Nadine Ohara

Nadine Atsuko Ohara

Well-known photographer and a 27 year resident of Walnut Creek, died February 15 after a brief illness.

Born in Hawaii February 21, 1954, Nadine attended Kalanianaole School and Hilo High School. Her love of photography began in High School when she apprenticed with a Hilo photographer. She came to San Francisco in 1972 to study photography. She attended Lone Mountain College in 1973 and 1974. In January 1975 she enrolled at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. In late 1975 she returned to San Francisco where she began a 10 year career in Personnel and Marketing Communications at Decimus Corporation, eventually becoming Creative Director, and did occasional freelance photography jobs. In 1985 she left Decimus to start a computer graphics business in Walnut Creek. Nadine continued to work as a freelance photographer, including for Lynds Photography, and in 1999 the computer graphics business was closed, and Nadine opened her photography business, Picturesque. She was loved by her clients, highly respected and admired by her colleagues, and cherished by her family and friends. In turn, she loved her family, photography, her friends and her dog. She was not all work and no play, by any means. She enjoyed parties, trips to wine country, great food and great wine, the Opera, Symphony, Ballet, Theatre, Movies and books. She will be remembered by all who knew her for her quiet manner, humility, integrity, strength and wit, her insistence on the highest standards in her work, her generosity with her time and her talent, and her willingness to share her knowledge and experience with anyone who asked. She was a great treasure, and she is greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her mother. Nadine is survived by her father, Rev. Kenjyo Ohara of Hawaii; her brother and sister-in-law Harlan and Rose Mary Ohara and her nephew Nikolas Ohara of San Jose, California; her sister Jasmine and brother-in-law Daniel Morrison, niece Erin and her husband Joe Boll, niece Leigh Morrison and her husband Fritz Johnson, and their daughters Via and Anya Johnson, all of Hawaii, Nephew David and his wife Ashlee Vega, nephew Christopher Vega and his daughter Gabriela Vega, and nieces Samantha Genho and Ashley Genho, all of San Jose, California. Services have been held.