Manny and Diana's Sunset Beach Wedding

In the water at Sunset Beach

AIMING HIGH
The Hawaii Wedding of Manny and Diana

"Aim high," was the what the Air Force preached, and it was exactly what Manny and Diana did when they met each other. Manny and Davy met the old fashioned way, as they met at work while in the Air Force. These days, everyone seems to be meeting everyone on the Internet! But not these two. Diana, trained nurses for a living, and Manny trained emergency rescuers. I can honestly say that Diana and Manny are the heroes hero. Anyway, the star-crossed lovers crossed paths quite often at work, one thing led to another, and to make a long story short, they ended up contacting me to marry them in Hawaii. Wow, talk about skipping forward to the next chapter in the story huh...hahha. That's paraphrasing for you...

I kept calling Diana "Diasy" because I kept staring at her flowers in her haku.

Manny and Diana's wedding was very simple, as with most of my weddings. They ordered the eloping package, a maile lei for Danny, and a Haku for Diana. Their choice of location? Sunset Beach, as they wanted beach sunset shots.

This is an interesting pose. Manny as background filler once again.

You know, shooting sunsets is rather interesting. I would like to steal a line from my favorite retard, Tom Hanks, and say that shooting sunsets is like a box of chocolates, because you never really know what you're going to get, because it's true. You really never know what the weather will be like, and lighting conditions are never really the same. Many photographers hate shooting into the sun, because it's very difficult. I'm kinda used to it though....

I like these laying down shots, but it requires the couple willing to get dirty.

Study this shot for a second here....

So a little bit more about photography. Shooting perfect sunset shots is also not just about the photographer. The lab which the photographer goes to, is extremely important. They can turn the above shot into a silhouette, or they can brighten it to a point where the sky is washed out. When it comes to color balance, the lab has 100% control over how they think the shot should look like. In Hollywood, they would say, you would always have to rely on "the kindness of strangers." Well, this applies to wedding photography as well. I truly rely on my professional lab here to deliver great results for me. If I were to just drop these pictures off to Costco, the quality would come out much different.

I still want to call her Daisy. Doesn't that yellow flower distract your attention? haha

My last two cents on my happy couple. I wish you my best. I remember Manny telling me that he was trying to become an officer. So I'm thinking, he's hopefully an officer by now? They got married this summer, so it's been about 6 or 7 months. Wow, I am so behind in this blogging stuff...haha.


Steve Young
The Hawaii Wedding Report
http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com