This review is long overdue - we did a session with Tracey a couple of years ago, and they are some…read moreof my favorite family photos even taken! The weather was not great and we were limited on where we could shoot due to high surf; yet she still made the photos look amazing. Mahalo Tracey, and we hope to see you again when we visit next.

Yes. The answer is yes. Book Tracey!! She is an amazing photographer and you can tell she really…read morecares about work and truly loves what she does. Not only does she take beautiful photos, but she is so fun to work with! She is a beautiful soul inside and out and a wonder to work with! My husband and I are super awkward in front of the camera but she helped us loosen up and have a good time with the shoot. Definitely check out her Instagram @traceylyn for more proof of her amazing work!

Attended a wedding with this Photobooth! Such a fast, fun and easy way to capture unforgettable…read morememories! Lots of photo props too! Thanks for doing a great job!

From the owner: Aloha, we are a open air Photo Booth for all occasions. From Weddings, to baby luau’s, school…read moreevents as well as corporate events, we got what you need. We provide all clients that access our booth with digital copies of images. Custom templates along with custom text messages to guest. For corporate events we can provide analysis capabilities as well as marketing opportunities. We enjoy making your event memorable and your guests experience enjoyable. Please reach out to us today to reserve your date and for those we have previously served we would love for you to rate your experience. Mahalo!

Galina very professional, patient, and creative! She took my portraits and took them for my…read moreprofessional account. She recommended the perfect location and showed me how to pose during the photo shoot. I was absolutely stress free and we had so much fun. I also received my pictures very quickly. I had the best time at our session, and I absolutely love my photos! Highly recommended!

Galya is an amazing photographer. We had two photo sessions with her and I would do more if I have…read morea chance. My husband doesn't like photo sessions in general but Galya found her way to make the photo session very easygoing for all of us. It was really a lifestyle photos and ones of the best in my life. Definitely recommend her!

The highest compliment I can pay James and Bev is our house is like a gallery for his artwork. We…read morehave hired JRP on two separate visits to the Big Island-- I mean, you've seen his shots on the Internet, they're amazing. And, each time, we get an amazing moment (or three, or fifty) in time of our family in our happy place. Bev is super-responsive in setting up the shoot and James lets us know the best place to head to to get the shot. In this day of smartphones, it has become harder to sift through the professionals who have an eye and the people who just have a camera that takes pictures. James is certainly the former, and we can't wait to keep returning to JRP to keep getting those great moments captured as our family grows older. Thanks, James. If you head to the Big Island (or anywhere in Hawaii) and you need to hire someone who knows how to handle a lens, call James. Use someone else? I certainly... SHUTTER at the thought. ;)

How does James Rubio only have a handful of reviews here?! He is the BEST! We have had 3 sessions…read morewith him so far - once for our engagement (2013), once when we visited with our 1st daughter (2019), and again once our 2nd daughter was born (2022). We live in Seattle and it is now a thing that whenever we make a trip to the Big Island we book a photoshoot with James! He is extremely kind, and always makes us feel welcome with his warm smile and conversation. He is very good with kids and for family photography too! As a long-time local he has a very in-depth knowledge of the island and photoshoot locations. Each time I've been easily able to email with his wife/business partner to sort out details for our session, and they've always been so helpful in suggesting locations based on any "look" we wanted. All the photos that we get back have been stunning and I always purchase the entire album. We have several very large prints of our photo with James hanging in our house. In my opinion, he could be charging a lot more for his superb quality work. I just LOVE Jame's style! Try him out, he won't disappoint!

Simply THE DREAM team that my husband and I could ask for for our wedding video on the Big Island!…read moreThe final product is a professional 9-min short film that perfectly help us re-live the best moments of our big day Prior to our big day, Renata really spent time to understand our love story, our wedding style, and what we were looking for in the video, etc. On the day of, the duo Dominik and Renata worked seamlessly to capture different angles that were later consolidated into the final production. Both of them gave simple and easy-to-follow instructions while filming and my husband and I felt very relaxed and the whole experience fun & enjoyable! Highly recommended to anyone having their big days on Big Island!

We hired Walczuk Productions to film our wedding at the Royal Kona. Renata and her crew did an…read moreamazing job! They took all our preferences and ideas to heart and it really showed in the final product. The final video exceeded our expectations by far. We could not have been any happier with their work. We would recommend them in a heartbeat! Thank you Renata!!

Rhianna is amazing in every way! I don't even know where to begin…read more I met Rhianna when picking out a wedding photographer 3 years ago. She took my wedding photos (through another vendor.) Rhianna happily met up with my husband and I two weeks before the wedding in Santa Barbara to go over photo options and do a complete walkthrough. On our wedding day Rhianna was early and ready to go. She made us feel so comfortable and at ease. She has such a fun, bubbly energy about her that it made our nerves go away. Her laughter and positivity is contagious! We laughed more with her than anyone else on our wedding day. Our photos from that day are absolutely stunning! Two years after our wedding, I reached out to Rhianna to have her take family photos with our one year old son. We are relocating away from Southern CA and I wanted special beach photos to remember this time in our lives - so these photos had to be perfect! She spent so much quality time with us to get the photos just right. We got our photos on time as expected as well. It was a great experience! Rhianna is extremely talented and great to work with! I would have her take all of my family photos for the rest of my life if possible! She is easy to communicate with, timely, and delivers high quality work. Her pricing is a steal also. Worth every penny! I highly recommend Rhianna for a wedding, family portraits, or any other important event you want to capture. She puts her all into her clients. Rhianna is the best of the best!

Wow!!! Me and my boyfriend wanted some simple photos of us to hang around our place and at work. I…read morecalled Rhianna up and she walked us through the entire process. We met up and discussed outfits, location, and exactly what it was we wanted. She was so easy to talk to and work with. Not only did she have us laughing but she was completely professional. All we had to do was show up and she did the rest. We got our photos back and were blown away with the results. We got results that not only surpassed her super reasonable rates, but the photos were so incredible as well. She lead us through the entire experience with comfort and ease. It was like hanging out with my best friend for that time. I HIGHLY recommend Rhianna's work to anyone who's looking for not only breath taking photos, but also a relaxed environment where you can be yourself and let your beauty and happiness shine!!! Are there any more fancy descriptive words to throw in here to display me squeeling in happiness right now??!?? :)

Scheduling the shoot was super easy (online) and confirmation was done a couple days before over…read moretext message. Andrew was on time to our location and able to get us plenty of photos right at sunset. We just received our session results and are so pleased to see how many fun and beautiful moments were captured. Thank you for a great experience; we will be reaching out the next time we're in town.

I am seconding the comment from Andrea down below as I was also apart of the 16 person group!…read moreAndrew was great to work with and delivered beautiful photos! He was able to get the photos back to us in a week and we were all wow-ed! Day of, Andrew was prompt, provided good direction but also open to our suggestions on groupings and order. He had a good sense of humor and was pleasant to work with. He did a great job at working with all of the crazy weather we had and helped us remain in good spirits! Thanks again Andrew!

Demian Barrios did an exceptional job photographing my wedding and since then I've enjoyed watching…read morehis success grow as a lava chaser. DB was on the front line during the 2018 Leilani eruption! I have heard since he even opened his own photography gallery at 112 Ponahawai Street.

Ridiculousness and Disappointment: How I Had to Chase the "Lava Chaser," Demian Barrios, to Get My…read moreMoney Back. I am posting this as a 2-star review because I think a lot of 1-star reviews are dismissed as being vengeful or not credible; I want people to read this and actually consider my experience before potentially doing business with Demian Barrios/Primary Focus Photography. This is not a malicious post; I'm not going to disparage Mr. Barrios, or give him any other reason to have this review deleted for libel or false facts. I will stick to the facts of my dealings with him, and how I had to recoup the money I paid him when he had not delivered the agreed-upon product after four months. I am itemizing my largely one-sided communications with him beginning in May 2018, until I was forced to finally seek third-party assistance to recover my money in late August. Here is the timeline of how the whole mess unfolded: * I initiated a conversation with Mr. Barrios via Instagram (@dbphotogallery) on May 9, 2018, asking to have a print made of one of his photographs which my girlfriend loved, but which was not offered on his website (primaryfocushawaii.com). * He did not respond until May 17 - that should have been red flag #1. * I reached out and asked him if he was interested in continuing on June 27. 40 days to respond -- red flag #2. * He responded on June 28, and I asked him if we could communicate via text or phone to make it easier and more expeditious. He did not respond. Red flag #3. * He got back in touch on July 11 to say he had been busy and was trying to locate the photograph. * We agreed to print size and price on July 18. * I paid him via PayPal on July 19, per an invoice he sent from Primary Focus Hawaii. * I sent a status request on July 30, and he answered August 1 that he was checking on the order. * I sent another status request August 3. * A local third party also intervened on my behalf on August 3, urging him to respond to my inquiries. He sent me a long series of messages via Instagram the next day, apologizing and explaining that there had been a delay at the printer but he had been unaware because he does not check his email, messages, etc. He cited the volcano eruption as having been a preoccupation, but those events were largely over during this time; however, he HAD been busy promoting himself and his media to news agencies (I was also told that this is how he normally conducts his affairs, picking and choosing when to communicate with people because he has a bit of an ego). * I answered him the next day (ironically, he actually hit me with a second message and asked me to answer him), acknowledging and thanking him for his response. I told him I was interested in continuing, IF he would make the resolution of our deal a priority. He did not respond. His message the morning, August 4, asking for a response was the last communication I ever received from him. * I called (got his # from Facebook) and left a courteous but firm voicemail on August 16, asking him to call me immediately; it was never returned. * I called and left a second, less-cordial voicemail on August 17, demanding an immediate call back; it was never returned. * I sent a text message on August 20, asking for a status update and a response to my numerous inquiries; it was never answered. * I posted a comment on his August 21 Instagram post the next day, hoping to spur some sort of response; it went unaddressed and is still on the post as of the writing of this review. * I sent him an email via PayPal in error, intending to report the problem but unintentionally ending a direct message; although it detailed all of my bad experience to date, it still went unanswered. Realizing just how ridiculous it was that I was trying to make someone answer me who was not going to, I initiated the refund request process with PayPal on August 24, 2018; thankfully, Mr. Barrios stuck with his usual pattern and didn't respond, and I was refunded my money by default on September 1. It had been three months and three weeks since I contacted him - six weeks since I had paid him and four weeks since my girlfriend's birthday had come and gone. Now of course I do recognize, in hindsight, how many red flags there were in trying to communicate with Mr. Barrios, and how ridiculous the situation was even before I paid him; I bear some blame for this mess. It was obvious from the start that I was not dealing with a professional, but I still tried to make things work. I should have done a little more research before contacting him (had I simply Googled his name and the word, "scam," those results alone would have kept me from ever reaching out to him. By his own admission, Mr. Barrios isn't the best at communication; he told me (see Instagram conversation screenshots) that he doesn't check his email very much. Every text message and voicemail I ever sent him went unanswered.

My wife and I met Tetiana for a beach photo session and it was one of the highlights of our time in…read moreHawaii! She has a great eye for backgrounds and poses, and she directed us like we were models. The shots were playful and eye-catching, and really captured our love for each other. We could not be more pleased with both the fun, comfortable experience and the high quality of the finished product. The photos were delivered ahead of schedule and exceeded our expectations. We posted a few of them on social media to rave reviews! Highest recommendation for this talented and personable photographer!

my husband and i were recently married while visiting the Big Island, and the officiant we hired…read morebrought Tetiana to photograph our wedding as an "add-on" service for the ceremony. Tetiana is great - she beautifully captured us and our family, was very professional during, and was timely and communicative afterwards. she texted us a small selection of pictures later that evening, that we were able to share until the rest of the album was finished; she said it would take 3-4 weeks for them, but the link to our gallery was provided via email only 2 weeks post-nuptials. she is on instagram as @tetiana__me_photography - and if you happen to be getting hitched in Hawaii, you won't regret working with her.