{"id":122001,"date":"2022-05-11T05:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=122001"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:06:09","slug":"back-in-the-day-kelia-and-seth-before-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=122001","title":{"rendered":"Back in the day:  Kelia and Seth before Stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-98331\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_9050-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>getting into photography was the best decision in my life. \u00a0it gave me a chance to document the kids when nobody else was documenting them. \u00a0every time i called them, they showed up. photos like these are like fine wine. \u00a0they get better with age. \u00a0Seth Moniz and Shun Murakami before becoming their own countries superstars&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-98332\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_9093-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we would jump on my boat and look for the craziest wave around. \u00a0it had to be shallow and hollow. \u00a0then i would throw the anchor and say &#8220;go get um boys!&#8221; \u00a0Seth didn&#8217;t disappoint&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-98333\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3597-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kelia was the easiest to shoot. she was also super photogenic. \u00a0when i pointed the camera at her, she knew what she had to do to get the shot. \u00a0this was her signature move and when i saw it for the first time, i knew she was going to be the World Champion someday. \u00a0she was just way ahead of everyone else&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-98330\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4464-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve been trying to be more involved in the fins i&#8217;m using. \u00a0i put a couple in my pocket and change it in the water. \u00a0it&#8217;s crazy how little changes make big differences&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>getting into photography was the best decision in my life. \u00a0it gave me a chance to document the kids when nobody else was documenting them. \u00a0every time i called them, they showed up. photos like these are like fine wine. \u00a0they get better with age. \u00a0Seth Moniz and Shun Murakami before becoming their own countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-122001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122003,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122001\/revisions\/122003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}