Discover Jerithe

Photography found me in the middle of my own transformation. What started as a moment of surrender became the beginning of a calling. 

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In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, I lost my full-time job and with it, the sense of stability I thought I needed. With no plan and everything uncertain, I booked a one-way ticket to Honolulu the night before my flight. I arrived in Hawai‘i with nothing but a carry-on, an aching heart, and a quiet whisper inside telling me I needed to leap, even if I didn’t know where I would land.

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When I reached the airport, I learned I couldn’t enter without a confirmed 14 day quarantine stay. I knew no one. I was alone. I panicked. I booked the most affordable motel I could find in Waikīkī, just steps from the ocean, and cried on the beach that first day wondering what I had done.

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That’s when a photographer, a stranger, approached me. He said, “I can tell you’re having a hard time, but you’re going to be okay.” He told me he was a photo therapist and offered to take my portrait. That moment changed my life.

 

What followed were several days of ceremonial photo sessions with him (Cliff), where I was invited to show up as I was, tune into my soul, and remember my power. I wasn’t just being photographed; I was being witnessed in real time, mid transformation. It was the first time I had experienced photography as a form of healing.

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Soon after, I traveled to Kaua‘i where, by fate, I became neighbors with a ceremonial photographer named Katarina Rain, formerly known as Chloe the Hawaiian Yogini. She became a mentor and sister to me. Together we explored sacred places across the island from Koke‘e and Makaleha to Queen’s Bath, Secret Beach, and Dragon’s Breath. We created photo ceremonies, sang to the land, cried healing tears, and made offerings to the waters before capturing any moment.

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She taught me what it means to take photos in prayer. To ask permission of the land. To honor every session as sacred. To witness transformation, not just pose for it.
 

This is the foundation of my work.
Photography, for me, is not about the perfect shot. It’s about presence. It's about helping you feel seen in your full power, in relationship with the Earth, and in deep connection with yourself.

I carry this wisdom with me in every shoot.
And I offer it to you with reverence, with heart, and with the same love that was once poured into me.