Latest News

TOTALITY IN QUEBEC!

By Stan Honda | Published May 3, 2024

The lesson learned from the April 8 total solar eclipse: follow Marcy! That’s Marcy Cohen, a friend from the New York Amateur Astronomers Association (AAA). With a vigilant eye on a weather/cloud app, she insisted we go to Sherbrooke, Quebec from Watertown, New York…

Eclipse Preparations

By Stan Honda | Published March 23, 2024

The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 is coming soon. I’ll be in Fredericksburg, Texas with some friends hoping to see the over four minutes of totality. Here are some video tutorials to help if you are interested in photographing the eclipse: Adorama NYC How to Photograph…

Annular Eclipse

By Stan Honda | Published November 8, 2023

I was very fortunate to travel with friends to be on the exact centerline of the Oct. 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. We gathered at the campground two days before the eclipse and woke up at 4:15…

Infinite Night

By Stan Honda | Published January 25, 2023

The Infinite Night exhibit in the Schaefer International Gallery at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Sept. 6 to Oct. 22, 2022. A big mahalo to Neida Bangerter, Jonathan Clark, Peter Holland and everyone at the gallery for the super installation. Their hospitality made the experience…

Opening Night

By Stan Honda | Published September 7, 2022

Aloha all! It’s been a whirlwind trip on Maui so far. The greatest part of this trip is my sister Maya met up with Ann and me and our good friends Jon and Amy from the Bay Area came for the show and to see the island.…

Heading to Maui

By Stan Honda | Published August 31, 2022

Aloha everyone, Ann and I are headed to Maui for the exhibit of my night sky photos, Infinite Night, at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Mahalo to Schaefer Gallery director Neida Bangerter for sticking with the idea over the last 3 years and a couple of…

Big Prints!

By Stan Honda | Published August 10, 2022

All the printing is finally done for the Maui exhibit! I inspected and signed the giant prints produced by Laumont Studio in Long Island City, Queens, on Tuesday. They really look great in person, although it’s hard to get across the scale in these blog photos. A…

Preparing for Maui exhibit

By Stan Honda | Published August 4, 2022

In March 2019 I was artist-in-residence at Haleakala National Park in Maui, Hawaii. At the end of my residency, Neida Bangerter, director of the Schaefer International Gallery at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, offered to show my work at the gallery. Well, a year…

New Mexico surge

By Stan Honda | Published November 21, 2020

Social distancing at Ft. Union. My walk back to the housing area (rooftops on the left). (Click on photos to enlarge) It’s been a busy week since I last posted to the blog. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued strict restrictions due to a surge in…

Viva Las Vegas! (NM)

By Stan Honda | Published November 13, 2020

The train station, still in use. (Click on photos to enlarge). Yesterday I drove down to the town of Las Vegas for some shopping. Somehow there is another town called Las Vegas. This one is much smaller than the Nevada version and there aren’t any casinos. It has…