Lessons learned while in Hawaii

Here I am, my first trip to Hawaii and I am spending most of my time on a corn field.  Not at all how I envisioned my maiden voyage to our southern most state...

I am here with a film crew as we document some Monsanto growing and breeding practices.  Rally quite interesting how they can speed up the time to market with locations like this where they can harvest several times a year.

We started our video shoot around 7am.  Before the sun rose over Pearl Harbor.  As is typical there was fog and vog (volcanic fog) that settles over Honolulu in the early hours which blocked our natural sunlight.  But patience...and taking more videos than planned helped us nail the shots we were looking for.  As I snapped off a few of my own photos from my DSLR and smart phone I got to thinking about patience.  Patience is hard to come by these days.  Honestly, had we wanted to we could have rigged a light to act as our sun and shot the video in any conditions.  But we waited...and watched the clouds...and waited some more.  Then...there it was.  The perfect natural light shining down on this small plot of corn.

Sometimes waiting makes you appreciate what you get even more.  Today I was reminded of that lesson.  Here's a couple of shots from my phone that show the natural light.

Life on the island moves a little slower in general.  Perhaps they all live the lesson I was reminded of today.  But for me, I'll exercise a little more patience in my life...and I'll plan to enjoy the rewards.