Every so often, I either see someone completely random or familiar out + about and I ask to photograph them (creepy…I know!); or I have a vision and I need to find the perfect subject to express it with. For this particular creative idea, I already had one natural beauty in mind: the younger sister of my dear friend Malia, Tanner.

Honestly, Malia, Tanner and the whole family are just stunning, and beautifully creative & effortlessly brilliant to name a few. I’d worked with Tanner once before as a model in an underwater swimming pool shoot and I knew she’d be perfect - like…up close perfect!

So we met around 7am on Maui’s North Shore and dove right in…

I combined this portrait session along with another one of my creative shoots, “Sand PPL”, which you’ll see soon. I even got some testosterone involved in that one (you’re welcome ladies ;-)).

For now…Meet Tanner.