David Croxford

Feathered friends, silky-smooth sharks, kupuna kicking up their heels and Civil Beat’s inaugural photojournalism pau hana crossed our lenses.

From drama in the Senate to the state hospital and a sunrise, our photographers captured the changing moods of the week in Hawaii.

In a week of travels our photographers try to make the pieces fit.

This week Civil Beat photography captured scenes on Big Island, Maui and Oahu.

Shootz! The King Gets Draped In Lei, And Visitors Arrive From Across The Sea

The sun was directly overhead Monday, something that happens only in the tropics and only twice a year, drawing a crowd to the Sky Gate sculpture.

Shootz! Scenes Of Recovery, Sea Life And An Inauguration

Elsie Miyashiro has worked as a school traffic monitor at Kainalu Elementary for more than a decade.