Journal

This is where they started it all, their wedding, just the two of them, and this was their first time back to Maui with their adorable boy. Like in life, things didn’t go entirely as planned. The exact spot of their vows had people camping (guess the no camping signs on this beach weren’t effective.) […]

So when I first started talking with mom Emily about her family portrait session she let me know she didn’t want the beach, but for it to still look like Maui. Being that they were visiting the islands from Texas, I wanted to have the subtle backdrop of the mountains too. We settled on the […]

Over the summer I was on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to the mainland.  I read through their in-flight magazine, Hana Hou!, and I was so impressed with their photography, and then the thought passed through my mind, “I wonder how you shoot for them– that would be so cool.”  And the thought was fleeting and […]

So I was both honored and excited to receive an email from  Shutterfly asking if I would be willing to be featured on their curated page of photos and ideas for family photos.  Just that my work is included on their website is so affirming for all the hard work I’ve put into photography, and to know it […]

It is so good to know you are treasured and loved. To be looked in the eye and smiled upon. I think that is something we could all use. And this baby girl Quinn I’ve been so honored to watch grow from womb to newborn and month by month. As a photographer, I’m putting my […]

When this family headed from Oregon to Maui for an extended family vacation together, they also took the quick hour to capture some beautiful memories together. I had so much fun photographing these families and all the beautiful girls, from ages 15 to 5 years old, and gorgeous. They were so full of giggles, and […]