July 30, 2010 I got the chance to shoot for Billy V. again at the KCCN FM100 Birthday Bash. Not only is Billy V. a cool guy, but he shows so much aloha to everyone that its infectious. Everywhere we went he greets people with a smile and laughter which in-turn people give back to him.
Before the live-shoot back to Hawaii News Now he answers email, post updates and gets organized.
Billy V. had 3 live stand-ups to do 5, 6, and 6:30. Each stand-up he needed to update the station with different content. He brought in Augie T, Kelly Boy De Lima, and a few members of the audience.
Backstage, Billy V. and others look over the lineup.
Billy V. announces the next band Natural Vibrations.
During one of the breaks, I was in the photo-trench (photographers' area in the front of the stage) and I just happened to look up toward Billy V. He has this serious look and points to me. "Jay We Are Going OUT". Then he takes off. While I'm running out of the pit, I have to change my lenses on the fly. I have my 70-200mm on my Canon 5D and need to change it while running, dodging people walking and being polite at the same time.... frustrating... So I finally catch up to Billy V and get my wide angle lens on just in time for him to start speaking. My camera is rolling video and I'm out of breath. My camera is shaking and it's even harder to focus because the lighting in the crowd is low. We got the shot and Billy V was great.
9pm Billy V ends his night. It was a pleasure working for such a good man. I thank you Billy V. for giving me the opportunity, bring on the next assignment.
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