A little about the person behind the lens and the creative mind behind the work.
meet renee
I’ve always been interested in perspective. What makes us notice one thing instead of another? Why does a particular image stop us in our tracks? What happens when you change the angle, remove the clutter, shift the composition, or simply look a little longer? That curiosity has shaped more than 25 years of my creative career. I’m Renee Hoogs, a photographer, creative director, and visual problem solver whose work has taken me from behind the camera and into production, art direction, digital asset management, and creative systems. My professional photography career began in 1999, after earning my BS in Environmental Science and moving to Hawaiʻi, where I started my production career and discovered how much I loved bringing creative ideas, people, and moving parts together. I began shooting film photography and video at Dolphin Quest Hawaiʻi and went on to work in production on Hawaiʻi-based shows including Baywatch and Renovation Nation. Those early experiences taught me to see both the image and everything that has to happen behind it to make the image work.
KAILUA-KONA & AUSTIN
Proudly serving Kailua-Kona and Austin, bringing vision into focus through photography, creative direction, editing, and curation.
Over the years, my perspective has continued to evolve. I’ve traveled to more than 50 countries across six continents, photographed for publications and brands, worked across fashion, travel, lifestyle, and environmental storytelling, and spent eight years working in digital asset management across architecture and fashion. Most recently, I managed Creative Systems and Digital Assets at SPANX, where I worked at the intersection of creativity and technology, developing workflows, implementing creative tools, organizing large-scale image libraries, and helping teams work more efficiently. Today, I bring all of those experiences together through photography, editing, curation, creative direction, and visual problem solving. Because I believe creativity isn’t just about making something beautiful. It’s about knowing what matters, seeing the possibilities, and knowing how to bring the two together.
“I’m drawn to the things that don’t last: a certain kind of light, a passing expression, the feeling of a place before it changes. Photography lets me hold onto them, just for a little while longer.”
— Piko Piko Photography
