Kianna & Gabe

Kianna & Gabe, had their services conducted at what most locals call "Stone Church" Over the years Livingstone Church, located on Alii Drive has gone through several changes, and venue seekers should find the grounds are more than adequete for wedding services.  A huge wedding party! with a very energetic reception that would follow! Here's some highlights of the event

Brent & Caylen

I teamed up with my photographer friend Claire, for a wedding in Hilo. I don't normally shoot in Hilo and so I didn't know how to prepare myself for the on coming rain, that obviously did show up. Things had to happen fast!

Keala

Keala, has a big 1st birthday party coming up, and I was asked to take some photo's that could be used on the invitation. We headed down to the nearest park, and let him do his thing!

Lenses used: Nikon AFS 50mm f1.4

Kalino Portrait

Bruce Kalino had asked me about doing a family portrait, of course I wasn't against it. Now I'm not a fan of indoor portraits because they always come out looking like elementry school photographs (no offense to those who do that sort of thing) but too plain for my taste. Since the family was staying at the Royal Sea Cliff, we had decided it was most convient for everyone to have the portrait done there. The Kalino family was very enthusiastic and very patient about doing the photoshoot. It was fun to shoot this one and I enjoyed it! Along with some of the beer and pupu's afterwards!

Info: Very harsh lighting once again. I had subjects backlit with the sun behind them, but the light was still too much. I was having a hard time overcoming the sun and balancing my strobes. 1st location was a great spot, but crashing waves and ocean spray in the air + my strobes made some shots look too hazy & noisy. Eventually we moved to a sidelight shot that worked out much better then the back light, but I lost a good location. Used two SB600's on light stand cross lighting, one of my strobe's batteries began to lose power so I was getting intermitent operation. The harsh lighting was beginning to make my subjects too uncomfortable so I decided to finish up with one working strobe, and some ambient for fill. Lenses used: 18-200vr f3.5-5.6 & 10-24 f3.5-4.5, processed with Nikon Capture NX2