I love working with other artist, Paul is a musician and a wood worker and Caiti works in the fashion industry. Both very talented in and out of the water. You can see some of Paul’s wood working skills at fullerbanjo.com. Knew this was going to be a super fun engagement shoot when Paul and Caiti pulled out their Da Fins. It was one of those perfect days, we had lots of sun and the sea was happy. Look forward to photographing their wedding at Laulu Palm on the North Shore of Oahu in October.
This couple is a match made in heaven. It was so much fun photographing Sara & Isaac. They are both talented surfers and we had a great engagement photo session in the water together. We were lucky to find some surf on the north shore. Congratulations Sara & Isaac, can’t wait to photograph your wedding.
I met Erin and Conor a few months ago when I was playing on the beach with my kids. I saw them surfing with this old school style and knew I wanted to photograph them. Here are a few shots from our session. Thanks Erin and Conor.
As most of you know the Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave contest at Waimea Bay did not go today. There was the size, just not consistent. Contest or not there was still some amazing surfing. I had a shoot on the North Shore this morning, thought I would head over after and get a few shots. As I was standing on the bluff, I couldn’t help think to myself, how could I get on one of those skis to shoot from the water. That is the angle I would like to be shooting from. Maybe next year.
Picked up another water housing this last week for my DSLR. Just in time for a trash the dress session tomorrow. Here are a few photos from my first time taking it out on the North Shore shooting surfers at V-land. I love the guys smile coming out of the barrel.
I really love my job, I shot 2 weddings this past week and they were both so different but amazing at the same time. The first was a military wedding at Waimea Valley, and the second wedding was at Turtle Bay Resort where the whole wedding party went surfing after the wedding in their clothes. I will be posting more photos from both of these weddings after things slow down. I still have two water shoots and a trash the dress session in Maui, and that is before Christmas.
Meghan and Mike came from California for a destination wedding in Hawaii. A few days before their wedding we set out for a pre wedding surf session on the north shore. I had a lot of fun photographing Meghan and Mike in the water, they are both talented surfers. Check back in a day or so to see photos from their wedding, it was an amazing wedding to photograph.
This is one of the most moving pictures I have taken. There are a lot of rules in photography to create an amazing image, but sometimes it just comes down to place and time. This picture is Tom Pohaku Stone leading the ceremony of Lester Falatea’s paddle out at Pipeline two years ago. I got there before the sun came up and as it started to rise the sky just came alive with amazing color.
University of Hawaii picked up this picture for their 2011 Hawaii and the Pacific new and current book catalog. Click here to check out their catalog. While perusing the catalog look for the book Waves of Resistance, written by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker. He is a good friend of mine and an amazing historian and a gifted surfer.
Here are a few more photos from my surf/underwater maternity session with Ashley. I still can’t believe she was able to paddle. I remember her saying, “How do those guys with beer guts do it?”
I have shaped about 20 surfboards over the years but this is my first alaia. As I was working on it I tried to involve my two kids as much as possible. They both did a lot of sanding and we even went to the Bishop Museum to research the design. I took the board to surf club today, this clip is of two of the boys from Halau Nalu riding it, I think they did an amazing job for their first time.
So most of you that check my blog regularly know that I am much better at photography than writing. So I decided to ask Katie Speed one of the girls below to be a guest blogger and talk about our shoot at Melaekahana Beach Park. Make sure to check out her etsy site, she is an amazing artist and full of style. Enjoy.
First a bit about myself, my name is Katie Speed, I was born and raised in Las Vegas but now live in Hawaii. I have my own little family consisting a husband and a baby girl. I graduated from BYU with a BFA in fine arts where i did lots of oil painting.
I’m the one in the pictures with the brown top with flowers by the neck. I’ve been spending a lot of time working on my Etsy shop lately. It’s called Pretty Swell (http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettySwell) where i sell fabric flower garlands and other fabric flower items.
A few years ago the 5 girls in these pictures all met in Hawaii and became friends quickly. True friendships are a rare thing… how about 5 TRUE friendships at once! We do lots of things together and one of them is surfing. Life got going and before we new it we were all pregnant and one of our dear friends was moving away. We all regreted not taking the time to get some pictures of us all surfing together. Earlier this week, as a birthday present, our dear friend Shira returned to Hawaii to visit us! Having always wanted pictures of us surfing together we decided to book a water session with Mark to try and capture what it’s like to surf with 5 of your closest friends (a really good time!) The shoot was a good time we set up some of the shots but mostly we were just goofing off and having a great surf session. It was a great way to sort of document this time of our lives and our strong friendships.
