Yoli + Christian {sneak preview pt.1}

When: September 2009
Where: Oahu, HI
What: Engagement Portrait Session

Holy cow, Batman!

Yeah, that is one of the many thoughts that went through my head as I photographed Yolanda (a.k.a. Yoli) and Christian during their recent engagement session. When Yoli and I had emailed back and forth about scheduling an engagement session before their wedding, she mentioned that her and Christian are rock climbers so wanted to have part of their session around that theme. I'm thinking 'sounds good'! I'm always up for something new, but little did I know that they would take me to an actual rock climbing spot here on the island and "hang out".

They of course were happy campers and right in their element, but I have to admit I am a tad afraid of heights (o.k. maybe just a bit more than a tad) so photographing them while leaning over the side of a cliff was quite the adventure. :o) But after all is said and done, I would not hesitate to do it again in a New York minute!

Check out the teaser photos of their high flying love below - I'm so lucky to be photographing their wedding this weekend which I'm sure will be as much fun and exciting as their portrait session.

Cheers!
B.

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Santa Fe Workshop - Part 1

I know - things have been silent on the blog lately mostly because I have been furiously trying to catch up on a backlog of processing. It was time to put my poor old PC out to pasture and get another...and let me tell you the new bugger screams! :o)

Anyhows, I am mostly caught up now so decided to start posting some of the images I shot during the creative workshop I took in New Mexico. The instructor of the workshop was the amazing Joe Buissink, who was listed by American Photo as one of the top wedding photographers in the world. Even though the workshop was being taught by a wedding photography master, the focus was not on weddings. Rather it was to allow the professional photographer to get their creative juices flowing in new directions. Joe helped this process by lots of encouragement, constructive criticism, and showing his non-wedding work. I was especially keen to take this workshop because the focus was more than just wedding photography, it was about challenging yourself and looking within as a photographer to find a new creative side within ourselves.

Besides having Joe there to help us on our creative journey, we got to work with some fantastic models. And as I process the photos from my trip, I'll be sharing more about them and what an honor and privilege it was to get to know them and work with them.

In this post, I'd like to introduce Asia. Asia is a relative newcomer to modeling, but man she already rocks! The girl was up for trying anything to help us get the shots we "saw". She was always positive, and as you can see really worked the camera! And yes, that is her kick ^%$ car - when I saw that I knew I had to use it as a prop and Asia was kind enough to oblige. If you are a photographer and ever out Santa Fe way - definitely look her up.

Cheers!
B.

You can check out more photographs from this workshop and Santa Fe in general on my Facebook page.

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Chris

I had such a lovely experience working with Chris last night. She's a beautiful person, inside and out. Chris is a writer, and needed some portraits for her blog. (I'll be happy to link it here when it's ready to go!) So we met at her beautiful home and photographed her in some of her favorite places. I've just begun the editing/processing, but here's a little sneak peak:

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Maggie

Tonight I had the pleasure of photographing Maggie. Maggie is a senior in high school, and a beautiful, poised and intelligent young lady. The photograph's were taken at her family's farm, which was truly lovely. I am very much looking forward to photographing Maggie's parents and siblings next week! Just a delightful family!

Here's a little sneak peak form Maggie's session:

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Alyssa + Tim {sneak preview}

When: August 2009
Where: Oahu, HI
What: Engagement Portrait Session

What is the BIGGEST perk to being a lifestyle photographer? Meeting and spending time with such a variety of wonderful, kind, and fun people. My engagement session with Tim and Alyssa is a perfect example - especially since they just fit together perfectly. Have to say though that both Alyssa and I got a good chuckle at how well Tim was working it for the photos. Me thinks he must have done his homework beforehand because most guys are not as comfortable or styling for the camera as he was. Let me tell ya gals - Alyssa has a keeper!

Tim is in the armed services and stationed here in Hawaii, and Alyssa is finishing up her last year in college on the mainland. They are actually getting married back east next year, and I want to send a HUGE thanks for the fab Emily Porter for referring me to them for their engagement portraits. (Emily is the lucky gal photographing their wedding so be sure to check out her in blog in August 2010 to see their wedding photos - I know I will be!)

Cheers!
B.

To see more teaser photographs from their engagement session be sure to have a look at their gallery on my Facebook page.

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Kate + Adam {Sneak Preview - Part II}

When: July 2009
Where: North Shore, Oahu
What: Day After Portrait Session

As I mentioned earlier, when Kate and Adam booked me for their wedding they also wanted some fun, casual shots around Haleiwa town. So we did a slow stroll along the main road stopping here and there where our fancy took us. Unfortunately Matsumoto's shave ice was closed when we got there (their machine had broke!). But lucky for us another shop down the street was open, and as a result I think their daughter is now a fan of shave ice. :o)

A high point of our afternoon was definitely all the wonderful and friendly people who waved and congratulated them on their wedding. It's nice to see that the Aloha spirit is still very much around!

You can see more fun photographs from our walk-about in their gallery on my Facebook page.

Cheers!
B.

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Back from New Mexico!

Well I am finally back from my wonderful trip to New Mexico. Santa Fe was fantastic - of course! The workshop was amazing, and I was fortunate enough to make some new friends during my travels.

I'm slowly catching up on processing and posting photographs from June - July, so many thanks for your patience! Clients should be seeing some new images posted soon in your galleries, and for the blog readers you'll eventually be seeing some more shots I took while on my travels.

Did I mention how awesome my trip was?? ;o)

Cheers!
B.

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