Hawaii photographer
Eugene and Jane met at medical school and are doing their residency in different states. They met up here in Hawaii where Eugene is doing his residency. We spent the day on the North Shore photographing them in Haleiwa and Sunset Beach in and out of the water.
This was an incredible backyard wedding at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Hawaii. Besides the stunning style of the couple and her awesome dress, I could really see a ton of happiness in this group- I think you’ll see that in the pictures, everyone had huge smiles and all of that joy and energy made choosing which pictures to post challenging. Meghan and Mike had about 50 people come from the mainland to Hawaii for their destination wedding. Congratulations Meghan and Mike, and thank you for having me photograph your wedding, it was an honor.
Meghan and Mike came from California for a destination wedding in Hawaii. A few days before their wedding we set out for a pre wedding surf session on the north shore. I had a lot of fun photographing Meghan and Mike in the water, they are both talented surfers. Check back in a day or so to see photos from their wedding, it was an amazing wedding to photograph.
Regan and Craig flew their familys out all the way from Australia for their Hawaii wedding. I shoot a lot of weddings at Turtle bay on the North Shore, but this is the first time the ceremony was on the beach by the stables. It was nice a quaint, and perfect for a wedding on the beach. I had a great time photographing Regan Craig and their families, Aussies really know how to have a good time.
Urielle & Francois are from Lyon France, and came to hawaii for their honeymoon. I didn’t know this but in france couples do not get engagement pictures. Urielle wanted to get some engagement type photos of her and Francois, so I took them to the North Shore and it was a beautiful day. I love the color of dress that Urielle chose to were, it just pops out against the blue sky and water.
Had an incredible experience this last week swimming with dolphins. I brought two underwater housings, a new one that I just refurbished for my 5D mark II. I also brought myGoPro that I shot the video above with. All the editing for this video was done by Amber Mozo. She is the daughter of legendary surf photographer Jon Mozo. Some people have a gift for photography and she is one of them, her work is amazing. http://ambermozo.com/
My wife is a little bit into fashion. When it comes to clothing she doesn’t buy a whole lot, but she does prefer to buy things that are classic and well made. Some of her favorite clothes are 10 years old in her closet. One of her favorite designers is Emerson Made. Since Patria loves them and they are having a giveaway for customers who send in their snaps, I took a few shots of her wearing the brand and she sent them in and they ended up on her blog today. I grabbed the shots above from www.emersonmade.com Check out Emerson, she is an amazing artist. Clothing made in NYC. Emerson designs and models the clothing and her husband photographs her for the blog. They moved out of the city and onto a New Hampshire farm and it all looks incredible on her clever blog.
I was hired by a company to capture video of a sponsored athlete in the 2010 World Championship Ironman in Kona Hawaii last Saturday. This was the first time I have seen an Ironman. For those of you that are not familiar with the Ironman, it’s a triathlon that consists of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run all without a break. The woman that I was covering is 50 years old and finished in under 12 hours. I don’t know if I could finish the swim. I had help along the way with this assignment from getting press passes and transportation, to my assistant Rob who tracked our athlete all day. The clip at the beginning is the start of the Ironman, when 1500 people fight for position. The last few pictures are of the finish line. It’s amazing what the human body can do. Watching the finishers make it to the end and then crumple with emotion or exhaustion was moving. They have volunteers lined up at the finish line just to assist, catch, care for people after they make it across.
(Photo taken from the video)
Check out this amazing video of two French free divers- Guillaume Nery is jumping on one breath and Julie Gautier is filming is on one breath as well. The two are a couple too. My kids thought this video was pretty cool.
I had a great time photographing Silvia & Matt’s destination wedding at the Royal Kona Resort, located on the ocean in Kona Hawaii. Silvia’s family came all the way from Germany, it was so fun the have the European vibe there and they had so much style. You can just tell from the wedding dress Silvia chose. This is the first time photographing a wedding at the Royal Kona Resort. Its a great location for a wedding in Kona and the sunset was amazing.
This is one of the most moving pictures I have taken. There are a lot of rules in photography to create an amazing image, but sometimes it just comes down to place and time. This picture is Tom Pohaku Stone leading the ceremony of Lester Falatea’s paddle out at Pipeline two years ago. I got there before the sun came up and as it started to rise the sky just came alive with amazing color.
University of Hawaii picked up this picture for their 2011 Hawaii and the Pacific new and current book catalog. Click here to check out their catalog. While perusing the catalog look for the book Waves of Resistance, written by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker. He is a good friend of mine and an amazing historian and a gifted surfer.
I got a call a week ago from a few friends that were on a work / surf trip to Fiji. A trip that I wish I was on but I had a wedding that week. I thought they were joking when they said they saw a photo I had taken of my son surfing when he was 3 years old. Until they showed me these shots they had taken in a random resort clothing store in Nadi, Fiji. As I was typing this post I took a break to google something surf related and came across a surf camp in Costa Rica that used the same photo of Atticus. crazy.
