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Next First Friday: Celebrate our birthday!
This First Friday exhibit will be a special one because it’s our birthday! YES! We started shooting our signature vintage portraits five years ago and we are so happy to be getting older! Swing by...
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Fashion Editorial with Tau
Photos from a recent nautical-inspired shoot with local male model Taurii. Whenever I book a model to work with, I try to factor in the model’s traits and incorporate their strengths. Tau is lean, tall...
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First Friday Birthday Party
On Friday, we celebrated our 5th birthday! Yes, we finally turned five years old and have grown so much in that time! We opened our doors to the public and handed our cupcakes to help celebrate. It was...
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Steampunk Yakuza Fashion Editorial
My friend and model Blake asked me to design a Yakuza shoot for him, but I wasn’t content with shooting a straightforward “Yakuza in the bar/alleyway” shoot. I decided to combine the crime world of the...
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Vintage Engagement Portraits: Morgan & Parish
First week of the New Year and it’s already a super busy week – yay! Here are some preview images from a vintage engagement session I did recently with Morgan & Parish. This Mad Men-inspired...
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Vintage Engagement Portraits: Kevin & Kim
Kevin and Kim live in San Francisco but came to Hawaii to scout out potential wedding locations. Their trip was very last-minute so I didn’t get a chance to design their wardrobe like I normally would,...
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Firebird Photography is seeking Interns!
It’s true we make awesome images, but what we do is so much more than just take pictures. In addition to all the fun stuff (and we seriously love to have fun!) you’ll experience the hard work of...
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Photos of Woodblock Print Artist Sergio Garzon
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately, so shooting this assignment for Abstract Magazine was fun because it was literally three doors down from me! Sergio Garzon is an amazing woodblock print...
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Our new digital retro photobooth!
For those who remember, we used to do a Photobooth at events like Art & Flea and Shop & Bop. It was fun but exhausting, so we stopped doing them for a while. Last friday was a Fundraiser for...
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Pop-Up Photos for Abstract Magazine
I was assigned to create photos for an article in Abstract Magazine about the evolution of Chinatown and First Friday. I decided to create some elaborate pop-up dioramas to convey the colorful history...
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Tattoo Photos for Abstract Magazine
The new issue of Abstract Magazine is out and it looks gorgeous! The theme of the issue was “Hardcore Honolulu” and while I shot for several articles, I’m particularly proud of this one! The article by...
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Firebird Photography’s Father’s Day Contest!
Dads are pretty awesome and most of the time they don’t get the recognition they deserve. That’s why we’re holding our first ever Father’s Day contest! The prize: A vintage styled photoshoot of your...
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Vintage Family Portrait: The Chien Family
Suzie contacted me and asked if I could style and shoot her family, specifically requesting the signature “Firebird Photography” look — I happily accepted! I designed some beachy, nautical inspired...
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Fashion Editorial: Some Sort of Epic Grandeur
A Great Gatsby-inspired fashion editorial.
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REEL COUPLE: Julia and James
I shot Julia and James’ Kailua Beach Wedding a while ago and I met up with them to shoot some cinemagraphs. It was a blast (mostly because they’re such a fun couple!) and the moving images we got out...
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The Evolution of: The Tinkerer
All of my shoots start off as sketches. The sketches serve as a sort of road map for getting to the finish line, which in this case is the final image. My sketches represent what I envision, but when...
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2013 in review
2013 was filled with lots of amazing adventures, new friends, beautiful photos and way more traveling than I’ve ever done before! Abstract Magazine 2013 was the year Abstract Magazine launched. A...
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Tattoo Photos for Abstract Magazine
The new issue of Abstract Magazine is out and it looks gorgeous! The theme of the issue was “Hardcore Honolulu” and while I shot for several articles, I’m particularly proud of this one! The article by...
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Firebird Photography’s Father’s Day Contest!
Dads are pretty awesome and most of the time they don’t get the recognition they deserve. That’s why we’re holding our first ever Father’s Day contest! The prize: A vintage styled photoshoot of your...
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