Category Archives: heart

Jared and Family

When Jared’s mom contacted me about taking his senior portraits, she was looking for something different than the usual fare. This led to a fun afternoon of hanging out with the whole family, and taking pictures of everyone! Here are some of my favorites from our shoot:

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Family Photos…A Little Different.

I recently took portraits for this nice family on the Punahou campus. They had the cutest kids – these two sisters… …and their cousins, visiting from the mainland. Suddenly, something strange happened… …the kids had become zombies! Watch out, Grandpa! Uh oh…too late! We did take the ‘nice’ family portraits too, as well as some...

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Half-Marine, Half-Coastie – Newborn Session

Friends Sarah and Joe welcomed their brand new baby girl, Samara, about three weeks ago, and I was so excited to take the photos for her first portrait session! It was a nice afternoon of hanging out around their house while waiting in between feedings for photos.  Joe is a Marine, and Sarah is Coast...

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Meet Zoe!

Meet Zoe, my two-and-a-half year old niece who I just met for the first time! She lives in Colorado with her mom, my cousin (but in Hawaii all small kids call the older relatives ‘Aunty’ and ‘Uncle’, so I’m calling Zoe my niece), but was visiting Hawaii accompanied by her grandmother, so I met up...

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Welcome Home, Marine!

Having recently experienced a deployment homecoming myself, I was honored, nervous, and excited to have been asked to capture this Marine family’s heartwarming reunion. A father meeting his daughter for the first time was truly a special moment to have captured, and I will always remember it. I still get a little teary-eyed looking at...

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