It was cold, rainy and windy but we still had to do it.

I had photographed this family about 12 years ago while they were in Hawaii. They since moved to the East Coast and were visiting with their two daughters and one of their daughter's friends. They decided it was time for another family portrait. They contacted me, we set the date, time and location. As I drove from my place to the location (Magic Island at the Ala Moana Beach Park), it was raining and it was raining pretty hard. Since the time to do the photo session was later in the day, I started praying that the Hawaiian Gods would be good to us.

By the time I got to Magic Island, the rain had become a sprinkle, the clouds were still there (soft light) but it was howling. So much for hair staying in place. I met the family and started walking towards the tip of the park so we can get "Diamond Head" in the photo. Well, the wind was not cooperating even though the rain was being nice to us and not even drizzling.

This is the first shot. I tend to shoot a LOT - especially when the hair is flying to ensure that I might have at least one or two good ones where the hair is in place and the expressions are good. If the beach looks deserted, it was since it was cold (by Hawaii standards anyway) and I had removed a couple of people in the background.



From there we tried some walking shots to get more movement. Had to remove some bright navigational signs in the background.



That finished, we moved to the other side of the beach to get closer up shots. By this time, the wind had kinda died down so wayward hair was less of a problem.



Two of the girls are graduating so they wanted some "graduation type" portraits for themselves. Not to leave anyone out, I just did individuals of each of the kids (who were a lot smaller and younger when I first photographed them 12 years ago






By the time we finished, it was getting dark so we said our goodbyes and went our separate ways... It was nice to see them again...