Fresh back from WPPI in Las Vegas. I was reinvigorated and inspired by what I heard and what I saw. From last nights wedding, there was no real sunset as the Kona winds moved on to Oahu. Kona Winds is when the winds shift direction usually coming in from the east and the come in […]

Continuing our talk about where wedding traditions come from, we’ve all heard of the rhyme: “Something old, something new. Something borrowed, something blue. Put a six pence in your shoe” This well-known British adage, are items a bride should wear for good luck, For the modern Hawaii bride, there is always a modern and fashionable […]

Photographing Hawaii weddings includes many aspects of your day, especially when you hire a wedding photographer to for all day coverage. Asking a group of people to pose in front of the camera and act happy on demand isn’t always as easy as it looks.

Glynnis + Ron met through friends and and started dating.  It was a beautiful day filled with family, friends and sunshine when we met up with them  on their wedding day at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel aka the “Pink Hotel”. They were married on the picturesque ocean front lawn with the Historic Diamond Head and south […]

Who would have thought that Pantone is in charge of choosing a color that defines the year? When I used to work in the fashion industry, this decision heavily dictated the color trends for designers everywhere. Nowadays, the wedding industry has definitely taken a cue.

Today I want to share…share the work of a photographer Sue Bryce and videographer Hailey Bartholomew who tell the story of a woman who is living with stage 4 cancer.

Her vision, she told me, was in a park with lots of greenery and in downtown Honolulu to have the contrast of nature and urban living. My suggestion was to head over to Chinatown where on a Saturday, is pretty quiet since it’s mostly a Monday – Friday hub. So with my trusty assistant Kelli to watch over traffic, we head to the middle of the road for this image.

You should be dancing, yeah…dancing, yeah!!! It’s so much fun to watch the kids dance but, oh yeah, I’m supposed to be photographing them! After Sarah + Andrew’s formal program was over the dance floor opened up and the Hale Koa was never the same.

Photographing weddings in Hawaii aren’t all about beaches and sand. Sometimes we get a destination bride who’d love to have some images taken at a different location and we’re ecstatic to oblige!

Being the curious girl that I am, I went ahead and googled “Romans Sharing Cake”…and what popped up on browser was super interesting and sparked my interest in where wedding traditions came from. So with that I’m going to feature a wedding tradition here. Let me know if there’s one you’re interested in.