Laura and Patrick’s wedding was not only beautiful and happy and fun and all of that, but it was full of wonderful people. All of the wedding party, friends, and family were totally sweet and fun, and it was a perfect day.

Getting ready at Christ Chapel Bible Church:

The reception was at the Shady Oaks Country Club:

The photo booth for flip books was a huge hit:

Check back later this week for more!

Those of you who haven’t met Heather are totally missing out. She’s sweet and awesome and fun, and cracks me up on a regular basis. Over the course of the past couple of years while she’s been assisting us at weddings, we’ve become good friends. So we were psyched to have the chance to shoot her wedding in Hawaii! And of course we like Daniel too – and they’re perfect together.

The ceremony was on the island of Oahu, on the beach featured in the old movie “From Here to Eternity,” with the Halona Blowhole shooting water into the sky in the distance. If that’s not a romantic location for a wedding, I don’t know what is. Of course it was absolutely gorgeous, and when all of Heather’s details were added it was completely perfect.

Getting ready at the very cool and unique Hotel Renew in Waikiki:

Birdcage veils are hard! (But oh so totally worth it…)

Heather giving me Eyes:

Ready to go get married!

Waiting to be picked up:

Some of Heather’s wonderful details (she has a minor obsession with yellow and gray):

Did I mention the treacherous rocky mountainside we had to walk down to get there? Heather gets serious props for making the descent in a wedding dress:

An overall of the ceremony, with a few tourists watching from above:

Darek captured this super sweet moment:

They shared a moment “alone” together immediately after the ceremony:

Love the flowers!

A shot of everyone who was at the wedding:

The umbrellas were so much fun!

Hopefully Daniel won’t kill me for posting this, but I just thought it was too funny not to share (It was really freaking windy):

Daniel really wanted to stand in the ocean:

Crazy Honolulu traffic cut into our portrait time (second only to LA, seriously!) but we still got some good stuff!

You can see the blowhole in the distance:

Funny story. Daniel actually forgot to bring his ring to Hawaii, so they picked up this temporary green one in Chinatown:

Climbing back up the hill:

Heather and Daniel, congratulations a million times over! Thanks for the opportunity to shoot your amazing wedding in Hawaii!

Everyone else, check back soon for photos of her “Rock the Dress” session when she actually went for a little swim in the big ocean in a wedding dress!

We just got back from Hawaii where we photographed Heather & Daniel’s beautiful beach side wedding. One quick sneak peek – check back in a few days for more awesomeness!