Shauna & Bully

Shauna contacted me wanting to shoot an engagement session for their wedding invitations, after some delays we were finally able to get some time in for the shoot. Shauna and Bully were awesome to work with, when clients are eager to let themselves go with the flow of things the photos always come out great!! This was a new spot I had never been to, so I had no plan. Off we went searching for the light, and what was supposed to be a 1hr session turned into a 3hr session because the light we found was so good, I wanted to keep shooting as long as they were willing, and at the end of the day I was very excited to see the images we were able to capture. I was impressed with how far Shauna was willing to go! Hair, nails, make up, heels... climbing fences, walking through the pasture, climbing rocks, what a trooper!

Amber & Keoni

I recently had the chance to photograph Amber and Keoni's wedding day! And I must say I'm lucky I get to notice every little expression through the eye piece of my camera. A nice late afternoon ceremony, a reception with hula performances and dancing that would continue on into the night! Lighting and audio provided by Hawaii Sound & Vision http://www.hawaiisav.com/, I highly recommend these guys for your event, ask for Luckey Brown very cool guy. I also want to thank Amber & Keoni for giving us a room for the night at the newly renovated King Kam hotel!


Strobist: The ceremony photo's were just about impossible because of how stong the afternoon back light had become, and I knew it would be a problem ekkkkhhhh! Break out the secret weapons! I had previously stashed a SB600 hidden in the gazebo @ 1/4 power just in case, dont remember the rest of the settings, I was using a radio trigger to pop off the flash for some fill, there was no way I knew there was going to overpower that ambient, but it came out great. Night shots were done using a single Nikon SB24 bare flash also on a radio trigger and light stand ISO 800, 1/250th @ f9

Interesting weather...

I have been sick ALL week!!! it's my kryptonyte! Woke up at 4am to an amazing lightning storm that I watched move in from the ocean outside of keahole airport, and up Hualalai in less then 15 minutes! A great photo op for sure and I would have taken better photo's if it wasn't for me being hopped up on Nyquil and not to mention my son work up crying because of the lightning and thunder... and a pretty cool sunset sky, the colors were amazing

Merisa & Charles

Merisa and Charles had nice afternoon wedding ceremony under this canopy of trees at Honokohau Harbor Park. Shooting from and in the shade is a luxury that I don't usually have. The afternoon sun was bright, but the trees helped to block it all out, and only through small openings in the tree tops, light rays would beam through I loved it! The reception at the Yacht club highlighted the night, with lots of food, hula performances, including a beautiful solo dance by the Bride dedicated to the Groom as he watched on. Going through the photos I could tell that Merisa and Charles although both are very shy, they are also a VERY loving couple!

Kim & Craig

Kim & Craig planned their wedding on Halloween day, why not? Nobody gets married on Halloween, which explains why every minister, photographer, planner, musician, whatever... would be available on that day.  We all know that simple is always better.  The wedding location ended up being at a newly renovated private home on Alii Drive... very nice.  Claire and I were off to cover another wedding. On another note, nothing to do with the wedding I never realized how many homeless people live on the beaches of Alii Drive, it's shocking

Leilani & Nathan

Nathan called me up looking for a wedding photographer, and that he and his wife were on a limited budget for photography, I decided to give them a break and help them out. Anyone that wants a photographer shouldn't have to decide they don't need to have one becuase they cannot afford to pay $500.00 for an hour!! I personally hate that side of most professional photographers. Anyone that had passed up Nate, and Leilani's wedding didn't have a chance to see and photograph the hands down best wedding reception of 2010!!!! It was like watching "The Gathering of The Kings" but better! Dim dramatic mixed lighting throughout the reception area was really a challenge, but made this wedding very original!! By the end of the night I had run out of batteries for my flash units, and we were still photographing well beyond our scheduled time, because the reception was so busy we didn't have time to to get away and take some photos of the bride and groom alone but at the very end I was able to get one strobist shot in, before my batteries wouldn't power my flash at all... this was a test shot as I was setting up my lighting you can tell by the framing but that's all she wrote

Diane & Scott

As a favor for my sister I had helped out her friend with some photos. Diane & Scott were scheduled to get married in the near future. Insisting on an early shoot to avoid harsh lighting on numerous ocassions, their schedule wouldn't have it. Bright blue skys at Kiholo Bay.

Amber & Keoni

Amber & Keoni, have both been busy making preperations for their wedding in December, working, and along with taking care of their one year old son finding the time to do things is always a task in itself.  Amber had asked my wife about doing some last second engagment photos, and as busy as I am, we were able to squeeze something out of the early AM hours, here's what happened.

Renee & John

Normally I would be here to look @ some god dang broken air conditioner, but on this day I was lucky enough to be photographing Renee & John's wedding.  Time was some what lacking, so the only time we could break aways was during the late overcast evening... into the night we go.  Here are a few pics 

Sammi & Jack

Sammi & Jack were already married, however because of their busy lives they've never had the chance to go on a honeymoon. When Sammi told me they were coming to Hawaii, and wanted to schedule a portrait session, I was more then happy to be their photographer.  Both, Sammi and Jack were easy, and fun to work which made the entire session relaxing, I had a great time taking their photos.

Lenses used: Sigma EX DG HSM 50mm F1.4, Nikon AFS 10-24mm F3.5, processed using Nikon CNX2 & PSCS3.  2nd time using CTR301P's decided to try it and see how they work, no miss fires in daylight, well as far as I know.

Strobist:  2 SB600's on my custom Dual light stand, camera right.  F7.1, 1/60 sec, ISO 100 @ 1/4 power bare