Maddie lost her mother to cancer in 2016. Three years later, graduating high school was proving difficult without her mother present to celebrate alongside her. I was unaware of this during our senior portraits photo session on Ulua Beach in Maui, Hawai’i. I could tell there was something sad inside of Maddie, but I assumed […]

Their passion was evident during our photo session as I watched them through my camera lens. In the way they held each other, walked together, cuddled together, I saw love come alive.

Janae and Steve came to Maui to celebrate their second anniversary, a milestone for any couple. They walk together with a comfort level normally seen in more seasoned relationships, and yet the looks they give each other still contain hints of those newly-wedded honey glows.

No matter what you’re shooting with, here are seven straight-up simple tips to help you get the most of the photographs you take of your children.

Get to know your clients, guys. It pays! In the photo below you’ll see one very unhappy little 4-year-old boy. He was not in the mood for pictures that day. Despite his family’s awesome two week vacation on Maui, he was tired and grumpy. I felt bad for the Little Guy.     As I worked with […]

Nancy’s shoot was all about capturing the country chic vibes she so effortlessly emanates—sitting with her dog, lounging in a truck, rolling in the grass, her gorgeous brown hair blowing in the wind kind of awesomeness!

The first time Vanessa was in front of my camera was her brother Jason’s wedding in 2009. She wasn’t even a teenager then, but she had her brother’s charm, a charm that seems to run in her whole family—her brother is the nicest guy in the world (no, really); her older sister Fawn is the most […]

Black and white photography can be tricky because, frankly, not all photos are created equal. By that I mean, not every photo can be converted to black and white and still look good. Things like cluttered backgrounds, busy images, or like colors will do nothing but a make a black and photo look like muddled. So what […]

Pinterest is, for most people, a wonderful epicenter of creative ideas. For most photographers, however, Pinterest is the bane of our existence, especially if you’re a photographer who does baby and infant photography. Every parent has seen those wonderful baby photos on Pinterest—the collection of perfectly captured, one-in-a-million, super-duper adorable, contest-winning portraits—and when they bring […]

It’s always such a blessing to take photos of families. I love knowing that the images I produce will be displayed on mantles and family room walls, sent to friends and family all over the world, and cherished for years to come. The Rosetes were ideal clients—fun, flexible, and open to anything. We did a […]