Back in 2017, Zachary bought his wife Kelley a location / studio portrait session for Christmas. Kelley had amazing ideas inspired by classic Disney movies, so we went with a demure princess look amongst Okinawa’s cosmos flowers, then transformed her into an all-powerful queen.

With Kelley looking magnificent (or possibly Maleficent), we shot in the studio, then headed over to Bise Village to get images at the beach and amongst the fukugi trees.

Zachary was even willing to step in front of the camera so that Queen Kelley could demonstrate the true power of the crown.

Over the past 8 years, Zachary has himself transformed into a legendary Thunderbird. It was fantastic to see both Zachary and Kelley in the new Netflix documentary (That’s Zachary (Zeke) in the Official Trailer thumbnail!). So happy to see them following their dreams, and their lovely young family. Hopefully we’ll meet again if they are ever back in Okinawa, but until then safe flights as you serve your Queen and country.

Thank you to Audra Pesicka for her great work back in 2017 with hair and makeup, and to Yuki as my assistant. Photos were shot with the Pentax 645Z, with lighting using a Profoto B1 and the softlight reflector white.

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