Hi, my name is Leilani. I’m a photographer who specializes in creating strategic visual assets for lifestyle brands and individuals seeking to connect with their communities through storytelling and emotive aesthetics.

Now let’s get more personal.

My photography journey has not been a straightforward one. I went from being a historian, to being a competitive kiteboarding athlete, living all over the world, to completely pivoting after picking up a camera and discovering a profound desire to capturing the world in all its beauty and wonder.

Although I never knew my grandfather, I like to think that my insatiable curiosity and passion for image-making came from him. Somehow. Passed down unto me through the mysterious fabric of the universe. He was an explorer, and dedicated to documenting the world around him. He would pile crates full of cameras and film (which at the time weighed a ton) into his little single-engine airplane and, with my mother as copilot, they would explore vastness of French Polynesia. Everything they saw and everyone they met was immortalized on rolls and rolls of film.

When I take photos, I do so from a place of feeling, constantly striving to capture the unique essence of each moment, person, place. I seek to create images that are beautiful and powerful in their ability to tell stories that speak louder than words.