Little Bird Blog
Off The Beaten Path
About the Hike The Aiea Loop trail meanders past tall trees and fallen logs with peeks of the Waianae mountains, Pearl Harbor, and Halawa Valley. At 4.8 miles it’s a bit on the long side for a family hike. Still, it’s worth considering. It lacks crazy drops offs, steep ascents, bouldering, it’s well-marked, mostly shaded, […]
Chris is a fantastic wedding photographer based in Sacramento. He brought his family to Oahu for a much needing vacation after the hectic, summer wedding season and decided to have some family portraits taken. Sounds innocent enough, but children of photographers have to put up with cameras in their face more than average. Their little […]
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A big, happy family When Amanda contacted me to photograph her family of seven, I was nervous. Shaking in my boots (slippers?) a bit. They were making the trek all the from Utah for a lovely Hawaiian vacation and wanted some beautiful memories to take home. I figured if they were brave enough to make […]
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Looking for things to do in Honolulu with kids? Koko Crater Botanical Garden is a great place for an easy family hike. It is perhaps, my second favorite garden on Oahu after Hoomaluhia which I detail here and here. There is an uneven two-mile dirt trail that loops around the crater floor with plantings grouped […]
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Celebrating the First Year First birthdays are a big deal. As a parent and as a baby. There are so many firsts and a massive learning curve. When you emerge from that messy, sleep-deprived, love-soaked first year with your sanity intact, it’s worthy of a fine celebration. And Elizabeth did just that. A Party to […]
On the 10th of each month I post a snippet from our daily lives. It’s part of a project with other photographers and gives me the nudge I need to take photos of my own family. This March was … well, let’s call it an unusual month. I’m grateful for this project because the days […]
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End of the road At the end of the road, at the tip of the island lies a most stunning beach surrounded by wild ocean and glowing mountains. It’s a long drive that I don’t make often enough. Ah, but I had just the right family for this beautiful spot. A family who loves Hawaii […]
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Winter in Hawaii I’ll admit it, March isn’t my favorite month on Oahu. There’s a little more rain, a little more gloom and it’s pretty much sock weather all month long. But even in the rain, there is fun to be had and better yet, there are whales! They’re particularly abundant on Maui, but you […]
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So we meet again I was giddy before this session because I just love this family. They had an in-home lifestyle session for their family last year which ended with a big finale at Waimanalo beach. At the time, I thought baby Arianna couldn’t get any cuter, but I was so very wrong. She’s developed […]
I’m participating in a fun project with a group of lifestyle photographers to document more of every day lives. For our family, every day life often involves the beach. We’re only a block away and the kids still complain, “Why can’t we just buy a house right on the beach?” Sure, kid, I’ll work on […]
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Over time, more and more of my clients have not been local residents, but rather families visiting Oahu on vacation. I have to say, that made me a little sad because I become attached to these families. I learn about them and become fully invested in order to best capture who they are. And just […]
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Oahu school portraits with personality If you’re looking for the best preschool in Kailua, you should check out PPNS Preschool in Aikahi. It’s something a little different. A community of parents and teachers working together to create a great learning environment. They asked me to take school portraits earlier this year. School portraits, oh they […]
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