I stepped out of the car on Saturday morning at the Sheraton Maui and thought, “Oh no! I left the house with my beach rubber slippers instead of my ‘work’ slippers!”. Luckily I had nothing to worry about because Mona and Sean were completely laid back and a dream to work with.

Their beautiful morning ceremony on the Black Rock lawn at the Sheraton was beautifully heartfelt and tears of happiness were shed by everyone (including me!). I got to walk the lovely grounds with them to some of my favorite places. It was such a beautiful, bright morning. The ocean was crazy blue and the moon was still up. Total perfection! Congratulations Mona and Sean!

I met Stephanie and Stephen at 7:30am at the absolutely pristine South end of Big Beach in Makena. The sun had just come over Haleakala and the light was perfect. They had a lovely ceremony officiated by the wonderful Rev. Keith Pagan.

The waves were beautiful and it was an absolutely perfect morning to get married!! Congratulations Stephanie and Stephen!

Love is in the air and wedding season has begun full swing on Maui. What a glorious, bright morning to celebrate Summer and Mark’s wedding with family and friends. We met for a late morning wedding at the beautiful beach fronting 505 Front Street in Lahaina.

Off in one direction were dense purple clouds while in the other the sun shone brightly illuminating the ocean to a brilliant aqua blue – spectacular! Summer and Mark’s beautiful ceremony was followed by pictures on the beach and brunch at Pacific’O Restaurant.

Congratulations Summer and Mark!

This ceremony was officiated by Richard Murray of Kaanapali Ministries

Flowers by Asa Florals

A portion of this wedding was donated to Hospice Maui

Pastor Roland and I were hanging out a bit waiting for Noelle and Scott to arrive. After getting lost and a speeding ticket (ack!), everyone arrived safe and sound and fortunately the sun hung around long enough for us to celebrate their marriage in a beautiful oceanfront ceremony at Makena Cove, Maui.

Family and friends and their adorable son, Mac, watched as Noelle and her girls walked to the ocean. Scott looked adoringly at her. That is one of my favorite wedding moments – when a groom sees his bride for the first time – just spectacular. The light of the setting sun set off an amazing lavender-blue tone to the light. Waves crashed behind them and it just couldn’t have been more perfect and more heartfelt.

After family photos I got the newlyweds to myself for a bit. These guys were such a fun group! Congratulations Noelle and Scott and adorable baby Mac!!

Officiant: Roland Nono

Coordination: Blue Ocean Weddings

Flowers: A Special Touch

I’ve known Kevin for a really long time – since he was a little boy actually. So when he asked if he could hire me to photograph his intimate ceremony at Kapalua Bay last week, I jumped at the chance. Kevin is an amazing breakdancer and it’s so much fun to watch him.

It was an amazing, blue, gorgeous morning at Kapalua Bay. Kevin and Yi arrived with close family and friends and they had a beautiful ceremony surrounded by the beauty that is Kapalua Bay. After their heartfelt ceremony, they indulged me by climbing rocks and doing breakdance moves. I was one happy photographer! And Yi is so talented – she made her own dress, bouquet, head piece, and did her own makeup and nails. Gorgeous!

Congratulations Kevin and Yi!!

Loved. This. Wedding.

More to come!!

This sweet family came to Maui on vacation with their adorable 11 month old daughter. It was a beautiful, bright morning on Wailea Beach and my husband Peter joined me for this session. It was a ton of fun talking story with mom and dad Eric and Cheryl and we discovered what a small world we live in – they live 3 miles away from my Grandma!

Enjoy some sneak peeks from this sweet session – I love the ones where baby is getting her feet wet – she liked her toes in the water!

Right off the bat I had so much fun photographing this family. It’s really refreshing to get to photograph a family having a great time together with their teen/adult children. They weren’t just fun, they had me cracking up through the whole session.

We started out in the Keawe forest of Palauea Beach and we didn’t realize that Steph (in the green) was sitting right next to a very active bee hive in the tree (can you spot it in the picture?). Nobody was stung, thank goodness! The afternoon light was lovely and as sunset approached, the clouds and the sunlight gave us a spectacular show – what a perfect way to end the day!

A portion of this session was donated to Hospice Maui.

There is something so special about spending an hour with a couple in love. These two were particularly adorable together. Becca and Ricky came to Maui to celebrate their second anniversary. We decided to do their photo shoot at Big Beach in Makena – it’s such an amazing stretch of sand and rocks.

Straight off, these two were lovey and sweet together. Photographers dream! Add to that an incredible afternoon light. It’s actually rare that we get a colorful sky AND an aqua colored ocean. The skies were perfect for these two. Check out some of my favorites from their romantic Maui photo session!

A portion of this session was donated to Hospice Maui

Makena Surf on Dwellable

This session lasted all of two minutes before a downpour came and chased us out of the roses. But two minutes was all I needed. Love my beautiful girl. She’s getting so big already!