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Category Archives: ‘Ohana/Family

The Kitchen Tribe

  One of my very first photo gigs, and the very first wedding I ever shot was shooting Mike and Mariana’s wedding back in 2007.  It was their “skype wedding” where friends and family skyped in from Brazil to Hawai’i and back again, in a time before smartphones were a thing, so people were dragging […]

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Team Takiue

    Well, they are officially a basketball team with Aven Jewel bringing her bounce on the court (and off the court). Keeping up with these kiddos takes teamwork, lots of it, and Jeff and Erin make it happen, e-v-e-r-y morning, seven days a week. I’m always amazed at how well they hold it down, […]

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The Beemer Girls

  It was just another day in paradise with these Beemer Babes. Big Island was showing off with crystal clear skies, our majestic Hualālai, and snow capped Mauna Loa in the far distance. Winter in Hawaiʻi is by far the best, and Iʻm so glad this mother, daughter triad got to share a slice of […]

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A Hui Hou Simpson’s

It’s been over a month since we sent off one of our favorite families from their home here in Kona to Alaska, and it has been bittersweet to say the least. So much good stuff has come out of their time in Hawai’i. From meeting each other, falling in love and getting married, to having two of the […]

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Lil’ Miss Athena Kilikinaokalani

It’s a continual party time for Aaron, Hoku, and lil Miss Athena Kilikinaokalani this month as they get ready to celebrate not just another New Year’s Eve celebration upon them, but also the completion of Athena’s first year of life in a couple days from now.  Athena entered the world a year ago, and already […]

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