Summer 2018 She Is Gallery Party
The Summer 2018 She Is Gallery Party was a huge success and so much fun. Catered by my husband, Chef Affron of Affron’s Soul Food. It meant the world to us to see your faces and feel your love and support for my portrait project and the launch of his new soul food cookbook.
The portraits of each of the beautiful ladies that I had the pleasure of photographing for my second ever photo exhibit and the first for this project. We felt the love and cherished the hugs from each and every one of you. And thank you to Hawaii Filmmakers Collective for allowing us to use their amazing space for the joint event.
The gorgeous women I had the honor of photographing.
The photo exhibit party.
Print Products Albums and Portfolio Cases by Finao | Hawaii Family Photographer
Introducing...
gorgeous new print products!
We are so excited to offer some new gorgeous print products from Finao. Their beautiful custom print products and amazing customer service and attention to detail is unsurpassed. I was introduced to their products at the Hi on Life Photography Conference hosted by my photographer friend, wedding photographer Jenna Leigh of Jenna Leigh Photography. Finao was one of the vendors at the conference and I was so impressed with the quality of their products that our studio decided to carry their products, specifically the Bamboo Portrait Box and the Portfolio Book, both of which are custom ordered and tailored to our clients desires.
Bamboo Portrait Box
Your custom Bamboo Portfolio Box contains your favorite 20 images from your session. Each will be selected by you at your Image Reveal.. The bamboo box is made from eco-friendly and sustainable natural bamboo and has an acrylic see-through lid. Images are printed in deep matte for a silky finish and have a deep v-groove frame mount which means they are beautifully displayed inside the box and are also ready to be framed. Each box features a gorgeous ribbon lift-out so you can easily remove the mats, and rustic gold hinges and a swing clasp to keep your box closed. Available in 2 sizes, 8x10" and 11x14.
Images from Finao's website. Images of our own samples coming soon.
Portfolio Book
Your custom Portfolio Book will contain your favorite 30 images from your session. Each will be selected by you at your Image Reveal.. Portfolio Books have slip-in matted pages which hold your 30 prints. Available in a variety of leathers, non-leathers, and a guestbook style page option. Available in 2 sizes, 8x10" and 11x14.
Our goal is to assist you in selecting your favorite images to print and showcase on your walls and adorn your home for generations to enjoy.
Book your family photo session today!
Every woman deserves to feel beautiful!
Yesterday, I did something really scary and vulnerable. I got IN FRONT of the camera on a Facebook Live video to talk about an upcoming project that has been in my brain and on my heart. All the details and application process will be open this week Friday June 15, but until then I wanted to share a little bit more about the project.
I shared the story of how Mapuana Reed Photography took my photo and through that photo I was able to see for the first time the beauty that others see in me. I walked into her studio a hot mess, and left feeling like a million buck.s. I will forever cherish that image and its framed on my husbands desk and is a daily reminder for me to see myself how others see me. Beautiful.
I truly believe every woman deserves to feel beautiful!
Sometimes our busy lives steal away all of our attention and we don't take any time to take care of ourselves. I know for me, as a mom, a wife, and a business owner, I rarely take time for myself. And its once in a blue moon that I really take the time to pamper myself and get all dolled up and feel beautiful.
I want be celebrate women. To lift them up. To make them feel beautiful by capturing their stories and their beauty through my lens.
God gave me to the gift of an "eye for photography" and a personality that is warm and inviting (or so I've been told) and makes whomever steps in front of my camera want to open open and show me their true self, their soul. I want to ignite that sparkle in women's eyes through portraits and allow their light to shine bright and share their story to inspire others.
I met Anna about a year ago and the second she stepped in front of my camera I snapped this gorgeous photo of her. I love that smurk on her face and the twinkle in her eye. A truly genuine, timeless black and white image of a beautiful women.
EVERY women should have such an image. I will begin to photograph women in a special passion project called the "She Is" Portrait Project in July.
Applications accepted starting Friday, June 15.
Oahu, Hawaii Photographer and Videographer | Girl Behind the Camera Series - Always an Hour Early
If you have known me for any length of time or have made an appointment with me, you know I am a very punctual person. I would rather be an hour early than a minute late. I pride myself in always being punctual and find it extremely rude if I have an appointment with somebody and they arrive late. To me, if somebody arrives late, its show they don't respect me and they don't value my time. And let's face it, life is too short to be waiting around on people who don't value you.
There are moments in life when you learn the most valuable lessons in the strangest of ways. I don't remember much about middle school but I have vivid memories of my band teacher who was a brilliant musician but quite possibly the meanest person I had ever met.
He trained me to become a first chair flutist, but he also taught me two valuable lessons.
One was to always use a pencil because you need to continually revise and tweak your craft to improve and be the best you can be.
And the other was to always be punctual. I learned quickly that if I wanted to advance as a musician I would have to arrive early to rehearsal. He'd lock us out of band rehearsal if we were late and would throw music stands across the room if we messed up during rehearsal. To this day I can recall the sound of his voice as he would yell at us for arriving late to band and sectional rehearsals and wouldn't let us in. We would have to sit outside in the hallway and listen with agony while the other students practiced.
To this day, I refuse to be late to ANYTHING. I would rather be an hour early than a minute late. I live by William Shakespeare's motto in that its "Better to be three hours too soon than a minute too late".
So the next time we have a meeting together and I arrive an hour early and you see me sitting in the parking lot catching up on emails or reading you will know why. :)