Two More Beauty Queens

Had the opportunity to photograph two current beauty queens at the Historic Bayer Estate. The owners were gracious enough to allow us to use the property for the site and background for the portrait session.

First is the 58th Narcissus Queen, Jessica Lau.





Next is the 2007 Miss Downtown Honolulu, Brandie Cazimero. The Miss Downtown Honolulu is a preliminary to the Miss Hawaii Scholarship Pageant which will be held in June.

58th Narcissus Queen & Court Official Portraits

Finally got to create the official portraits (for now) of the 58th Narcissus Queen and Court.

Queen Jessica Lau

1st Princess Sibyl Wong

2nd Princess Adrienne Au

3rd Princess Jennifer Lam

4th Princess Julia Chen

Sore Feet

Every year, the Narcissus Queen and Court and the officers of the Chinese Chamber visit the businesses in Chinatown to wish them good luck and prosperity in the new year. The open house visit started on the intersection of Maunakea and King Street with fireworks and lion dance groups.

Of course there were the paparazzi.

The Mayor with the Chamber officers and the Narcissus Queen.

The Lion Dancers with the fireworks.

With the officers of the United Chinese Society

Makeing an appearance at the Chinese Cultural Plaza and feeding the Lions.

Pigging on pizza after walking through Chintown for over four hours (lots of sore feet - including mine and I wasn't even wearing heels).

The court with some of the volunteers who participated in the Chinatown Open House.

58th Narcissus Coronation Ball

58th Narcissus Queen Jessica Lau

It was an evening of pagentry, Kung Fu Demos, piano entertainment, hula performance by the outgoing court and the crowning of the 58th Narcissus Queen and her Court.

Mayor Mufi Hanneman

4th Princess Julia Chen, 3rd Princess Jennifer Lam, 2nd Princess Adrienne Au, 1st Princess Sibyl Wong

58th Narcissus Queen Jessica Lau

The full court & all contestants with entourage

Being crowned by Mayor Mufi Hanneman

The Queen and the Mayor

The Full Court

Crowning "Mother Hen" Michele Choy

58th Narcissus Queen & Court Selected

Jessica Lau was selected to be the 58th Narcissus Queen and is currently a University of Hawaii @ Manoa student. Formal portraits will be taken within the next month.

The members of the Court include 1st Princess Sibyl Wong, 2nd Princess Adrienne Au, 3rd Princess Jennifer Lam, and 4th Princess Julia Chen. Miss Popularity and the Talent winner was Sibyl Wong and Miss Congeniality was Vanessa Chan.

Left to right: 3rd Princess Jennifer Lam, 1st Princess Sibyl Wong, Queen Jessica Lau, 2nd Princess Adrienne Au, 4th Princess Julia Chen.

All the contestants with Pageant Contestant Coordinator Michele Choy.

Miss Hawaii Prelim - Miss Downtown Honolulu

Well, there's five contestants for the Miss Downtown Honolulu Scholarship Pageant. All are really nice and any one of them would make a great Miss Hawaii. Pageant is on Saturday, February 3 at the Pearl City High School Auditorium. Show your support!


Brandie Cazimero



Pomai Klein


Keao Mento


Sabrina Ponciano

Amber Williams

Has it been that long?

Got a call from someone I knew back in high school. I had photographed her wedding and a family portrait when here kids were about a year or so old. She wanted to do another family portrait - this time on the beach - and her kids were older (like in their 20's).

Because of the type of portrait she needed, we agreed to do it in the early morning on the North Shore. As I was driving to the location, I was a bit concerned as the clouds were dark, the light levels were dark and it was raining. For once I was hoping they would be late... they were.

After meeting, we decided to see what we could do with the weather the way it was - raining. We went to one location and it was pouring so that was out. We were contemplating postponing the session when one of the kids asked about Mokuleia. I had noticed that the sky was kind of clearing in that direction so we decided to try it.

We finally got to Mokuleia Beach Park, found a parking space (lots of homeless camping out) and took a look see. The lighting was ideal (soft light because of the cloud cover), the beach was smooth (wave action during the night) and nobody was on the beach.

Spent about a half hour or so doing the photos and got some great images.