Living and Loving Aloha! - Honolulu Photographer!

I never actually thought I would have that as my blog title, but it was meant to be (and sometimes I really would like it to be a more permanent thing! The lack of humidity was a welcome relief that was for sure!!!)

The way this shoot happened was so crazy! I had Space A'ed over to Hawaii with the kids to see Albert who was working there (that's a whole other space available story!) in August (Yes, I know it is now December LOL I am so behind on my little blog here!). I had my camera and a couple of lenses. To be honest I wasn't even going to bring the Nikon, just the iphone, but then I thought, who knows when and if I will ever get to Hawaii again.
I have wanted to go to Hawaii since I was 10 yrs old and my neighbour who worked for British Airways brought me back a plastic lei and a velour map (so 80's!!!). It always seemed like a paradise that I would never get to. For a 10 yr old working class Brit living on a council estate, Hawaii was an unreachable dream pretty much! It was always out of reach to me. Watching Hawaii Five-O added to my Hawaii dreams! LOL

So, I met up with my lovely friend Larissa (who moved to Hawaii - Luccckkkyyyy!) and we were over at the Hale Koa hotel talking to a lovely lady called Lan who worked at the tour office (I was booking a trip to the wet n wild water park that the kids JUST HAD TO GO TO!) and somehow it came up that I was a photographer.

So Lan (who was very excited about this news!) said that she might have some clients for me for an engagement shoot but it had to be Friday and of course I'm thinking, 'I'm watching the Space A flights and I might not be here'. Anyways, to cut a long story short. It all fell into place. OMG, the light there was so lush.

I was a little nervous to shoot in a location I had no knowledge of...

but we were all so very happy with the results!!!

Love and laughter!

and a proposal x

Such a beautiful location!

It was so relaxing and just, well, ALOHA!

Of course, one cannot be in Hawaii without some kind of surfer photo!

We had so much fun! I felt really relaxed with Deb and Jeff! I hope they didn't think I was too crazy when I got the locals involved ha ha! Deb and Jeff, congratulations, I am sooo glad this all fell into place, you two rocked it x

LOVE x (When I look at these images now I can't believe I was really there!!!)