Booking is simple. First give me a call (808-554-7721) or an email with your range of dates and I’ll find one that fits in the schedule. Then you can pay a 50% deposit to get your date locked on the calendar. After that you just have to enter your information on this form and you are all set.  I will usually call you the day of the shoot in the morning to confirm. If you don’t hear from me then you can call me at (808-554-7721) and I will go over the exact meeting spot with you. The final phone call is important because the beach is so big it can be hard to find each other once you arrive.

The amount of photos varies based on the amount of time booked.  A 45 minute session will get you over 150 photos.  An hour long session will yield about 200 photos.  90 minute sessions will have about 300 photos.  

Your photos will be ready to download two weeks after your photo session.

I like solid colors. I’ve had great results with whites, blues, tans, yellows, and blacks.  Bare feet work great at the beaches I like.

I do my portraits on the furthest North side of the island.  Waikiki is on the South end of island so it’s a 1 hour drive with no traffic.  With traffic it can take as long as 2 hours.  If you are staying in Waikiki I recommend making a day of it.  The North Shore is famous for its beautiful big, uncrowded beaches, waves, shrimp trucks, turtles and general country charm.  Haleiwa is a fun town on the North Shore where people like to stop for Matsumoto’s shave ice, dozens of restaurants, surf shops and art galleries.

I have tried to do photo shoots at beaches near hotels but I have found that there is no way to get the type of results I like on beaches that crowded. These family picture packages are limited to a few locations that I have pre selected for the best results.

Once I have uploaded the photos on the computer I go through and remove all the blinks and any other rejects.  After that I individually edit the color, crop, white balance, contrast and several other aspects of the photo to achieve the perfect color and clarity that I like.  Those edited photos are put on the web at full resolution for download.

A smaller set of images is included with heavier retouching.  Click here for more details. 

I love to shoot underwater.  We can start the shoot above water and then move on to some great water shots for you.  No extra charge.

I use a 42 megapixel camera with top of the line lenses so I have gotten great results up to about 30×40 inches.  Even larger prints look great too as you tend to stand back further to view them.

I am based on Oahu however I do travel to Maui, Kauai, the Big Island, Molokai and Lanai for a flat $500 fee which includes all my expenses.

The shoot length is based on group size.  Groups of 1-5 people are 45 minutes.  6-12 people shoots are 1 hour.  Shoots with over 12 people will be 90 minutes.  If you feel you want more time you can always book the larger session and use the time for more poses, outfits and backdrop changes.

If it’s raining on the day of the shoot I can reschedule you to any available day at no extra charge. If the weather is bad for the whole week you are here on vacation I can refund your deposit.

Unfortunately none of my favorite beaches have any facilities. One of the reasons they make good locations is because they are tucked away with no parking lots or restrooms.  Some people come ready in their clothes, some people change in the car, some people do an outfit change under a wrap at the beach.  Kawela bay has some good forest you can disappear into for a degree of privacy.