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Maui Photo Festival at Hyatt
We just arrived at the Hyatt to stay for 3 days on the west side of Maui in Kaanapali for the Maui Photo Festival. There are some great speakers presenting talks and workshops on various niches of photography.
I'm getting ready to have Jim DiVitale go over some advanced Photoshop techniques with us. But before the workshop, I thought I'd step outside and enjoy this view. Maui no ka oi!
Award Winning Hula Photos from Maui
The photo gallery above is composed of winning entries to the Maui Photo Festival Contest taken by Natalie Brown Photography. She was chosen out of hundreds of photographers to receive 2 awards: Best Hula Photography and Best Overall Photography. The festival went through almost 1,000 photo contest submissions and felt Natalie Brown had the best photos out of all of them.
This is a great honor and we'd like to congratulate Natalie for such a huge achievement. Maui is home to thousands of professional photographers. Having been chosen for both of these prestigious awards is big deal on Maui.
Umalu Restaurant Review, Menu, Photos on Maui
We just ate at Umalu Restaurant in Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii. It's an outdoor poolside Maui restaurant conveniently on the water at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in West Maui.
We went to the restaurant between lectures at the Maui Photo Festival. The place was PACKED! Though we all came at once, food was served hot and relatively quickly and with a smile. The setting is really beautiful with a bit of the ocean view over the hedge. The location is pretty much directly on the beach, but there's a bit of a buffer of landscape between the tables and the sand. The pool next to it was bustling with tourist activity.
My wife enjoyed the chicken quesadilla (a huge portion) which was tasty with a little heat and a whole lot of quacamole and sour cream. My waitress suggested the Korean BBQ Bulgogi Beef Sandwich, which I'm indebted to her for. It was served on toasted ciabatta bread with some kind of taro chips and won bok kim chee. The beef was tender sliced angus rib-eye grilled with a sweet Korean BBQ sauce. It was fantastic.
From what we experienced, the meal was superb and not too costly. The iced tea was also fresh brewed black tea (not that purfumy tropical crap that everyone pushes on us.)
We recommend this restaurant if you're on the upper west side of Maui. Make sure to check out the photos we took of the menu at Umalu before visiting them. Aloha!
FOLLOW UP: We just had another meal. This time I tried the Pork Tacos. They were very good, but they don't touch the Bulgogi BBQ sandwich. Check out Umalu restaurant in Kaanapali.
The Maui Photo Festival begins August 25th
Coming up from August 25th to the 29th, The Maui Photo Festival will commence at the Hyatt Regency Maui. We'll be there each day to report on all the events, including the hands-on demonstrations, classrooms, lectures, and general Hawaii photography community.
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