All Youʻll Ever Need: Salt, Sand, Surf, and Sunsets

This shoot is a result of what happens when you mix a ‘lil salt, sand, surf and laughter colored together with Kona’s forever killer sunsets.  All the right ingredients for happy editing and sharing with clients. Especially special clients like the Regis/Greer family. Keri and I gooo way back…like back in to time…before this beach was an over-saturated zoo with a paved road and many even knew it existed.  One had to own a four wheel drive vehicle to ramble down lava cliffs to reach such a deserted paradise.  Diane was the ultimate beach momma, and she would gladly pile us in her red, two door Toyota 4-Runner on the weekends and take us camping and hiking all over the island. Here is where we spent many a Sunday afternoons playing in the surf, getting slammed by big waves, sand ball fights.  Good weekends where regularly measured by how much sand ended up on your pillow on Monday mornings, and I’m glad to report that many a Mondays made the “well spent weekend” cut.

It’s nostalgia at its finest to come back here now with three generations, and witness the kids playing and running in the same spots that we did many moons ago, to hear the echos of laughter that have been resounding in this sacred place long before we ever were, and hopefully long after we ourselves return to sand.  Eia ka pomaikaʻi nui mai Ke Akua mai- it’s an immense blessing from God really, and I’m constantly reminded of that when I shoot- this isn’t just a job- it’s a gift, an honor and a privilege.  Every breath, every moment, every feeling of love poured out and shared with each other becomes a double joy. And this sesh just got its joy multiplied x’s 6.

Regis/Greer ʻOhana:

You guys blessed me so much on your voyage home- I absolutely loved our time together, and I want to mahalo you guys for inviting me along to be a part of your story as you brought your little ones back to your roots. Come home soon for another round!

~Me Ke Aloha Nui*