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Welcome

It's always hard to write about yourself so here it goes. I moved to Hawaii from New York where I was an Art Director in the fashion industry. After 15 years I decided it was time for a change. Photography has always been a passion of mine and as I directed many photoshoots, I secretly wanted to be pressing the shutter.
I'm passionate about what I do and contiually educate myself by belonging to the Digital Wedding Chat and attending workshops at Pacific New Media through U.H. and various workshops throughout the country. Some are interesting tid-bits about me...
Favorite color is purple - some will say it's pink but, I think they're in the same family.
I love to cook and bake - my favorite is chocolate chip cookies
I'm addicted to peanut butter - I say everyone needs a vice
Relaxing with a book (almost any genre will do).
Enjoy the blog
Go ahead, book a free consultation, I'd love to meet you to discuss your big day or what ever your event may be. e: info@jeannemariephoto.com

Christina & Justin ~ Hawaii Beach Wedding

I love the intimacy of a small beach wedding, where family gathers around to be a part of the ceremony. I met up with Christina & Jason at Waimanalo Beach. A  favorite of mine with its white sand and beautiful clear sea-foam green – azure blue water, makes it a wonderful place to photograph at.

The ceremony was performed by family friend, Kalona from A Rainbow in Paradise. I love her laid back style and along with she delivers her inspiring ceremony, I can always feel the Aloha Spirit.

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waiting for the start…

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It was a gorgeous day for a beach Wedding n Hawaii.

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Emily & Max: The Twitter Proposal (Twitter History)

You may not know but, the Library of Congress will be archiving every Tweet since it starting in March of 2006. I found this quite facinating since there are about 50 billion tweets out there and I send out my fair share.

On to my part in history… Unsuspecting little ‘ol me, last spring received a “Direct Message ” (a private email through Twitter) from two of my followers; @marcorbito & @scrivrner, mentioning that a couple recently  announced their engagement on Twitter. They also sent out the “tweet” that they wanted to use vendors they found through Twitter. I clearly remember because I was on my way to Little Oven for some late night dessert which is the informal tweet-up local here in Honolulu. I say unsuspecting, because I had no clue I’d be a part of Twitter history!

This past Friday, I received a phone call from MSNBC.com and had to listen to the message three times to make sure I heard the message right! I couldn’t believe the it, they were asking permission to use one of my images from Emily & Max’s Wedding here in Hawaii. I have to admit it’s not as earth shattering as the elections in Iran where we all changed our avatars to green in solidarity or the breaking news story about the “Miracle on the Hudson” but I’m honored just the same.

Click here to see the story. Below is the famous image posted to MSNBC.com

Here are some other images from Emily & Max’s Wedding. I had a fabulous time photographing them and their families to share in this wonderful haooy occasion. enjoy

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I always love the kiss.

Cynthia & Coach 2.14.2010

I receive inquires everyday from people who wish to get married here on Hawai’i. When the inquiry came in from Cynthia about how she and her husband wanted to renew their vows on the beach for Valentine’s day, I knew it was going to be a special one. Cynthia had wanted a beach wedding 35 years ago when she was first wed to Matthew (aka Coach) and not being able to now was the right time to gather the family together in Hawai’i Nei for this special occasion. Being able to share this moment with her close knit family, you can see that I was quite honored.

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It was a beautiful afternoon on the beach at Kahala. We went to the perfect spot under a few palm trees.

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Craig Matsumoto of Streams Hawaii, LLC performed beautiful selection for the ceremony check out his website

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everyone was asked to gather around for the exchange of the Lei

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Hope you enjoyed these as much as I enjoyed photographing this wonderful family from California! Aloha!

PNM – Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2010

I’m excited to announce my acceptance of two images into the “Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i” Second Annual Survey, sponsored by Pacific New Media.

The show opening will be Friday April 2nd fro 6-9PM at Frame Arts Hawaii.

I’d love for you to join me and the 30 other photographers who’ll be part of this year’s exhibit.