Bob Smolen’s legacy now lives on amongst the sea life in the pacific ocean off the beautiful Hawaiian coast of Oahu.  He wound’t have had it any other way and neither would the Smolen Family.  I have been documenting all events to our Hawaiian trip from the beginning to end (You can read about the first […]

I was beyond excited to photograph a wedding while in HAWAII! I had never met Candy and Dave prior to the trip, but they were extremely good friends of Bob’s (you can read about what brought us to Hawaii here).  He would always joke with them “when are you guys going to get married, why […]

Baby Oliver was only just a week old when we took these lifestyle portraits at the home of his newly proud parents, Mollie and Jeff.  He is SO adorable, tiny, hardly fussed, and pretty much stayed awake the entire session! My favorite was his little man wrinkles and peach fuzz 🙂 I can only hope I’ll be […]

Where, do I even begin?! This is the first (of many) posts about our trip to Hawaii and to start things off, its all about Emily and Chris … a surprise proposal in paradise! Chris and Emily have been dating since 2002, of course like any relationship, taking some breaks in-between, but they always found […]

By the time this posts, I will be high above the clouds on my way to HAWAII!! Although I am beyond excited since I have never been, the 30 of us going carry a heavy heart, as this journey, ultimately came about to celebrate the life of a truly great man.  The plans began shortly after […]