The Worden Family

This is a family near and dear to my heart. Although a few years younger (JUST A FEW!!!), Mikey has been a friend of my hubby's since I think Scott was a jr. high leader at our church and Mikey was...well...in junior high. Scott blames...I mean...credits himself for coaching Mikey's sarcastic wit to a whole new level at a young age. He married his high school sweetheart, Liz, who is a hair stylist in Kailua and whose dad is on staff with Scott.

Their little girl, Haley, is turning a year old in two weeks (she's a Valentine baby) so I wanted to do a family session for them. I really wanted to shoot the classic Hawaiian family photo 'white shirts, blue jeans, and barefoot on the beach.' Mikey would have none of it. He insisted "we don't go to the beach, we're not that kind of family." Actually, they wanted to take pictures in the bowling alley. It would perfectly have matched their young craziness. However, my full-time job only leaves me with mornings and mid-days. So, our second choice was a urban feeling that I think really captured them well.

Mikey is also going to be helping me set up a photography website. We had our first meeting today and basically it was a "Websites for Dummies" chapter 1 lesson. So, keep watching. My goal is to launch a new website in the next two weeks!!!

I'm so ready for 2009!!!

Now that the frantic buzz of holidays has completely faded, I started to go stir-crazy wanting to get back into some good old photography. Following the holidays, it is hard financially for all of us to really consider investing in capturing memories. I was working out at 24 hour fitness club (yes, 21 days into my new year's resolution and still going strong). I was running on the treadmill and looking enviously at all the shiny machines that I have no clue how to use. I started thinking, if 24 would just start marketing their fitness trainers. Maybe having happy hours where the trainers are on the floor to answer questions or maybe promoting special offers. Then, I thought, hey, why don't I do that. So, look for specials for every month. I want to create opportunities for anyone to have some beautiful photographs, no matter their circumstance. It's fun for me to try to think up different and creative offers. I like changing it up. Look at the top of the pricing pages for special discounts or deals.

All wedding photography sessions booked for January or February 2009 are 20% off. Stay tuned, I'm brainstorming a February "LOVE" special for keiki or couple portraits.

Thankfully, for me, the last few weeks things have started to roll in...two possible maternity shoots, a keiki shoot, two weddings...oh, yah baby. I've been so bored, now I can get back to what I love. Tomorrow I'm photographing a family for the end of a 11-month long project I've been working on (a sneak peek in the near future). I should go to sleep but I'm just too excited.

I hope your 2009 has been absolutely wonderful!!!

Haley's Christmas Session at 10 months

We barely scraped in time to do Haley's Christmas session. Her proud papa asked that it get done sometime in November, and I just made it. Her mom brought her over on New Year's Eve.

One challenge for the day was Haley's quick mobility. At ten months old, she wasn't interested at all in sitting still. We had to start feeding her mum mum crackers non-stop. Those things are magic. Then we took her outside for a change in scenery.