Kids playing in warm water with a white sand beach and palm trees. It's why people come to Hawaii, and images like this are always in demand. Rather than use the standard "model families" from a talent agency, the Hawaii Tourism Authority agreed to invite our good friends and their kids to one of my favorite North Shore beaches for the day, and I just ran around shooting the kids having fun. We borrowed a Hawaiian canoe to play on, and we even got some father-and-son tandem surfing shots from the water. I think I was asleep by 8 PM that day.
--Tor (October 2008)
All photos © Tor Johnson