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!

 
 
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! 🤷🏼‍♀️
I was reading my son a book last night called "We're All Works of Art", about how we are all different and beautiful, and how boring the world would be if we were all the same! It got me thinking to this 'ol gram and how much pressure there is to fill your feed with really pretty pictures (which is a beautiful thing!) but can be hard to get to know the real person behind the account. I've been intimidated at times to reach out to others (whether its other photographers or vendors, etc) because its hard to know what the other person is like, and how we will be perceived! I know we are all different, and all went through those fun awkward 7th grade phases differently (errrr just me?) . . . Anyway here's my attempt to help break some of that down! . . . . -I am introverted (I'm friendly, I promise! I just need my alone time after to recharge 🙃). . . . . -I'm an herbal-tea drinking early-to-bed-granny BUT you betcha bottom dollar I will be up early early for that morning endorphin run or hike. . . . . - I am an idealist and try to make all plans work (just ask my husband about my list of family trips we're taking, jajajaja) . . . . . -I am mostly vegan and need to change the channel during those SPCA commercials 😭 . . . . -My house slippers are CROCS because they feel so good for my feet on the hard wood floor (Andrew got me hooked) . . . - I love trying new and different foods-some of my more funky favorites include natto (Japanese fermented soy beans 🤪) and jai (Chinese Buddhist monk stew made from a lot of dried fungi, just yes! 😍) + of course, kombucha! . . What are some of your quirks that don't quite make your IG feed cut??
Best way to rinse off from an adventure session is with a water fight 😜 . . . . We started this session with some suspicious cloudy skies, had a little rain on the way up our beautiful SLICK mountain (clay mud anyone?), and then had amazing overcast skies at the top for our shoot. Your girl wore BIRKS of all things 🤦🏼‍♀️ which were filled with mud and so had to ditch them on the way up and complete the rest of the trail barefoot. And I also somehow cut up my legs so at the top was bleeding and barefoot. Felt half hardcore, half hot mess. It was actually therapeutic in a way to have some mud between the toes when I wasn’t worried about sliding off the mountain!! ⚡️ . . . We didn’t have any more rain for the rest of the evening and ended the day HERE with a water fight! I couldn’t have asked for a more energetic and positive couple to adventure with. These two really truly glow!! ✨✨✨ . . . . . #oahuphotographer #oahucouplesphotographer #oahuwedding #oahuweddingphotographer #oahuelopement #oahuelopementphotographer #haleiwaphotographer #koolinaphotographer #northshorephotographer #northshoreweddingphotographer #hawaiiphotographer #hawaiiwedding #hawaiiweddingphotographer #hawaiielopement #hawaiielopementphotographer #hawaiicouplesphotographer #nationalparkwedding #nationalparkweddingphotographer #nationalparkelopement #nationalparkelopementphotographer #bigsurphotographer #bigsurelopementphotographer #bigsurweddingphotographer #bigsurwedding #bigsurelopement #greenweddingshoes #theknot #belovedstories #timelesscouples
Currently celebrating super bowl Sunday with my annual tradition of going places that would otherwise be crowded on a weekend!! 🤣⚡️⚡️ . . . . It’s hard as it is for us mamas to take care and make time for ourselves, it is so important! This morning I was able to have my quiet time (we overslept for church, Ben had another bad night of sleep regression 😣), had some family time this morning, took care of a little work stuff, and now currently writing my IG post while doing my abs in an empty gym! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 this afternoons agenda includes an adventure session with my good friend the one and only Colorado elopement and wedding photographer @Larissawelchphoto !! We are going to a new location that has been on my bucket list to try out and I can’t imagine a better couple to check it out with!! 👣👣 I’ll try to be better about getting some BTS today, it’s gonna be gooood!! . . How are you spending your super bowl Sunday??! . . . Hosted by: @wild.fern.creatives Design: @wandererweddings Model: @alyyy_oops Florals: @jadorefloralhawaii Dress: @grace_loves_lace Venue: @honolulubotanicalgardens Invitation suite: @katiebarnesstudio . . . . #wildferncreatives #oahu #oahuelopementphotographer #oahuelopement #adventureelopement #nationalparkphotographer #nationalparkwedding #nationalparkweddingphotographer #nationalparkelopement #nationalparkelopementphotographer #piratelovesmermaid #utahphotographer #utahweddingphotographer #brycecanyonwedding #zionwedding #zionelopement #zionweddingphotographer #zionelopementphotographer #hawaiiphotographer #hawaiielopement #hawaiielopementphotographer #hawaiiwedding #hawaiiweddingphotographer #oahuweddingphotographer

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