KoTo Photo

I'm just a budding photographer using my camera to capture life. There are many things in the world that inspire us: these are the ones that inspire me. I hope you enjoy them, and like with anything else in life, please, no stealing. Thank you.

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Small update

Aloha to any followers who are still, so graciously, following me,

Sorry that I haven’t posted in an eon or so. Life, being the way it is, has a way of sucking your soul bit by bit. In this process I lost some of the drive and motivation to take photos. I’m slowly trying to get back into it, and in doing so, have also started an Instagram account. Many of the photos from here have been transferred there, but I am actively uploading to it. I wish I could link the IG account with this one, but being a secondary blog, it doesn’t allow me to do so. But, if you are interested in following more current photos, my IG is thus:

https://www.instagram.com/kotobiwa/

Thank you again to all those who have kept with me =] I love you all.

Cheers~

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Metrosideros polymorpha

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Vaccinium

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Mosses

Mt Kaala, HI

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Filmy fern (Hymenophyllum?)

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Smilax melastomifolia

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Machaerina angustifolia

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Mt Kaala, HI

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Phyllostegia grandiflora

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Styphelia tameiameiae

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Styphelia tameiameiae

Mt. Kaala, HI

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Back to the basics

It’s been a long time since I posted any photos here....or rather anywhere. Apologies. My camera has been tucked in a drawer for some odd months, lonely, begging to be used. And I’ve seen it there. Staring. Longing for a chance to catch a whiff of fresh air. Life has become somewhat of routine. Work, home, relax, maybe a catch a movie, errands. People say that you should be constantly honing your craft, for that’s the only way to get better. Draw everyday, write everyday, take photos everyday. I’m not one of those. You see the same things everyday and it sucks the freshness and vitality out of it. Surrounded by beautiful people and amazing scenery ends up desensitizing the part of my soul that yearns to be creative. I tried to force the creativity out again but ended up walking around the city with my camera never leaving the bag. So I said fuck it. Go back to the subjects I love. Plants. Flowers. Nature. It’s what I know best. And who knows, maybe everything else will come back and be whole again.

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Stereotype

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Lost in the Wilderness 3

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Lost in the Wilderness 2

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Lost in the Wilderness

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Colors of the Wind