Hawaii photographer
i loved photographing this local wedding. The incredible food, entertainment, and all the friends and family create the kind of atmosphere that makes Hawaii so special. Leiau and Lance had an amazing wedding on the beach just outside of Laie, and after headed over to Kualoa Ranch for the reception. The following Monday, Leiau decided to jump off Laie point in her wedding dress. It was the perfect day with light winds and calm seas. Congratulations Leiau and Lance! 
Here are a few photos of Max & Mona’s wedding at the Laie Hawaii Temple. It was an amazing day, Max’s family mostly from Laie and Mona’s travailing all the way from New Zealand. After the temple I took the bride and groom to Laie bay and Gun Stock Ranch to take some more photos. The receptions was amazing, the family really came together to create a beautiful and fun gathering. My favorite was the vintage VW van. Congratulations Max & Mona!!
I had a great time photographing Candice and Sam’s wedding. They came all the way from New Zealand with their families for an intimate destination wedding here in Hawaii. It was a beautiful day to have a wedding on the white sandy beaches of Waimanalo. It turned out to be an amazing day, we even had time hike down to a remote cove to trash the dress. Congratulations Candice and Sam!
It has been a busy wedding season here in Hawaii. I have wanted to post more but time is scarce. Here are a few shots from Ashlee and Jon’s wedding at the Laie Hawaii Temple. They were married in the Laie temple and then had a ring ceremony afterwards on the grounds. The first few images are from Laie Point, I shot those with an off camera flash as it was the middle of the day and the sun was harsh. I love how Ashlee’s dress blew in the wind. We finished up at a beautiful beach in Hau’ula. Congratulations Ashlee and Jon!
What a beautiful wedding. Morgan and Taylor had their wedding ceremony at the Laie Hawaii Temple. Their reception was held at the art courtyard at BYU-Hawaii. This was the first wedding event I have photographed at BYU-Hawaii. There were many fun details that went into decorating the courtyard, making it an intimate reception. Our tropical summer weather brought some rain during the reception, but I’ve heard that wedding day rain brings extra good fortune to the couple and it certainly didn’t dampen the good feelings and energy of the event. It was memorable to witness all of the Maori culture expressed through Morgan’s family and Taylor joined in the haka as well. Congratulations Morgan and Taylor! Mahalo for allowing me to be a part of your amazing day.
Prior to their wedding Carrie and Ben jumped right in as we did a trash the dress session on the north shore at Turtle Bay. As a surfer Ben was very comfortable, and Carrie was quite brave to go out into the surf as big as it was. There are a few behind the scenes photos below where you can see wave size. They were married a few day later at the Laie, Hawaii Temple, the same temple that Carrie’s parents were married in. Their receptions was at a beach house on Laie Bay, one of my favorite places in the world. They had so many fun things at their reception: cotton candy, a Ted’s Bakery cake and even fire knife dancing from Carrie’s dads college roommate, Kap Te’o Tafiti.
Rochelle and Ivan came all the way from Alaska to have their destination wedding in Hawaii. The day turned out to be amazing even though we had a little rain that day on the North Shore. I really enjoyed photographing Rochelle and Ivan, they had a lot of fun energy, especially when we went to trash the dress.
I have to also give a shout out to Jennifer Jones, she was Rochelle’s makeup artists and did an amazing job.
Kumiko and Michael flew all the way from Japan for a Hawaii destination wedding here in Honolulu. It was fun to see the two families come together. Kumiko’s family spoke a little English and Michael’s family spoke a little Japanese. The ceremony location was beautiful with Diamond Head in the background. Congratulations Kumiko and Michael.
A small preview of a wedding I photographed this week, Rebecca and Tyler’s eloped on the North Shore of Hawaii. Nobody knew of their wedding, so I sent them a few photos quickly so they could announce it to the world. Congratulations Rebecca and Tyler, it was a beautiful ceremony.
This wedding brought two passions together, surfing and photography. I was of course excited when Malia contacted me and said she wanted to go surfing in her wedding dress. I have done a lot of trash the dress photography, but this was the first actual wedding where the bride and groom and the whole wedding party jumped in the water. Malia and Brad’s wedding was at Turtle Bay on the North Shore of Oahu Hawaii. This was the perfect wedding venue to have the wedding ceremony and then jump in the water. On top of the surf, they had a really amazing color scheme. Congratulations Malia and Brad, you guys ripped it up.
Katie and Mike flew into Maui after their wedding in Atlanta, Georgia. I met them in Maui for a trash the dress session at Twin Falls. They were both very adventurous, especially Katie to hike in with her wedding dress. The water fall was flowing pretty good since we had a week of rain prior. Last time I was here I was working on the Arbonne catalog, and couldn’t help to think what a cool place it would be to photograph a bride. So I was very excited when Katie and Mike called me up to photograph their post wedding pictures. Congratulations guys- it was a lot of fun spending this time with you!
Traci and Adam had their destination wedding at Waimea Falls located on the North Shore of Oahu Hawaii. This is an amazingly beautiful place to get married. You are surrounded by a lush tropical forest and across the street is Waimea Bay that has a long sandy beach.
I really had a great time photographing Traci and Adams Wedding. All the bridesmaids and groomsmen were a lot of fun to be around. I was really impressed on how their wedding was so centered on their faith. I thought it was cool that the first thing they wanted to do as a married couple was to take communion. Congratulations Traci and Adam.
To see their underwater engagement pictures click here.
