I had the privilege of working with the Nishida Family on August 15th.  It was nice to reconnect with an old High  School Friend (Kelsie) and meet your beautiful Family.  Kelsie contacted me about a month before their session to take part in their Keiki Time offer - (Free Mini Session with a $100 purchase).

Our session took place in 2 areas - Iao Valley Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens and the Wailuku Heights Keiki Park.  It was a fun couple of hours as Kelsie and her husband Kelvin along with their children Kyler and Kaley joined me for some pictures.  Thank you Nishida family for spending the day with me.  I had a lot of fun and enjoyed my time with all of you.  Here are a few photos from their session:












Aloha Past & Future Clients,
This quick Blog post is to inform you that we will no longer be hosting our Viewing Gallery with Smugmug (http://www.hoonaniphotography.smugmug.com) come the end of August.  All photographs that you have viewed on our Smug site will now be transfered to our "Your Event" site (http://www.hoonaniphotography.photoreflect.com) hosted by Photoreflect which we have used in combination with our Smug site.  You will have the same options for Viewing/Purchasing your photos as you did with Smug - however, it will allow us to keep the simplicity we all like while viewing our photographs.  If you are a Past Client and have had your images hosted on our Smugmug site - do not worry, we keep back up files of all of our images and if you are looking to purchase your photos, simply let us know.

There will be many changes in our business before the year's end... all of which are to enhance our customer experiences.  Stay tuned.



As many of you know, budgeting for your wedding is one of the hardest things you'll ever have to do.  Financially - a wedding can put deep holes in your pocket book, unless you have been saving up for years.  Even wedding budgets that can afford the lavish and luxury - will still have to do some creative budgeting to ensure that all the details down to the honeymoon are planned accordingly.


Here's a really smart financial thing you could do as a bride/groom.  Apply for a Hawaiian Airlines or any type of Airline credit card that will allow you to earn points or miles.  Hawaiian Airlines will earn you one (1) Hawaiian mile for every dollar you spend and you can also receive up to 10,000 bonus miles when you make your first purchase.  Use this credit card to purchase your important wedding necessities and to pay for your vendors.  That means the expenses for your wedding gown, bridal attire, catering, florals, photographer, cake and even the reception venue can actually reward you when you use the Hawaiian Airlines credit card.  By the time your big day arrives - you may have earned enough miles for free award travel and can use it towards your Honeymoon travel. 


When you are signing up for a reward card (airlines, etc.) be sure that it is a Visa or Mastercard - as those are accepted at more than twenty-million locations so you can use your card with confidence when you are making purchases.  


I personally enjoy Hawaiian Airlines Visa credit card because it will allow you to book your trip to your honeymoon as the big day approaches and you can have your Hawaiian Miles transferred to your account for free.  Hawaiian Airlines also make many stops to different destinations all over the world - so it will make your Honeymoon planning a cinch.  


Apply for your card at Hawaiianair.com.

*Please note that we were not compensated in any way by Hawaiian Airlines or other to make this post.  This is simply a "FYI" and tip for you to use in your wedding planning.  Ho'onani Photography will not be held responsible for any misuse of this information or  held liable in the event of a mishap or occurrence.  This is simply a tool to use at your own discretion.  

• Your Senior Session will be complimentary since you are a participant in the program.
• You will have an Online Viewing Gallery that you can email to all of your family & friends for them to view and comment on.
• You will receive a complimentary Senior Flash Website - upload your photos from your session and use to keep in contact with all your friends.  You will have access to this site to post your photos on for up to 1 year.
• You will receive a discount on prints.
• You can receive up to 100 Senior Rep Cards - custom designed and ready to hand out to all of your friends as a part of your program participation - simply refer a friend to Ho'onani Photography for their Senior Portrait Session.  (Senior Rep cards are valued at $65.00)
• Current Students in the graduating Class of 2011 are eligible.
• Our Senior Rep Program is a way for Class of 2011 Seniors to earn free photos and get awesome senior portraits.