Nā kūleʻa a me nā kūleʻa o kahi mea paʻi kiʻi makahiki ʻelua

Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau leka uila e nīnau ana inā e kākau wau i kahi hopena o ka pou o ka makahiki i hala Nā kūleʻa a me nā kūleʻa o ka mea paʻi kiʻi o ka makahiki mua, Ua launa aku au iā Jodi e ʻike inā hoihoi ʻo ia. ʻO kāna pane mua, “ʻO wai, hoʻokahi makahiki kēia?” ʻO ia nō kaʻu kaʻaahi o ka manaʻo ALL makahiki. ʻOiaʻiʻo i kēia manawa, i hea i hele ai ʻo Ianuali? I ka makahiki ʻelua, ua ʻoi aku kou hilinaʻi ua ola ʻoe i ka makahiki mua. Ke aʻo mau nei ʻoe (e like me kāu mau) akā ʻaʻole ia he mea hou, a he hoʻomaha ia. Ua ulu ʻoe i kahi kaila e like me ke kīʻaha mahana o ka cider ʻoma i ka lā anuanu o ke kauwela a ua ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i kou ʻili ponoʻī (i ka hapa nui o ka manawa)

I koʻu makahiki ʻelua, aia mau nō kaʻu mau hemahema no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ke ʻano o ke ola ...

• E loaʻa mau ka poʻe makemake ʻole iā ʻoe. E loaʻa mau paha ka poʻe e hoʻoweliweli iā ʻoe. E loaʻa mau kekahi mau ʻōpuʻu wale i ka lāʻau. Ua maikaʻi. Neʻe aku. ʻO ka hakakā nui ka makemake i ka ʻae ʻia. Makemake wau e ʻae maikaʻi ʻia e hana wau me ka mea ʻē e nānā ana i loko. Ua inaina wau iā ia maoli no ka mea ʻaʻole wau i like me nā mea ʻē aʻe ... a no laila ua hoʻomaka wau e nīnau i koʻu kaila. Kaʻu mau hana. ʻO koʻu kuko loa. A laila haʻi wau iaʻu iho ... ʻAʻole wau i like me kekahi. ʻAʻole wau e hele a makemake wau e noho. Ua hāʻawi wau iaʻu iho i kahi kamaʻilio pep liʻiliʻi a hana i ka mea e pono ai wau e hana e hoʻi i ke ala noʻonoʻo. E pili ana i kaʻu mau mea kūʻai aku, kaʻu ʻoihana, a me MY ala e hana ai i nā mea. ʻAʻole pono wau e like me nā poʻe āpau. Luʻuluʻu kēlā. ʻO wau no ke kumu.
• ʻAʻole wau i streamline i kaʻu ʻoihana / mālama puke / hoʻokele studio. Ua hoʻāʻo wau e hana i nā mea āpau ma Excel. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i kahi hemahema nui. Hoʻolālā wau i ka manawa hou e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike i hoʻomaka wau e huhū me kaʻu hoʻokele manawa a ua lilo ka hiamoe a me ke olakino maikaʻi. ʻAkahi nō wau a loaʻa Pixifi, kahi polokalamu kamepiula hoʻokele pūnaewele hou a kupaianaha aʻu e manaʻo nei e kūlana maoli nō # 1 i kekahi lā no ka hoʻokele studio. Aloha au i ka ulu ʻana me nā hui hou, a loaʻa iaʻu ke kūʻokoʻa mai ka hōʻano kālā kālā ʻano ʻē!
• ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kaʻu iho. Makemake au i kōkua. A hiki i koʻu ʻike ʻana, inā makemake wau e ulu, pono wau e ʻelele a hana i nā mea nui o ka wā lōʻihi. Ua ʻike wau i ka mālama puke ʻana a me nā hana kākau e lawe nei i koʻu manawa i kahi LOT, no laila ua ʻike wau i kahi wahine ʻōpio maikaʻi e lilo i waiwai nui iaʻu a me kaʻu ʻoihana. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kaʻu ʻauhau ponoʻī, no laila ua ʻike wau i kahi CPA kupaianaha ʻaʻole i kōkua wale iaʻu me kaʻu ʻauhau akā ua aʻo iaʻu pehea e wehewehe ai i kaʻu ʻoihana. Ua hele au mai Sole Proprietor i kahi S-Corp… lilo i Hui Pū ʻia a me kēlā jazz āpau. (Kahakaha: Mau, e ʻimi mau i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a kāu CPA e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana āu e pono ai. He ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻoihana a e loaʻa nā ʻano a me nā pono like ʻole. Nīnau i nā loea!)
• E hōʻoia mau i nā ʻōlelo aʻo laikini me nā keʻena aupuni he nui. Ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu pehea e hoʻomaka ai i kaʻu ʻoihana i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei e koʻu ʻAha Kaapuni kūloko a laila loaʻa kahi leka i ka leka e ʻōlelo ana he mau palapala hou a me nā laikini e pono ai iaʻu. No kahi ʻano A ʻano, hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i koʻu huhū. E ʻae i ka pupule aupuni kūloko a pololei i nā mea.
• Kaha a me kuʻu logo kahiko….  ʻAʻole wau ʻo wau. ʻO kaʻu mau lepe i hala iho nei i kī ʻia i loko o kahi mea aʻu e aloha ai ... akā e like me nā wili huluhulu wili, ʻaʻole lākou i kūpono. Ua omo wau iā ia a hoʻolimalima wau i kahi hoʻolālā e hana hou i ka mea a Bit of Ivory i loko o koʻu puʻuwai. I kēia manawa he poʻe kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei, "Ua manaʻo wau iā ʻoe i koʻu wā i hele ai i Target a ʻike i kahi silhouette ma kahi kīʻaha !!" ʻO ka hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa aʻu i hoʻoholo ai.
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I koʻu makahiki ʻelua, ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻu mau kūleʻa!

• I Nowemapa 2010, ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia moeʻuhane nui. Makemake wau e hana i nā wana i kāhiko ʻia no ka mea makemake au e hana no ka pono. No laila ua launa pū wau me Meghan Beckwith o MeghanBlair Weddings, a ua lilo mākou i mau hoaaloha wikiwiki. A hānau ʻo Orchestrated Stylized Shoots. He kuleana kūʻokoʻa kā mākou i kēia manawa no ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana mea hoʻowahāwahā e hoʻokūkū iā mākou iho me nā kumuhana like ʻole, e wehe iā lākou i nā mea paʻi kiʻi ʻē aʻe e ʻiʻini pū nei i ka mea like, a e hōʻike i kā mākou wahine wahine i nā koho hōʻoluʻolu i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana no kā lākou male ponoʻī. He kūleʻa nui kēia. I kēia manawa ʻo ʻAukake, e hele ana mākou i INTERNATIONAL a hui pū i kahi pana ʻo Jane Austen i ENGLAND me Melissa Aloha. A me he mea lā ʻaʻole lawa kēlā, ke hoʻolālā nei mākou i kahi hālāwai kūkā o ka poʻe paʻi kiʻi i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2012 e hoʻololi i ke ala a mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai a hoʻomaha ai me kā mākou mea aloha. Hauʻoli loa no kēia.
• Ua hana wau i ka lumi pena (aka kaʻu mana o kahi lumi hoʻokipa) no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai i kēia manawa e hiki ai i ke kumu kūʻai, nā mea e manaʻo ai, ka manawa manawa, nā mea kūʻai aku aʻu e aloha ai, a e ʻike iaʻu ma kahi hohonu. Aloha au i kēia no ka manaʻo nui e ʻae iaʻu e hoʻohui i kaʻu mākeke mākaʻikaʻi i kahi ala eko-friendly ʻano ʻē aʻe a ʻokoʻa hoʻi.
• Kūʻē i kaʻu ponoʻī “ʻē kuʻu haku i kō maoli kēia?” manaʻo, ua hiʻohiʻona wau i ʻO ka makasina kiʻi paʻi kiʻi no Persuasion Boudoir a me ke ala e holo ai i kēlā ʻāpana o kaʻu ʻoihana. I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka leka uila a lākou e makemake ai e hana i kahi ʻike iaʻu, ʻaʻole wau i pane koke. Ua nānā pono wau i ka inoa o ka mea kākau e ʻike pono ia no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻĀ, no ka mea maoli nō ia, a ʻo ka paʻi o Iune 2011 o ka Magazine Photographer Magazine i paʻi ʻia ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo. No ka pololei ʻole, manaʻo wau me he mea lā kū koʻu puʻuwai i kēlā me kēia manawa ke wehe wau i kēlā makasina ... no ka mea ʻaʻole wau makemake e ala inā he moeʻuhane kēia.

  Me kēia mau ʻeha e ulu nei a nānā i hope, he makahiki hoihoi ia i koʻu nānā pono ʻana pehea wau e makemake ai e holo i kaʻu ʻoihana i ka wā lōʻihi. ʻO ke kaʻina hana nui maikaʻi loa aʻu i hana ai ʻoiai ke ʻike nei ua kāhea ʻia wau e hana i nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi manawa piha. ʻO wai Whoa nui. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻoholo inā he kūleʻa kēia i kēia manawa ... E hōʻike wau iā ʻoe i kēia makahiki aʻe. 🙂 ʻO Chelsea LaVere ke kiʻi, ka male, a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi boudoir ma hope o Bit of Ivory Photography ma Hampton Roads, Virginia. I kēia manawa he mea paʻi kiʻi manawa piha ʻo ia i kona haʻalele ʻana i ka lumi papa kiʻi moʻomeheu ma hope e ʻimi i nā lumi papa kūpono ʻole ma o ke kiʻi ʻana a me ka poʻe.