Friday, August 28, 2009

Victoria & Eric's Wedding Vow Renewal 08.21.09

I am usually not behind when it comes to posting - but due to the pregnancy and the "prescribed bed rest" by my doctor... I am having difficulty sitting in front of the computer and getting work done so I am sorry this is a week late.

On Friday, August 21st - Kevin had the opportunity to work with Kahu Keli'i Arruda once again. The shoot was for Victoria and Eric who were renewing their wedding vows and have traveled to Maui from New York. It was a fun filled sunset shoot (from what I hear - seeing as I was not able to accompany my hubby this time) and the couple was such a joy to work with.

Along with Kevin were our 2 photographers in training - Frank and Lindy. We are working with them as our back up photographers and our secondary photographers at a shoot. Frank and Lindy did an awesome job and we look forward to working with them more for future shoots.

Thank you to Victoria & Eric for choosing us to capture your memories on camera and to Keli'i for inviting us as well.




Sunday, August 16, 2009

Carter 'Ohana - Family Portraits


Today was a fun and exciting day. We had scheduled a Family Portrait session with the Carter 'Ohana for today - thinking it would be a wonderful day to shoot photos at the Ali'i Kula Lavender Farm... however, much to our amazement - it was pouring up there. After contemplating where we could go that would give us a great photo session, we found ourselves heading into Makawao and utilizing the grounds of the Hui No'eau Visual Art Center. It's always easy to shoot there because of the different surroundings around every turn - so it although it was not our initial plan, we had fun and quite enjoyed ourselves. ;-)

Kevin and I had lots of fun on this shoot, as the Carters and Papa are not our average Family Portrait session... they are old time friends (considered to be 'ohana) and it was nice to spend the few hours catching up on ol' times as well. Because my pregnancy has me limping and dragging along, Kevin was the main photographer for this shoot... and I stood in the backdrop catching pictures from afar. Our son Ka'eo even joined in and acted as assistant for Kevin and I - holding the reflector when needed and carrying our clipboard... a little guy in training... ;-)

Above are a few photos that I put into a quick collage to share. Thank you to Kaleo, Kamiki, Papa, Kamahi and Maka'iwa for working with us today and for having such a nice dinner out... we had so much fun and truly enjoyed it.



Friday, August 7, 2009

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Aloha,
Honey

Monday, August 3, 2009

Lots of changes - Seniors Website is up and running

With today being the start of the new school year for many students, especially high school Seniors - I have gone ahead and dedicated a website completely for the use of Senior Portraits and previewing ideas and designs for seniors who are looking for that creative, casual portraits to add to the Excitement of their Senior Year.

Take a look and let us know what you think. Click on the link below.

Seniors Website

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Company Updates - Blog

Aloha all,
It has been a whirl wind of changes for Ho'onani Photography. Maybe it's all due to the pregnancy factor and my hormones having a say in what it is I do on a day to day basis.... ;-) But - we have decided to return to our old Blogger blog site and keep our Wordpress site as a secondary site for pages and other unique items. I am just not quite conformatable with using the Wordpress site at this time and am hoping to get further engaged in it once the twins are born.

You can still view our wordpress site if you want to refer back to it and all of the information listed can be found there by clicking on the links above... Seniors, Specials, Wedding Q&A's, etc.

Should you have any suggestions - please feel free to let me know.

On a personal note - I am now 31 weeks pregnant and the doctor says I could give birth at anytime now. We are busy making plans for the twins' arrival and trying to balance our crazy busy schedules that we have for the month of August - tons of photography sessions booked. ;-)
I'll be sure to update everyone on the pregnancy progress once I get more updates.

Aloha,
Honey