Tamekia Swint founder of Styles 4 Kidz is a friend I admire who inspires me so much! She nominated me for a feature in Shoutout LA for an Entrepreneur shout out. From ShoutoutLA, “Hi Roxanne, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-takingRisk IS life. If we do not risk we live […]

Approaching RISK- Shoutout LA feature

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Photography is visual storytelling and I will never take for granted being invited in to my amazing clients stories. The Prince family is just a gift. Erin shares her journey on Instagram and her vulnerability and choosing beauty is the season of young motherhood will inspire you! I have been able to photograph their beautiful […]

Welcoming Yoshiko

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10 years?!?! It has been 10 years since I formally founded Hawa Images and Hawa LLC and I am reflecting a lot these days. I took the shakiest steps towards starting my business journey. A camera in one hand and a baby on my hip chasing two littles with no real clue what it meant […]

Why Photography? A messy founders story.

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Edith Courington from CUSD 201 shared, “We were thrilled to host Illinois Reads, an initiative by the Illinois Reading Council, celebrating the love of reading for every citizen in the state and showcasing the incredible talents of Illinois authors. A huge thank you to the amazing authors who graced our event, bringing joy to families […]

Book Lovers in the CUSD 201 District come together for Illinois Reads

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This season the Westmont High School Boy’s Basketball Team has had a great season! It was so much fun to photograph some of the games this season and create some video highlights as well. Congrats Sentinels! Westmont High School welcomed new members of the Hall of Fame during the home game February 2nd. Congrats to […]

WHS Basketball

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THIS IS OUR VERY VERY LAST STYLED SESSIONS EVENT in Illinois with Your Entrepreneur Hype Squad. We have been all weepy in our texts back and forth because what YOU ALL have created with us has been such a gift! It’s been the BEST 1.5 years of content creation & collab’ing with amazing women! Trust […]

Last Styled Sessions in Illinois! March 15th

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When Tamekia Swint asked me to photograph the Decades of Beauty Hair Show with Styles 4 Kidz I knew it would be an amazing event! S4K does it right every time! Styles 4 Kidz has a mission to provide high-quality, compassionate hair care education and services for kids with textured hair in foster care and […]

Decades of Beauty Hair Show with S4K

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I was invited to photograph Media Day for a local high school’s volleyball team! My daughter is a senior this year so I was so excited to help hype the ladies of Westmont Volleyball up and encourage then to celebrate each other and their team! This is you sign to book a Media Day experience […]

Volleyball Media Day

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Haley Grimm invited me to create some images of her recent gig at the Taste of Westmont. She performed original songs to a crowd at the local street fest in her home town. She shared with the audience that growing up in Westmont she always hoped to perform in her hometown. She has since moved […]

Haley Grimm at The Taste of Westmont

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