Girl Behind the Camera Series - The Bun | Oahu, Hawaii Photographer
"The I woke Up Like This Bun". This is the I-woke-up-late-put-my-wet-hair-up-and-haven't-had-time-to-re-do-it-all-day-bun.
Photo credit: June Bug Photography
If you've run into me around town or have met me in person at all, you have most definitely seen me rock the messy bun. Its kind of my signature look. There is absolutely an art form to it...sometimes it looks like a cinnamon bun on top of my head, and other times it looks like the Leaning Tower of Pizza. Either way, with super long hair and living in a warm client 365, its kind of the thing to do.
There are only a few occasions in which you will find me with my hair down...if I am traveling to a cold climate where my hair acts as insulator or during our annual family portraits.
So yeah, that headshot you see on the "about" page, while that braid was on-point, I think its time to get a new headshot, one where I am rocking the bun so you will be able to recognize me when we meet for coffee.
Why have long hair if you just wear it in a bun every day you ask? Great question...I guess as I get older and my body doesn't look like it used to when I was in my 20's, my long hair is the one thing that makes me feel youthful and pretty. I suppose I have adopted the whole adage, if you got it, flaunt it. Well, until I am too old to rock the long hair (please somebody pretty please tell me if I reach this crucial time and don't realize it) I am just going to "rock the bun".
We take the bun-thing pretty serious around here...each has a name...theres the "on-fleek", the "messy", the "I woke up like this", the" high bun". With a teenager in the house, I often use these non-GenX terms such as "on fleek". This of course if horribly embarrassing for said teenager, but whatevs...I think I am tots adorbs....haha...see what I did there?
"The On-Fleak Bun". When you whip it up real quick and its just pa-pow....pure-bun-awesomeness.
"The High Bun". An all-time high, this one wins the prize for height.
Girl Behind the Camera Series - Coffee | Oahu, Hawaii Photographer
A wise business women once told me that there are 100's of people in my town alone that call themselves filmmakers/videographers, heck, EVERYBODY and their mother has an iPhone with more videos than they know what to do with. So, in the sea of video peeps, why would somebody hire Sweet Rain Media?
The answer she gave was brilliant...nobody sees the world like I do, nobody captures life like I do.
People hire me for me and that there are hundreds of photographers and/or filmmakers in my area that people can hire for photos and videos, but they choose to hire Sweet Rain Media because of ME, the girl behind the camera...and what I bring the table...my life experience...my genuineness...my zeal for life and love of people and my keen sense of capturing life in a way that only I can do.
So, without further ado, here is the first in a series of blog posts about what makes Sweet Rain Media tick...the girl behind the camera....Noelle.
Photo credit: Lilac City Studios
I thought it fitting that it start with one of my favorite things ever....COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I love coffee. A lot. LIke a lot lot. As in, its right up there in importance to breathing. LOL
Don’t get in my way of the coffee machine in the morning. The second I wake up, its where I stumble. I could do the walk of shame with my eyes closed. If you try to talk to me before I take my first sip, you will either be completely ignored or stared down with major stink-eye.
If I am out of coffee, you better WATCH OUT.....things are about to get ugly up in here. You will hear me yell “noooooooooooooooooooooo” at the top of my lungs and think there is an actual emergency. I have been known to actually cry in desperation if the last coffee pod was consumed and not replaced. This is serious stuff here people. Like life or death. I then immediately drive to my neighborhood Starbucks, where “everybody knows my name”. Ten points if you can name that tune.
Grande vanilla lattes make everything better in the world. the very first sip is like a little piece of heaven in my mouth. I know where every Starbucks on the island is and often use them as landmarks to find my way around town.
Ok, gotta go....I need a refill...like asap...catch ya next week.
