Little Bird Blog
Off The Beaten Path
On the shy side Booking a family photo session when you have shy children can be a bit nerve-wracking. Introduce a new person plus a new environment and you worry that they will cling to your leg the entire time. That was Caroleina’s biggest fear. At home her girls are playful, active and silly, but […]
A bout of pneumonia was slowing me down. Nothing too miserable, but it felt as if the rest of the world was in fast motion. I slowly made my way up the coast to Laie Beach Park, one of my favorite photo locations on Oahu, to meet a family visiting all the way from Maryland. […]
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Dress for play and prepare to get wet and sandy. That’s what I tell most of my clients. Still, they usually manage to stay dry for a little bit. You know, 10 or 15 minutes at least for some family portraits. Not this time. The water was too inviting. The kids too excited. Paradise Cove […]
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First Words Do you remember that first “no” uttered from your sweet baby? Maybe tentative and timid at first and then growing in confidence and volume as they experience the real power of the word? We were able to capture that sweet and salty kind of no on video. Although, honestly, baby Mari is such […]
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When she was little, Tara lived in Hawaii. It was only briefly, but the memories of splashing along the white sand beaches with the sun warming her back lingered. She returned many years later for her honeymoon and fell in love with the Islands all over again. Twenty years later she planned a special anniversary […]
I first photographed baby Delaney as a tiny newborn early this year. She was a content and mellow kind of baby. The kind i’m glad I didn’t know existed when I was struggling with my own non-sleeping, high maintenance babies. I assumed all babies were similar and us parents were all in it together – […]
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The girls spilled out of the car in a flurry of hair brushes and giggles. They were running behind for our morning photo session and still wearing their pajamas. Mom and dad tugged at their hair and pulled on dresses while the girls strained for freedom. So close to the beach! At last they broke […]
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Sunrise at Bellows Beach We almost missed each other. John and Olivia were flying to Oahu for vacation and I was leaving the island for vacation. But we had one day of overlap. Just one morning to make it work. The weather can be so fickle on the windward side, but they fell in love […]
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Jennifer had been looking forward to her Hawaiian vacation. Her family booked a week long stay at Disney’s Aulani Resort and made plans to hike, swim, and travel all over the island. Her knee had other plans. Body parts can be so uncooperative. Still, she was determined. She scheduled her surgery immediately following her trip […]
Adapting to Island Life Liz and her family were only able to call Hawaii home for a single year. They are a military family living on the marine corp base and instead of the more common three or four year station, they had orders for only one. Maybe it was because they knew their time […]
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Return to Hawaii I first photographed this sweet family of three last year. They were visiting family on Oahu and we lucked out with the weather. The typically wind-ravaged coastline was calm and serene as the sun danced over the horizon. We splashed in the sunshine and shared an epically beautiful morning. They loved their […]
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A reason to celebrate A fiftieth anniversary celebration. What better reason to plan a north shore family reunion? Their oldest grandchild was also about to leave for college. With my oldest only seven years old that feels monumental … and scary. This close-knit family wanted to hold on a bit tighter and spend their last […]
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