happy cinco de mayo.

I really enjoy Kate and Pehrson.
Like, a lot.

I also enjoy mustaches (no, not really. not at all.)
and Cinco de Mayo (yes. SO.MUCH).

eat a burrito and enjoy.

oh and ps, launch date for the new blog,
pushed back, again.

I feel like y'all are going to be underwhelmed
after all the anticipation! :\

shooting in the rain rhymes with AWESOME. . .

and crazy.

shooting in the rain rhymes with awesome and crazy.

up to my neck in magic.

I read something this morning that moved me to my core:

(among other things, this quote makes me particularly excited about the workshops! mind blowing things coming with those people. A couple of seats open in Seattle if you're interested.)

"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not that one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk- and to act"

- Andre Malraux

the bottom line is,
I am neck deep in magic.

and madness.

I'm working on millions of projects simultaneously.
. . . each of which really could be a full time job in and of itself.

Some of which are purely awesome and wonderful.

Some of which scare the dung out of me,
and have a high probability of landing me flat on my chubby kiester.

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though I will proudly mention that said kiester
is in fact 32 lbs lighter than it was only a few short months ago.

(as I've mentioned before, baby fat + no baby = insult.to.injury
and also = plenty of incentive to work hard and get healthy, quick).

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despite the risk, all these projects make me feel
alive and excited beyond words.

It's time.

and I'm brave.

I've been proving that to myself
every.single.day
since that dreaded one.

and I'm only a little shy to tell you how proud of myself that makes me.

Today?

feeling thankful that I inherently have a high tolerance for risk
and. . . still feeling the weight of the scaries I'm consciously walking right into.

but again, it's time.

and I'm brave.

loving the ends.
loving the new beginnings.

welcoming it all.

xx.

Me.

PS. hey YOU, go for it!

sneak to the power of peek.

definitely worth clicking to enlarge, just sayin'.

how could everything about this picture not make you want to smile?

to let go.
to laugh.
to love.
to live life to its fullest.

oy.

it does it for me.

in every.single.way.

more coming soon!

Lindsay and Aaron.

Had a ball hip hoppin' around Haleiwa town with Linds and Aaron. Quality people I tell you. Enjoy!

Lindsay and Aaron: Coming Soon.

I'm slammed with shoots this week. . .
meaning there are fun things a comin' on the blog,
so stay tuned!

Angelique and Ben.

Who doesn't love Aunge and Ben?
Enjoy!

I've wanted to post a session all in black and white forever (custom black and whites as the case may be). So here you go. For photographers who are interested you can see my formula for custom black and whites here. All the images above are one or another variation of that formula.

Kemy and George: Laie, Hawaii Family Portraits.

Kemy is the cutest thing ever. Her man George or Chris, not really sure which it is in all honesty;), is one lucky dude! This couple has a wonderful dynamic and I had so much fun hanging out with them! Thanks to Beana and Chelsea for assisting!