my archives this past year.

From going aboard the USS Nimitz and getting catapulted off, to diving with hammerhead sharks without a cage, I'd say I had a very fun year. Of course, there was the "wonder blunder," the tight mayoral race that saw Peter Carlisle on the losing end. And I got to go to Los Angeles to cover USC Football AND the Dodgers (who don't have Shane Victorino anymore). All in all, an amazing year full of highs and lows. So, pull up a chair, relax, and enjoy the Aperture Cafe!

Five-year-old Maika Sack points up to a vine she wants to swing on while spending time with her father Ric (not pictured) on Monday, March 19, 2012 at Ala Moana Beach Park in Kakaako. Maika and her father Ric were spending their last afternoon in the sun before flying back home to British Columbia later that evening. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

A horse grazes under a vivid low rainbow on Monday, July 16, 2012 near Kawailoa on Oahu's North Shore. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

St. Louis' Pali Galdeira, top, soars while team mate Micah Todd, right, combines to break up a pass intended for Pac-Five's Tsubasa Brennan, back, during first-half action of an ILH Football game between the St. Louis Crusaders and the Pac-Five Wolf Pack on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Halawa. (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).

Kalaheo's Derick Morgan grabs the ball away from McKinley's Jace Bolosan during first-half action of the HHSAA Boys Division II Basketball Championship between the McKinley Tigers and the Kalaheo Mustangs on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

A pinwheel motif by artist Mark Hastert during a preview of the 2012 Printmakers' Gallery on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at the Academy Art Center in downtown Honolulu. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

**Dec. 24, 2012** I like to think outside the box a lot, and I felt that this slow-panned photo really showcased the power and windup of Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Clayton Kershaw as he delivers in the top of the first inning of a Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

**Dec. 24, 2012** In what was perhaps one of the most controversial blunders of the year for the city of Honolulu, I chose this photo because I felt it represented the mood of the whole affair--secrets being kept from one another. UH president MRC Greenwood, left, whispers to Board of Regents chair Eric Martinson as Senators Sam Slom, back, and Donna Mercado Kim whisper amongst themselves after a Senate-run hearing and investigation about the cancelled Stevie Wonder concert on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 at the State Capitol Senate room 211 in Honolulu. (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).

**Dec. 24, 2012** This is just an unusual instance when a fast shutter speed gives a millisecond window into something unique and ethereal--something I always try for but seldom get in sports photography. The eye of Kamehameha Maui player Makamae Palos is seen through a wall of water during a girls HHSAA water polo match between the Kaiser Cougars and the Kamehameha Maui Warriors on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at UH Manoa's Aquatic Complex. Kaiser won 6-3. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

**Dec. 24, 2012**--Sometimes, covering a spot news assignment requires you to look the other way from the obvious for a picture. I chose this because of its irony in the beauty of a Hawaii sunset coupled with the almost stage-like police and fire strobe lights illuminating the onlookers. Firefighters battle a housefire on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 along Likini Street in Salt Lake / Aliamanu. The cause of the blaze was under investigation, and at the time, it was not known if there were any injuries or casualties. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

George Kahumoku, Jr. has an intimate moment with Bella, one of the goats he and his wife Nancy hand raised, on the Kahumoku farm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in Kahakuloa on the island of Maui, Hawaii. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

The main atrium is seen aboard the Disney cruiseliner Wonder on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Honolulu Harbor. The Wonder, which is in Hawaii on its maiden voyage to the islands, heads to Kauai late Sunday evening. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Scalloped hammerhead sharks at Sea Life Park's new Shark Trek on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Sea Life Park in Waimanalo. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

An F/A-18 Hornet launches from the catapult aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 off Oahu. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Honolulu Police investigate the scene after a fatal collision involving a motorcycle rider and a grey Ford pickup on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 along Kapolei Parkway in Kapolei. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the pickup, who was unhurt, remained on the scene for police investigators. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

From left, Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle, mayoral candidates Ben Cayetano, and Kirk Caldwell moments before a televised Honolulu Mayoral debate on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the KITV studios in Honolulu. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

His Holiness the Dalai Lama greets 12th graders from the Kamehameha Schools Concert Glee during a welcoming ceremony on Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Kahala Hotel in Honolulu. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Honolulu mayoral incumbent Peter Carlisle addresses his supporters after conceding to his opponents at his campaign headquarters on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Kakaako. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

Members of the US Navy and US Marine Corps Honor Guard retire the old American flag during the USS Arizona Memorial's 50th Anniversary Commemoration on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. (Jamm Aquino/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser).

The Blue Angels prepare to take off during the 2012 Kaneohe Air Show on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at Kaneohe MCAS in Kaneohe. (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).

Hundreds of photographs taken by staff members line the ceiling, one of the many art exhibits by local artists that adorn both the interior and exterior of the DFS Galleria of shops on Monday, November 26, 2012 in Waikiki. (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).

Beachgoers are seen at the beach area fronting the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in Waikiki. (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Jamm Aquino).