Underwater Maternity with Dolphins | Oahu Hawaii Underwater Maternity Photographer

I always see the spinner dolphins when I’m shooting early in the morning. Now imagine going into the water to shoot the underwater portion of my maternity shoot and hearing their whistles so close. Now keep on imagining as we first were approached by one dolphin who broke away from the pod to check us out… then the whole pod came and surrounded us. It was surreal, amazing, awesome, exhilarating and the best underwater experience of our lives. We did not chase them, we just calmly dove down and swam alongside them and when they swam away we carried on shooting.

For this underwater shoot we had heavy rain, sun, a rainbow and dolphins. It was amazing!

*Just a little information to those who come visit Hawaii and encounter these animals, it is illegal to chase and harass them. They can approach you but you cannot swim like a mad person after them like I’ve seen so many do. Let’s respect the animals on their own turf. Mahalo!