"My family and I had the pleasure of working with Vanessa and Troy for our family and maternity photo shoot, and the experience was amazing. They were both great communicators and made the entire process easy and enjoyable. Troy was fantastic with our 4-year-old son, helping him feel comfortable and engaged, and he had a great eye for finding the perfect angles and backdrops. We absolutely love how the photos turned out. We highly recommend Vanessa Aries Photography."

"My husband and I were coming to Maui to celebrate our honeymoon and baby moon all in one, after doing a lot of research I finally found Vanessa! I loved the style of all of her other photos & it was super easy to book. She made us feel comfortable (we never take professional photos) and knew exactly how to tell us to pose/ made that very natural for us! 4 weeks later and my pics were here! Love them SOOOO much!!!!"

"I’ve always loved taking pictures of my family. Ever since I got married, all the important moments, maternity, newborn, family photos, we’ve always had them done professionally. This was by far the best experience.

Recently, we were lucky enough to have Vanesa capture our first trip to Hawaii. And honestly… taking pictures with 5 little kids is usually chaos. But she made it feel so easy. She was incredibly patient, caring, and professional, but also super natural. She just let the kids be themselves and somehow captured the most beautiful, real moments.

We had never had pictures like this before, and wow… we didn’t realize what we were missing. She completely changed the way we see family photos. I genuinely wish we could go back and have her capture every big moment in our lives.

If you’re hesitating between photographers, do yourself a favor, Vanesa is it.

And I haven’t even mentioned how well she knows the island. She took us to so many amazing spots throughout the week, places I didn’t even have on my very basic tourist itinerary.

We got the photos back so fast, and the whole process was just super easy.

I could honestly go on forever, she’s just amazing."