Monday on Maui :: Oh, the reasons..

Ok, so John and I have never been huge on Valentine's Day.

We're not exactly bah humbug, don't get me wrong.. but for as long as we've owned our photography company, we've spent the day shooting fabulous couples getting married.

But this year somehow seems more romantic to me..

No, we didn't go for a dinner out, or exchange sparkly gifts - we spent the entire day yesterday prepping and painting.

That's right - we scraped and scrubbed and taped and painted. For almost 10 hours. Why?

Because I fell in love with a fabulous vintage credenza that I had to have - and we also had to finish it before we finish our move.

I'll face it, as I glanced over at my husband, hair deep in paint, I couldn't help but think - it doesn't get more romantic than this.

Odd romance? Yes. But never the less, it's one of the many reasons why he'll always be my valentine.

Happy Valentine's Day All,

PS - Check back tomorrow for some lovely details from today's wedding..

Maui Proposal Photography :: John + Jennifer

Last weekend we did one of my favorite things to do, we got our paparazzi on.

You heard me. No, not the skeezy chase-down-celebrity kind, the hide and take photos while a nervous boyfriend is proposing kind. 

As I like to call them, Pop the Question Sessions, or better known as Proposal Photography.

John approached us shortly before a trip to Maui with his girlfriend Jennifer – he really wanted a photo/video package to capture his proposal (can someone say bonus points!?!). I was grinning ear to ear immediately. John (client John - not my John! Yes, confusing) had his heart set on a location that he could lead her out to lava rocks with crashing waves.
We knew this called for Ironwoods since it’s one of the best places to walk out on the jetting lava rocks and get some wave action.

Fast forward to last Sunday, there John (my John) and I are – perched atop the cliffside, gear in hands, as we finally catch glimpse of the couple way down the beach. They leisurely strolled along the beach, stopped to laugh and take photos, and made their way to the lava jetty. John was pretty sure Jennifer wouldn’t think anything of us being nearby, so we 86’d our usual model couple gameplan, and set ourselves up to appear to be casually shooting nature shots. Fast forward way too many photos of the distant horizon (because I couldn't just point the lens in that direction to sell our cover, I had to take the photo too), John got down on one knee, with the backdrop of waves crashing... and she of course said yes! Not to mention she was completely shocked (my favorite!). She had no idea we were shooting them either, and was so excited when he finally waved us over.

Did I mention how cool our job is?

Congratulations to the both of you, thank you so much for trusting us to share and capture such a once in a lifetime moment!

And of course, the photos..

Can you spy the crab? He was kind enough to let me know before scammering away.. oh, Maui. 

G'nite All,

Maui Lifestyle Photographers :: Aysha

Not too long ago we had the amazing opportunity to work with  local talent, Aysha Arcilla. 

I knew as soon as we started collaborating that this was going to be such a fun shoot! In addition to being an amazing singer and performer, we were convinced she had to be a model too (can you believe this is her first shoot ever!).

Just goes to show I ain't lying when I say I firmly believe every girl has an inner supermodel and deserves her rock star moment!

And speaking of star, keep your eyes out for this one.. she's currently in the running as a part of the Avon Voices Talent Search (Fergie's one of the judges. 'nuff said).

This is just part one of two fabulous shoots with her - check out the images below from her casual lifestyle shoot, and the other delicious shoot is going to be a live set shoot of this lady in her natural habitat (you'll have to wait for that one!)..

So keep checkin' back ('cuz we really like it when you hang around.. and I've almost convinced John into doing his very first blog post.)

Happy Almost Aloha Friday.

PS - Don't you significant others be forgetting that it's almost Valentine's Day (because no matter what we say, almost everyone wants overpriced flowers, of course.)

Admitting It Is the First Step.

Hello World Wide Web.

I'm so painfully aware of how long it's been since I've blogged - but I swear, I have good reasons (or at least I tell myself).

We're in the middle of a move - and I hate moving.

You never seem to recognize how many things you have until you have to pack each and every one of them.

Did I mention I hate moving?

As my Mom's favorite phrase goes "Time to Thin the Herd". 

(We'll also pretend I haven't been forcing John to help me refinish a massive amount of great vintage furniture.)

Oh yeah, I really don't like moving.

On the upside, we have been SO busy, and 2011 has been treating us fabulously.

I have SO many great things to share (and even more great things to come in the upcoming months) that I commit to keeping up on top of sharing all of the greatness (as long as we forget that I already boofed on my New Year's resolution of blogging more often, that is).

So, here's what we've been working on lately (with more to come!)..

More soon - have a fabulous Tuesday evening,