Oksana : Kauai Senior Pictures : Hawaii Portrait Photography

We met up with our very good friends for a vacation in Hawaii and thought it would be the perfect place to take Oksana’s high school senior pictures. Oksana and her family live in Missouri where senior pictures are a HUGE deal so I think they were all pretty excited (as was I) to have the opportunity to do something on location that is so different than what they have there back in Missouri. Granted, we do have the beach within driving distance from Valencia, but it’s still not quite the same as getting your pictures taken in a tropical paradise like Hawaii, right?

There were so many amazing spots to choose from to do the shoot that it was almost a little overwhelming. I wanted to shoot the pictures everywhere!! The only downside, if it even is one, was that it is pretty windy there in Hawaii so we were constantly having to wait a second or adjust her hair for the pictures! We ended up shooting these around Kauai and I so wish that we had more time. It was the day before Okasana had to leave so we really couldn’t plan for shooting on any other days and it started to rain earlier in the day. We began near a really cool road (highway actually) that is surrounded by gorgeous banyan trees on both sides of the street, did some pictures near a ranch / plantation, and then finished up at Poipu beach for some pretty sunset shots. We kept on shooting until literally there was no light left. I had to have Amber and Kreagan work as my assistants to hold the lights. One holding the awesome iphone “flashlight” so I could focus the shot and the other to hold the flash that was used. I’m sure we looked crazy to the other people there on the beach (and to the wedding guests that were watching a ceremony) but it was all worth it in the end!! I love how the pics turned out and am so looking forward to another destination portrait session again!! Ireland anyone? (hint, hint)