T+J Pre-D

I met this wonderful couple via mutual friends. He will be deploying very shortly and despite initial scheduling conflicts, rescheduling, and dealing with crazy weather (extreme winds and pouring rain!) we managed to squeeze in a very short amount of time for these photos. I hope they bring happy memories during the deployment!

Stay safe sir... and we'll see you soon!

J+E Homecoming

I met this lovely lady via our women's group at church. Her husband was deployed a few days after mine and returned just 2 days after mine! When I found out no one was taking pictures for her I offered to be there.

Watching the van pull in... so close to seeing her husband again!

The first look, kiss, and hug!

Tears of relief (& joy!), smiles all around, and her beautiful homemade banner!

Welcome home!
Thanks for everything you've done.

C - Senior Photos

These are of friend's son who just graduated, I wanted the photos to reflect him while still keeping the fact that we live in Hawaii prominent. We went from extremely sunny weather, to overcast, to rain, to overcast, to sun... so you may notice some different shadows.

The photos with the guitar are definitely my favorites, I think it's because he could just relax and be himself. CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2012!

K+C Wedding

One of the ladies from my Women's Bible Study planned her wedding in two (yes 2) weeks... they didn't have a photographer and were going to just rely on the photos taken by the guests. I offered to take photos as my wedding gift to her, plus it would be great practice for me! I don't generally take wedding photos because I feel as the day is so special and my skills are not adept to capturing the moment happening at such a fast pace. However, I think these will be great for the couple seeing as they weren't expecting any better quality than a point & shoot camera, so I cheated bringing my DSLR!

The original ceremony site was on top of the hill overlooking Kaneohe Bay on the grounds of Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay.

As rain is frequent on the windward side, umbrella's were abundant, unfortunately it started pouring and the ceremony was relocated to the tented courtyard.

The tears of happiness started in the car, then the smiles just grew from there!

She was so beautiful walking down the aisle.

All of the kids were absolutely amazing during the ceremony.

I love the look of pure happiness on her face.

The reception was held at Bay View Golf Park, the room was beautiful and the staff were extremely accommodating to all requests!

I love her ring and the kid's disgusted faces as the bride and groom go in for a kiss!

The kids wanted to be part of everything, it was darling.

With all of the struggles this couple has gone through prior to their special day, they approached each change this wedding threw at them with ease and grace. I am incredibly happy that they can now call each other husband and wife... God's blessings to you both in all that the future holds during your new life together!

*Note: if you click on any photo it will open a slideshow view 

Surfrider Foundation Benefit

This past weekend I had the privileged to attend a Surfrider Foundation Benefit hosted by The Black Cat Hair Salon + Spa, it was a very enjoyable evening full of art, live music, a bar via donations, as well as a make your own smores' station! I didn't take as many photos as I should have, guess I got caught up talking with everyone.

Thanks for hosting such an enjoyable evening for a great cause!

C&S Prom

A good friend from my women's Bible study asked me if I could take Prom photos of her daughter and date. Of course I jumped on the opportunity! Her only request was for something tropical- good thing we live on this beautiful island! When they arrived I could tell the "kids" were excited, but so were the parents! The father of her date was super excited about one shot... the 007/Top Gun one in front of the airplane, he said he'd seen it in a magazine. I was happy to comply with his wishes, even *gasp* handing over my camera for him to take a couple shots of his own.

I try not to "over edit" I really dislike when people do that, but some of these shots just begged to be in black and white or vintage colors!

I hope you two had an outstanding evening, you looked marvelous!

"N" Homecoming

Once again I had the privilege of taking photos of a homecoming this past week, this was a word of mouth referral via Jane, which is awesome - thank you! I had never met Amanda before but she was incredibly sweet and thankful that I could make it last minute. This was my first night time shoot so the lighting proved to be difficult, but nothing really matters except seeing two wonderful people being reunited after 1yr+!

Steven, welcome home! Thank you for your service.