Last March I photographed Chris and Lara’s engagement photos, you can see them here.  They gave away bottles of merlot with one of my images as the label.  The wedding venu was at the Bali Ho house on the North Show of Oahu  were they had the wedding ceremony and reception. The day of the wedding ended up being a beautiful day on the North Shore.  There was a little rain but we had a stunning Hawaiian sunset.  As a photographer you can’t ask for better lighting.  The reception was fantastic. It was catered by one of my favorite wedding planners, Milestone Events Hawaii.  I love when I arrive at a wedding and see them setting up, because I know the food is going to be amazing.  I also loved their wedding cake,  it was inspired by the surf art work of Heather Brown.   Congratulations Lara and Chris and thanks for letting me be part of your big day.

This couple is a match made in heaven.  It was so much fun photographing Sara & Isaac.  They are both talented surfers and we had a great engagement photo session in the water together.  We were lucky to find some surf on the north shore.  Congratulations Sara & Isaac, can’t wait to photograph your wedding.

I had a lot of fun taking Stacey and David’s engagement photos!  They were very out going and fun to photograph.  As we were coming in from shooting some underwater photos at Waimea Bay,  I almost stepped on a turtle, so of course we jumped back in and got some shots with it as it swam around.  Seeing and swimming with turtle’s never get’s old.  Best wishes Stacey and David!

It definitely is feeling like summer time, and true to form, this last month a lot of my sessions have included water photography.  It was a lot of fun capturing Ashlynne and Ben’s engagement photos before they headed back to the mainland.  We started off the session at the Haleiwa bridge, and then headed to Pipeline on the North Shore where we did the underwater pictures.  Congratulations Ashlynne and Ben.

As I arrived at this engagement shoot on the North Shore, the rain started and I thought for sure Tanya and Adam would want to reschedule, but they were troopers. I’m glad because it ended up being a fantastic photo shoot.  The video I included is a little behind the scenes look at the underwater part of their session.   Adam has been deployed three times overseas already and I wish them all the best in their upcoming wedding and life together.  Congratulations Tanya and Adam, can’t wait to photograph your wedding.  You guys are a beautiful couple.

What a beautiful couple.  I had such a great time shooting these engagement photos with Lara and Chris on the North Shore of Oahu.  They were adventurous, fun, and clearly in love.  Everything seemed to work together really well, the sunlight, palm trees,  wardrobe, and their joy.  Congratulations Chris and Lara!

This is one of the most stunning locations I have photographed for an engagement session.  Marcus and Anela wanted to encompass the land and sea in their shoot.  So we spent time in these gardens on the Windward side of Oahu and also in the ocean for some underwater engagement pictures.  Marcus and Anela are truly some of the best people I know.  Marcus is in medical school and Anela is an amazing teacher here in Hawaii, my kids just light up anytime she comes around.

I am so excited to photograph Traci and Adam’s wedding at Waimea Vally this week.  I took some bridals of Traci a few week back at the Laie Hawaii Temple, and last June we did some underwater engagement pictures on the North Shore.  You can see those here.  They are a fun couple,  and Waimea Vally is a beautiful place to get married, I think this is going to be an amazing wedding.

I love photographing underwater portraits.

It was a beautiful day on the North Shore today.  The picture above is of the Vans triple Crown of Surfing contest in Haleiwa Hawaii.  This is the world championship of surfing.  I was on my way to an engagement session and the mountains looked amazing and I had to just pull over and snap a shot.   The picture below is of the fun couple that I was photographing.  I had a great time with this couple, can’t wait to post their shoot in a week or so.