Journal

If you’re a small business owner, creative, or entrepreneur in Charleston, SC, professional brand photography is one of the most powerful ways to stand out in a crowded market. You need to not just be seen, but seen in a way so that your target client sees you and what you do and trusts you. […]

Meet Ashley, class of 2016, a high school senior here on Maui.  True beauty, the kind that radiates and lights up a room, the kind that lasts beyond trends, isn’t found in the surface, but in the depths of heart and soul.  I think, especially by those standards, there are some people who don’t know […]

Do you remember the wonderful children’s story, The Giving Tree?  Well, here in Hawaii, I discovered one of the tree’s cousins, specifically in Kihei on Maui. One day I was driving down the road and I saw an unusually long tree swing hanging from an extremely tall tree next to the beach. That swing, inviting children […]

There are times that I’m convinced that being a photographer is quite simply having the best job in the world– job as in the kind that you get paid for. When I’m invited into a family’s life– into their laughter, their tender moments, the inner workings, their joys and triumphs– it is nothing short of […]

I love when I get an inquiry and I know that it is going to go well from the start. The R. family was coming to their favorite vacation spot– Wailea, Maui! I don’t know if it is connecting with someone because they are from your “home” town in Southern California (Westlake Village and Camarillo), […]

This is my girl. My girl as a tween, a 10.5 year old sometimes immersed in childhood, sometimes immersed in growing up, often immersed in reading or running fast after life.  I was actually setting up for a different shot (for our personal family New Year’s card/so stressed to be honest) and I looked over […]