Getting a ‘nice’ family photo can feel impossible. We get it!
Ever notice you’re the one behind the camera, swiping through your phone and realizing you’re missing from your own family’s story? That’s where Little Bird Photography’s Oahu mini sessions come in. Twice a year—spring and fall—I set aside a few days for short, joyful sessions designed to get you out from behind the lens and into the frame. Fifteen minutes, a happy island backdrop, and a handful of images that remind you just how good this season feels.
Oahu Mini Sessions
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why book a Mini Session?
1. Quick & Easy
“I need a family photo, and I need it to be EASY.” As one client said: “We loved the mini session photos because they were quick and painless. We used it for a holiday card / birth announcement. Would definitely do it again! It might actually be my preferred photo shoot.”
In the next twelve months, you’re going to have a half-dozen reasons to reach for a recent family photo. Let’s get you one you love.
2. Instant Joy
When was the last time you felt genuine excitement and overwhelming thrill to click on an emailed link? I’ll let last year’s client take it from here: “We honestly just love seeing our photos. I am so excited when I get the email that they are ready for viewing and I cannot help but smile the whole time when watching the slideshow. You are so good at not only capturing beautiful images but a snippet of our personalities as well. It’s just a very heartwarming and feel-good experience to see our photos."
3. Be Part of Your Story
Plenty - not all, but plenty - of moms end up being the family documentarians, prioritizing having visual reminders of these growing years. But as they swipe through on their phone, they’re often absent from the visual story, because they were the one holding the camera.
A mini session is a bite-size, budget-friendly way to feel and see yourself as central to your family’s story - which you truly are. I’ve got you.
Mini sessions are for families who want to press pause without rearranging their whole week. They’re perfect if:
Who are oahu mini sessions for?
- You’ve got holiday cards on your to-do list but no extra Saturdays on your calendar.
- You’ve been meaning to update the frame on your wall (the one that still shows your toddler in diapers, even though they’re starting preschool).
- You’re curious about the Little Bird experience but not ready to dive into a full adventure session.
- You’re the parent who’s always behind the iPhone camera, and you’d love to see yourself in the story for once.
- You're looking for the perfect gift to send to loved ones who live far away.
Aloha, I’m Heather. Get ready for a fun and upbeat photo mini session on Oahu with me!
MEET Your OAHU Photographer
Three years after my son was born we sat close together on the couch. I was beaming with pride after finally finishing our first family album. I opened its stiff pages for the first time while he crawled into my lap. Excitedly, but with great care, he began to flip through the pages. “Ooh, I remember that place!” he squeaked. And “look, there’s Papa!” “Silly Papa.”
Page after page he delighted in the images and I was feeling pretty good about myself until we got to the end. “Where were you, Mama?” What do you mean? I asked. “Where were you when all these pictures were taken?” My heart broke. I hadn't lost all the baby weight and was feeling self-conscious so I was much more comfortable behind the camera. Sadly, the result was that I wasn’t in a single photo. The next day, I booked our first professional family photoshoot so he would always know I was there too.
Be in Your Family's Story
Because You matter
Limited, Loved and always gone fast
Mini sessions only happen twice a year - in spring and fall- and each date comes with just a handful of spots. They’re like spicy poke on a Friday night: get in early or go home empty-handed.
If you’ve got holiday cards in mind, gifts to give, or you’ve been meaning to update that frame on your wall, don’t wait. These sessions tend to sell out quickly.
Grab your Oahu Photo Mini Session
In the next 12 months, you’re going to have a half-dozen reasons to reach for a recent family photo. Let’s get you one you love.
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A full family session gives us space to capture your rhythms, your chaos, and the places you love most.
Nothing delights me more than a local family pulling kids to the beach in a wagon piled high with salty gear. Maybe your years here won’t last forever, but you want to remember your family rhythms and delightful chaos. Show me what your Hawaii looks like. How your family loves and lives in your favorite spaces.
Your morning adventure might start at home making pancakes, and proceed to your favorite patch of shore or forest. It’s true that living here tends to push us out of doors - quarters can be tight, and some people may hesitate to invite me into their indoor lives. But home is also where little moments unroll. You won’t even realize until later how important they were. Consider beginning the morning there, and then we’ll venture outside to revel in the light and lushness of Hawaii. You get all the sun-soaked images you want, plus a few more to make you weep ten years from now. Trust me.
When You Want More Than a Mini Session
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