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! 
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!
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.
Being a wedding photographer here in Hawaii I deal with a lot of different variables, especially when it comes to getting in the water for a trash the dress session. Being on an island we are often at the mercy of the wind, sun, waves, and all different elements. Dana and Jake’s “Trash the Dress session” almost didn’t happen. Jake sliced his foot open before their wedding and almost didn’t make it to the ceremony after spending most of the morning in the ER. The doctor told Jake to stay out of the water. A friend let us borrow the big blue boot to keep Jake’s foot dry, as seen below. Busted up foot or not Dana and Jake did a great job hiking over the coral on the North Shore, and getting in the water. The waves were a little big that day but we were able to find a safe location to get into the water. My two favorite pictures of this shoot are the 4th photo were Dana is running, and the last one. I think she looks so peaceful as she is gliding through the water.
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.
I really love my job, I shot 2 weddings this past week and they were both so different but amazing at the same time. The first was a military wedding at Waimea Valley, and the second wedding was at Turtle Bay Resort where the whole wedding party went surfing after the wedding in their clothes. I will be posting more photos from both of these weddings after things slow down. I still have two water shoots and a trash the dress session in Maui, and that is before Christmas.
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.
Check out the beauty that is Kim and Bart’s beach wedding. They were marred at Loulu Palm Estates, a very nice venue on the North Shore of Oahu. What an amazing location to have a sunset wedding. Kim carefully put together the color scheme and designed the tent embellishments with the great wedding planner, Milestone Events Hawaii. The flowers were by Flower Farm. they did a great job with the arch and bouquet. The decor was well chosen with white leather couches, glass beading, and other stylish touches. I love the glow and joy that totally radiates off of this couple in the pictures.
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.
