Poipu sunset family session

This Poipu sunset family session was so much fun! I’d done a session with this rad family the year before, which was also a blast.

People have called me sensitive my whole life. And it’s true. Everything seems magnified and it can make life feel a bit overwhelming sometimes, if not often. I’m always working on ways to calm things down, except here, in my work. I feel like it’s a strength I have in my photography.

Something I’ve felt bad about most of my life makes it so much easier to see you and your family as you are. I can pick up on things maybe someone else less sensitive may miss. I’m good at reading kids and know when to move on to other things. I can see the joy, and some of the madness that comes with your family. This crazy calm overcomes me when I’m shooting, even though I’m so easily overwhelmed in my own life. I think I help bring a calming presence to my sessions and weddings.

Having little kids can be so overwhelming sometimes; I get it. I don’t ever want you to feel overwhelm and worry about how your kids are at your session though. I’m asking you to trust me. I’m constantly surprising clients with the moments I capture. I live for that joyful chaos, and that crazy wild energy of little kids shift soon enough to more of the restraint that we all get as we grow older. Let them express it while you can. I promise you will miss it soon enough.

This session so perfectly captures that crazy, wild, beautiful chaos that comes with having several little children. These came out so great. I’m obsessed!