Duggins Family Portraits

June 29, 2021 | Pu’u Ualakaa State Park

James, Tasha and I went to the same Crossfit box (gym) in downtown Honolulu. Last year, we were supposed to do their family shoot but due to Covid-19, there were a lot of restrictions. Plus, Hina had just been born so we decided to wait till she was close to turning a year old.

Initially the shoot was supposed to be in the Kaka’ako area where we could use the artwork on the buildings as their backdrops. They had a lot of favorite artwork they wanted to use but due to the amount of time we had, we didn’t think there would be enough time before the sun went down. So we opted for the park.

The last time I saw Sunny (their first child), she was maybe 2 years old. Now 4 years old, she’s still that energetic, funny, spunky girl. Plus, she grew a little taller. But it was my first time meeting her younger sister, Hina, who is also sooo CUTE!!! She wore a Korean dress (Hanbok) in celebrating her first birthday.

James is such a character and made the shoot fun and interesting. Just from this photo shoot, I can tell that he and Tasha are amazing parents to Sunny and Hina. Thank you so much for allowing to capture these special moments for you. Happy birthday, Hina!!!

Hawaii family portraits.

June 1, 2021 | North Shore, O’ahu, Hawai’i

On the day of the session, driving out to the north shore on O’ahu, I had several locations in mind to do this family shoot for Dina, Andrew and the girls. We checked one of the locations and as I suspected, it was already crowded when we arrived. So, I had them follow me to another spot and we had the entire place to ourselves till the sun went down. It was worth going to this location for sure!

Witlarge Family Portraits

My latest project was a Sunday Funday morning with the Witlarge family. Their session was photographed on the East side of Oahu, Hawaii. I’ve known Malia and Dwight for a while and in fact I did their maternity photos when they were pregnant with their oldest girl. It was my first time meeting their daughters and they were so much fun to photograph. They LOVED the swing, especially Malia (mom) LOL!!! Maybe next time we can get Dwight (dad) to have fun on the swing as well!

At one point during the session it started to rain (as it usually does in the morning on this side of the island) but it didn’t stop them from having a fun time! Since they were already wet from the rain, the family decided to have fun on the shoreline too.

At the end of the session, the girls wanted to build a sandman (Rasta style). I must say their sandman turn out cute!!! Thank you Witlarge Ohana for letting me capture these precious moments for you.