Sunday, December 13, 2009

mini photo shoot

this christmas we are giving grandma great (mitch’s grandma) some photo throw pillows. 4 to be exact… one pillow for each granddaughter.  i guess we could have done one pillow with all four of the girls on it, but getting a picture with all four of them looking decent is quite a challenge and i didn’t even want to go there!

 

so, today after church i sat down which each girl and had a quick mini photo shoot. unfortunately, i decided this after the girls had gotten out of their church dresses. bummer! kawena was the only one that hadn’t changed.

 

here are the results of the shoot…

nani nani, age 8

 

kale'a kale’a, age 6

 

for kawena’s picture, there were so many good ones that it was hard to choose. we narrowed it down to these two:

kawena

kawenalayingdown kawena, age 3

 

there were two votes for both photos. so, we decided to let kawena be the tie breaker when she woke up from her nap.

 

which would you have chosen?

she chose the bottom one (as did i! ;-)

 

i actually took mahealani’s picture last week because my mom needed a picture of mahea for her christmas card. the problem, though, with these pictures is that i didn’t realize that my camera’s iso setting was on 1600. for those of you who have no idea what that means, basically it means that the pictures have a lot of noise.

a lot of noise = yucky grain

yucky grain = highly pixilated

highly pixilated = not clear and crisp

not clear and crisp = not happy me!

nonetheless, mahea is still adorable.

mahea

 

mahea2mahealani, age 10 months

 

i didn’t use either one of these for the pillow. instead i used a picture that i took back in october.

mahea3 

i’m sure grandma great will be thrilled with her new pillows, don’t ya think?

19 comments:

Unknown said...

Awesome pics of the girls! Grandma will love the pillows!

Bridget said...

Adorable pics! I love your girls!

tutu lady said...

Oh, these are lovely! I love em' the pictures and the girls. Great work Mahina. Love you!

Amanda D said...

I can't believe your youngest is all ready 10 months old. How in the world did that happen? The pics are perfect. I hope you'll show us the finished pillow before you give them away!

Tonya said...

What a cool, cool gift idea! Of course she will love them. Awesome, beautiful pics.

Rachelle said...

I like the bottom one of Kawena too. Lucky grandma great!

Amanda said...

What beautiful girls you have! You really need to get out our way and come take some pictures of my kids! Oh, and I'd love to see you too :)!

go boo boo said...

gorgeous!

Siouxsie said...

Not only are your girls absolutely beautiful but your photography skills really capture their sparkle. It's like you somehow captured the essence of the smile in the photograph, not just the image of it. So wonderful to look at and what an awesome gift they'll make!

calibosmom said...

Yeah, its official. You have the cutest kids.

Sara said...

I have to agree with "calibosmom" - your family is gorgeous. You have the cutest daughters ever (besides my two that is! LOL!)

Sarah said...

Great photos. I think you picked the best one of mahealani!! It's so precious!

jessica said...

Of course she is going to LOVE them! I love #2 of Kawena. All of them are gorgeous! How could you choose? I also love the mahealani's dress...I love my baby boy but I miss frilly dresses!

Grace said...

Mahina,
that's a great idea for a Christmas gift for Mitch's Grandmother. I love the pictures you took..and I like the 2nd photo better too. Merry Christmas to you guys!

Mandy said...

Merry Christmas!! Your girls are stunning!! Seriously Beautiful I'm sure she loved her pillows how could she not!

Hollyween said...

Such amazing photography!! But it can't hurt to have such beautiful girls to go along with it.

Kayleen Taulanga said...

Beautiful girls!

Megan said...

Beautiful pictures and the tushi pic is adorable, no wonder you got top twn! congrats. Beautiful family! take care

Lauren in GA said...

Mahina,
Thanks for your sweet birthday wishes!!
I lurked on your photography blog...you take such BEAUTIFUL pictures!!