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 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 […]

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 […]

The engagement session is a great way for couple and photographer to get to know each other. I always joke that I make my couples work for their images but, in a way it’s true. When planning out the sessions, most people don’t know what to expect because they’ve never had professional photographs. Probably the […]

Traveling from Portland for their Hawaii Destination wedding, we finally met up with Dhina and Jacob over in Kailua. Kailua is a wonderful little area of our island where the beaches tend to be calm most of the time and the water is perfect for swimming and kayaking. It’s also where our President has been […]

Even though I’ve been photographing Hawaii Weddings for over seven years now, I still get a little nervous when I hear about a larger wedding party. I mean think about it… 20 people in a wedding party?!? OMG!!! That’s a whole lot of people to wrangle in for some photographs! Such was the case with […]

I can’t believe how far behind I am on posting recent shoots! I loved photographing Nicolle and Brock for their engagement session up on the North Shore. They wanted bring their boys and make an evening out of it. The thing about going up to the North Shore is that I find that people who […]

Next to your wedding location, picking an engagement photo spot is just as important. These photos are a fun way to capture the personalities of you and your honey before the wedding. It’s also a great way to work with and get to know your wedding photographer before the big day. From my experience, the […]

I photograph many Destination weddings here in Honolulu. I mean come on, Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on Earth to be. So, to me, it’s not surprising that Hawaii is one of the top destinations to get married. Most people choose to do so here right on Oahu since Oahu is known […]

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 […]