HELLO!

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Hey, hey!!

I’m your friendly neighborhood hot-mess-mama to my wild boy 2 year old and my sleepy headed newborn, and am married to the most amazing guy.

Some of love languages include vegan food, camping trips, stand up paddle sessions, flea markets and thrifting. 

I am one of those can’t-sit-still kinda people, and most happy OUTDOORS!

I live for spontaneity and am that girl you can count on for a random last minute adventure with a deep soul-chat on the ride out. 

I am located on the island of OAHU but love to travel to the neighbor islands and beyond for shoots and weddings.

If you are one of the adventurous, goofy, non-traditional types, I may just be your girl!

 
 
Almost 6 months into this family of 4 thing, and I can count on 1 hand the nights of uninterrupted sleep in the past few months 😑 When I’m feeling tired and worn out I do a quick scan to see what quick tweaks I can make to help alleviate these yucko feelings! -what am I putting in my body? Those green smoothies are lifeeeee for me but man that chocolate is looking mighty fine around 2pm! -am I moving my body? If I don’t have time to workout, am I taking the stairs, parking further, standing up and taking a break from sitting/doing 10 squats, etc? -Am I carving out time with Jesus? I usually do my quiet time in the morning with my coffee, but on days that I work or have something in the morning, it’s a mad rush to just get everyone fed and out the door and make sure all teeth are brushed! 🤪 so lately at work since I pump and am alone in the lactation room, I pull up one of my favorite pastors and listen to a sermon. Just a nice and easy way to get in all the essentials that I need to feel good, despite my sleeping circumstances! 🤪 #timetosleeptrain . . . . . Hosted by: @wild.fern.creatives Design: @wandererweddings Model: @alyyy_oops Florals: @jadorefloralhawaii Dress: @grace_loves_lace Venue: @honolulubotanicalgardens Invitation suite: @katiebarnesstudio
We spent the day yesterday lying in the sun, discovering little waterfalls that form when the waves hit the rocks and trickle down, sitting in the surf and toppling over with each wave, and spinning super quick in the sand until you just can't take any more and just fall down. . . . Milo was late for his nap time and my lunch consisted of those peanut butter filled pretzels from Costco (UGH so so good!!) and kettle corn 💪 This was exactly what our family needed!!
Feeling a bit like this fine girl, after we decluttered our TUPPERWARE DRAWER and UNDER THE BATHROOM SINK!!! Yeeeeeee!!!! Anyone else get that feeling after a good purge? . . . . Andrew and I both love home projects, and have been putting off the biggest one yet- our kitchen!! One part indecisiveness and one part yikes we have to empty out everything has had us dragging our feet a little bit. We have finally decided on some colors and hope to get things moving on it soon!! Anyone else in the middle of a home project?
My favorite thing about getting more and more comfy-cozy with shooting is giving myself the creativity to try new thingssss!! This so much resonates with this enneagram 7 girl. I have been loving playing more with angles and composition more and seeing how much things change when you mix up the perspective a little bit! 🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂 . . . Learning + growing + creating forever and ever and ever.
I absolutely loved being a part of these two’s day. So so much love!!!!! An 👏🏽 emotional 👏🏽groom gets👏🏽 my 👏🏽 tears 👏🏽 going👏🏽 every 👏🏽time!!! 😭😭😭 CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWOOOOOO!!!!! . . . . . Yesterday had RAIN on the forecast for North Shore, and driving out there looked like I was driving straight into a storm!! But when I arrived at the venue we had clear skies!! I’m not kidding, literally 5 minutes before we wrapped up this beautiful couple’s wedding, the rain came POUNDING down, as if it was holding on to all its drops as until it just couldn’t any longer (swipe to see what it looked like as I was leaving!)
Cozying up inside this rainy morning with my boys and prepping for today’s North Shore wedding with my big ol cup of coffee. Does anyone else have a morning routine that they just realllllly stick to and works for them? For me it’s my ‘errrrday green smoothie and coffee. One simple thing I can do to really get my day off to the best start is to fuel my body with the good stuff!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 . . . . . #oahuweddingphotographer #oahuphotographer #oahuelopement #oahuelopementphotographer #oahubride #oahuwedding #honoluluwedding #honoluluweddingphotographer #hawaiiphotographer #hawaiiweddingphotographer #hawaiielopement #hawaiielopementphotographer #hawaiidestinationwedding #hawaiiengagementphotographer #oahuengagementphotographer #lookslikefilm #lookslikefilmweddings #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #mauielopement #mauielopementphotographer #kauaiweddingphotographer #kauaielopementphotographer #kauaiphotographer #mauiphotographer #bigislandweddingphotographer #bigislandelopementphotographer #bigislandwedding #bigislandelopement
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, LOVES!!! So so incredibly thankful for this amazing guy I get to call mine. We had our first date 2/7, and our second date was 2/14!! 🙈 I remember Andrew shyly asking...so what are you doing next weekend? Any plans? 🤣🤣 and I eagerly said, nope, no plans!!! . . . A sweet friend of mine posted today about how Valentine's Day is a celebration of LOVE of all kinds. So whether or not you are single or with someone, make sure to tell your friends, your parents, your coworkers, your kiddos, your pets, your grocery clerk, your postal worker that you love and appreciate them!!!! . . . . Have a beautiful day today loves!!!! I love and appreciate you all!!! xxxxx . . PC @andreadavidphoto
Currently editing and culling this session and just, wow. So many of the images we got when you view on a full screen you can see the huge raindrops parading down on this couple, which just adds so much more moodiness and beauty to these guy's images!! . . . I absolutely LOVEEeeeee my adventure sessions, stomping around in the mountains/sand/rocks/waves. Most of my sessions you can here me say "Ok, great guys!! Now lets head over here ....Oohhhhh, wait!!! Let stop over THERE first on the way!!"(aka, always having those squirrel moments, haha) . . . When I was finally able to really narrow down what I enjoyed shooting and find my niche, I found that so many more of my people were able to find me, and just make my heart SING!!! I found I am definitely not the right fit for everyone, but being the perfect fit for SOME is a great place to be :D Thank you to all my silly-steamy-sandy-salty-explorers out there for finding and trusting meee!!! 💃💃
HEY GIRL. . . . You are beautiful. . . . ⚡️Your instagram following does not define you, your weight does not define you, your skin does not define you, that perfect outfit you searched for your photo shoot does not define you, your education does not define you, and even your relationship with your honey does not define you. . . . ⚡️You are LOVED unconditionally by your father, and he knows your move before you even think to make it!! He knows our plans, our hurts, our insecurities, and our deepest darkest not-even-our-best-friends-know-this secrets, AND LOVES US ANYWAY. He is there when you feel ostracized at work, at school, in your family. When we can cling to this truth, when tough things happen to us (and of course, they will!! ) we can more easily let it bead off of our skin, because we know we have someone so much BIGGER to cover us!! HOW COOL IS THAT. . . . ⚡️HAPPY MONDAYYYYYyyy, GORGEOUSES!!!!! . . . PC @larissawelchphoto
Today's freezing cold out for us Hawaii folk, SO today's agenda includes: . . -Andrew living out his dream of being a mountain man and chopping wood in the back yard for our newwww wood stove!! . . . -Me sitting nice n cozy by the fire, clearing out my inbox and taking breaks googling wood stove top recipes (homemade BREAD!! WUUuut!!) . . . -Making a list for our favorite rainy day activity (thrifting!), adding Dutch Oven to that list! And more winter clothes for little Ben! . . . While I love this cold weather for short bursts, I am definitely reconsidering our (way off in the future plans) of moving to Oregon someday. BRRRR!!!!
⚡️The modern day nomad hippies⚡️we had rain on the forecast for our adventure session, and I asked Amanda if she wanted to change locations to a spot that looked a little less wet...she said ‘NAH let’s play in the rain, we wanted to get wet anyway!!’ Just, yes. We played on the side of a mountain in the rain, came out to the beach and had the most gorgeous moody skies. 🌊✨ . . . These two cuties traveled all over the Hawaiian islands in VANS and told me their tips and tricks about van life!!! They spend the last couple weeks exploring every inch and have seen more than I have in the last 14 years living here. 🙈😭😭 talk about GOALS!! . . . It sparked my forever present travel bug just being around them. Andrew and I would love to do a cross country road trip hitting up alllll the National Parks!! What’s on your travel bucket list?
OKKKK HOW STINKIN' CUTE IS THIS COUPLE. They have been together 14 years (I know!!! What!!?) And love on each other so well and so much. . . . Alsoooo kinda love that my "work clothes" mean older clothing/darker clothes/work out clothes... things I can get muddy/sandy/wet and not think twice about it!! 🤙🏽🤙🏽 If you saw the behind the scenes from this shoot, you will see why I probs won't show up to your session lookin' all cutes! 🤷🏼‍♀️

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