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Lisa + Matt {Day After Wedding Hawaii Love Session at Ko Olina Beach, Oahu}

There's something magical that happens when a couple lets you into their world. I feel a bit like a spy who is being shown a very special secret, witnessing the emotion on their faces and the way they share their own love language. This magic happens most frequently when the couple is relaxed without a care in the world except enjoying each other's company, and Day After sessions are filled with these amazing moments.

Of course, don't get me wrong, the wedding day is spectacular in its own extraordinary way, but there is usually so much going on with tons of details and memories to document. We also have to be aware of a timeline and I would always want more alone time with just the couple. 

I met up with Lisa and Matt after their Oahu wedding for more adventuring and I'm so thankful we did! Their beautiful love dazzled. Plus Lisa was able to have another gorgeous look. My hope for Lisa and Matt (and all my couples) is that wherever life's journey takes them, they will be able to look back at their photos of the fresh start of their marriage and be reminded of all the fluttery feelings and the reasons for their everlasting commitment.

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Gena + Alex { Lovely tropical Hawaii backyard wedding Ohana style}

There’s something so personal about a backyard wedding. Usually it means that there hasn’t been very many (or any) other weddings there and you have close ties with whoever owns the property. In this case, Gena and Alex got married at a private residence of the parents of the groom. It especially meant a lot to Alex since this was the house he grew up in. To be surrounded by so many memories and then starting his marriage to Gena there was like coming full circle and set the tone for how much they wanted to focus on their ohana and make it a family-oriented wedding. Seeing how uniquely intimate this wedding was made me feel even more honored to fly over from Maui to Oahu to capture this gorgeous couple

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Shpresa + Pascal { Epic Adventurous Oahu Destination Wedding at Waimanalo Beach and Halona Cove}

Shpresa + Pascal { Epic Adventurous Oahu Destination Wedding at Waimanalo Beach and Halona Cove}

Its always so inspiring for me to meet a couple who are very in love with my work as crazy in love with each other. Since the very first email, Pascal told me they wanted to book me without hesitation for their destination wedding  that they were planning all the way from Switzerland, I was just so over the moon, it was 'The perfect match'!.  Since the first moment it was amazing when I arrived at their hotel, they graciously gave me total control of the artistic side of the epic love affair, they made my job so easy because these two little birds were just so sweet to capture. 

Since we left the hotel we were a little nervous about having to play hide and seek with the coming rain but we just went ahead and stick to our epic plan, and always leave every single place just in time before start raining. First, we went to the amazing Halona Cove beach Park. Shpresa and Pascal are such an adventurous couple! They love to hike, so the portraits are a representation of their lifestyle and they were so beyond cute!

Next we left for Waimanalo Beach, where there was a beautiful set up waiting for their intimate ceremony, surrounded by loving friends who had flown from Switzerland. They were so awesome and sweet. We are now friends, and that is the cherry on top.

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