Fun times in Hawaii Nei!!!

"Five Years of Cheers...!" :Dave and I were on hand this weekend to photograph the 5th Anniversary celebration for "Wine The Experience", a custom make your own wine fun and fabulous gathering place, in Kapahulu's Kilohana Square.

Congratulations to Shannon Ball, and his hard working family style crew on their 5 years of success...May your following years be FRUITFUL...!

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

:Dave and our Assistant Photographer John, had the great opportunity to work with Director of Catering- Frank Robinson of the Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel last week, to photograph the beautiful "Altitude @ 37 banquet area, located on the 37th floor.

Such "blow your mind" decor, it really made for a beautifully lit and ambient photo shoot...! We hope you enjoy checking out the images below, and please be sure to contact Frank Robinson, at Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, if you are interested in finding out more information for a possible special event...!

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

I first met Marci and Kenji 5 years ago, when I photographed their wedding. What I remember most about this couple is that this was the first time I actually cried at a wedding. At that time, Marci's father had recently passed and she did a very moving dance tribute to him with a slide show of images of her and her dad. At that time, Marci was a cheerleader for the L.A. Clippers, so her background was in dance. When the house lights were finally turned up after her tribute, I don't think there was a dry eye in the reception....Wow!

Fast forward to today...five years and two beautiful children later, they are back "home" on vacation and I get the honor of photographing them again. Life in it's twists and turns- I feel so fortunate to play a small part in it. Thank you Marci and Kenji. Good to have you back home...!

Aloha, Dave

OK, how beautiful is this couple...?

Earlisha had contacted :Dave in an online search for a photographer who could capture their love on images :) Earlisha is visiting her boyfriend Marcus from Texas this week, as Marcus is "home" in Hawaii, in the navy. She wanted to take some very special photos before he leaves for this naval deployment tour in January 2010.

Earlisha and Marcus followed :Dave around yesterday to 4 picturesque locations on the beautiful east side of Oahu for these romantic shots of this sweet couple.

It was easy for :Dave to capture them emotionally, when sincerity shows through in beautiful couples such as Earlisha and Marcus.

We wish you both a wonderful and memorable visit together guys...! And Marcus, we are proud of you and your contributions as one of our military heroes. Best and safe wishes to you on your upcoming deployment tour ~

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

Here we go, here we go...! Krystle and Mark's Wedding day coverage...!

Bright, fun, cartoon-ish shades of yellows, and chartreuse played as a backdrop to their humble yet quirky personalities :) :Dave and our fabulous Assistant photographer John Hook captured them, their family and friends in their most individual style...!

We hope you have as much fun viewing these shots, as :Dave and John had capturing them...! Congratulations once again to this very sweet couple- Krystle and Mark Villanueva...!

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

In what has to be the most ANIMATED couple for us to work with, to date so far, we had the pleasure of working with Mark and Krystle for both this fun China Town day and evening urban shoot, as well as their Wedding Day shoot, this past weekend..!

We met Mark's mom earlier this year at the January Bridal Expo here in Honolulu, she was doing some wedding resource research for Mark and Krystle, who both live and work in the artistic graphic arts field in California, in the television industry. Mark's mom was immediately drawn to our booth, as we had a bit of an animated draw to our corner too, to catch her eye (mine and Dave's HUGE comic pop art print). Well, as it turned out, Mark's mom knew in an instant that because of our own quirkiness, that :Dave would be the perfect fit for Mark and Krystle.

Upon meeting them a few months later, and getting to know them, we COULD NOT WAIT to work with them, as :Dave knew they were a perfect match for the style of shooting :Dave was so anxiously anticipating to dive into. SIMPLE. ARTSY, QUIRKY. INNOCENT. FUN. "LOVE on film" (or digital images...ha ha)...

Check out how it all turned out below for their engagement shoots ABSOLUTE FUN...!

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

What an honor for us to have such "salt of the earth" friends... :Dave was asked by our high profile Photographer pals Geralyn Camarillo of Hokulii Images, Arna Johnson of Arna Photography, and Debbie Friedrich of Debbie Friedrich Photography to capture them in portraiture last week!

Best friends (or BSS "Best Soul Sistahs") for many many years now, these three ladies exude what comes naturally to them: confidence, a never-ending funny bone, and a deep commitment to their friendship with each other.

It was a different feeling for all of these ladies to be on the receiving end of the lens, as all of them are Masters behind the camera. But after a couple of test shots, all flowed naturally as they were just as all of us girls are...giddy, and true pals for life. We are blessed to have them as some of our own best personal friends, and truly it was a very special, special, photo session for all of us involved.

To our "SOUL SISTAHS"...! WE LOVE YOU...!

Aloha, Michelle & :Dave

I love the Big Island! And when I got a chance to shoot a Lauren & Christopher's wedding I was all over that! Naalehu and Pahala is such a beautiful place.

It's really something quite special for me to blog about John and Nancy... :) They were married at the beautiful Bayer Estate on June 19th, 2009.

And as wonderfully,happily busy as Dave and I were engrossed in our own wedding planning, for the following day (June 20th, also at the Bayer Estate), something about this couple just made me want to stop and smell the roses :) In getting to know both John and Nancy through email and phone correspondence, I could literally FEEL this very special love that they had for one another. Whenever a voicemail would come in from them, John's VOICE always had a loving smile to talk about the excitement and anticipation of their wedding day.

And bummed as I was not to meet them in person (because of my own wedding whirlwind), Nancy and I had the most heartfelt phone conversation a few weeks after wedding day, about how she truly felt about John, and how he really is THE love of her life....I can totally relate Nancy...I can totally relate!

What an absolute joy to have worked with and photograph John and Nancy. Congratulations on a lifetime of TRUE love.

Enjoy viewing the images of their beautiful day at the incomparable Bayer Estate...!

Aloha, Michelle & Dave