When planning your wedding in Hawaii, couples often are looking to intertwine traditions of local culture. Most will choose to exchange lei where you can learn more here. Then there is the Honi. In short, honi, means to kiss. The gravity of the honi in the Hawaiian culture is often unknown to visitors, which, in […]

I love photographing Indian Weddings. Multiple days of celebration and traditions. One is those where the groom to be rides in on a white horse. Even in modern times some traditions live and I must says this is one that I love to photograph. Usually the groom rides in to his new brides village where […]

  I met Danyo + Jaisa a few years when I first moved to Hawaii. I sold them a power adapter off of Craig’s List and never thought about it. Until a few years later when I ran into Danyo again…On a boat. No, really! We’re on a catamaran off Waikiki and he come up […]

Our image of the week comes via Kauai… It was a beautiful but gusty day when we headed over to Kauai for Suvi + Nelish’s wedding day. They had a late afternoon ceremony ending around the time the sun was setting when we captured this tender between our newly married couple.   Jeannemarie is a […]

We met up with Erin + Landon up at a few of my favorite spots on the North Shore of Oahu. They mentioned at their initial consultation that they had wanted to do something different for their engagement photos. Offering some suggestions, I asked them if they had any hobbies or activities that they like […]

Every once in a while I’ll get a inquiry for a portrait session where the client wants to do something different. Such was the case for Mandy. She wanted images of her practicing her yoga against the wide blue ocean of Hawaii. So, we climbed down to a remote spot by the Halona Blow Hole (do […]

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I love the North Shore of Oahu simply that it has less people and of course the gorgeous sunsets, I recommended we head up to Ke’iki Beach. It was a beautiful day and their ceremony performed including communion. I loved the simplicity of not […]

Boy meets girl, they fall in love and boys job relocates them to Hawaii. Not a bad deal at all. We met up with them over in Waimanalo Beach where the sand is white and the ocean color is always a fabulous azure. I love Waimanalo also because it has forrest and ocean within a […]

I was super excited to photograph Deepa and Akshay’s wedding at the Sheraton Waikiki. It had all makings of fabulous Indian Wedding. It was over two days Many times the Mehndi ceremony is done a few days before and is filled with ceremony and celebration. Deepa decided to have hers done in private, in her […]

I know that being a Hawaii Wedding photographer, people are always expecting outdoor, beach images with greenery and or big beautiful beaches but, I just can’t help myself to create a beautiful imagery of my brides whilst getting ready in hotel rooms. Wether my destination or local couples they usually wind up getting ready in […]