Rain rain go away....

A candid shot. I took this on film, toyed with some filters on the computer
and now this looks like an antique photograph doesn't it? This was a 11-11-11
sunrise wedding. It STORMED across the entire island in the morning...ironically, the rest of the day was perfect weather.

RAIN RAIN, GO AWAY

Plan B for bad weather

One of the most common concerns with couples planning a Hawaii Wedding, or any outdoor wedding is the weather. "What if it rains on my wedding day Steve?" is a common question I get asked all the time.

My answer?

Well, most likely, it will rain on your wedding day somewhere in Oahu. But chances are, it won't rain at your ceremony because I plan most of my weddings on the North or West shore, which just so happens to be the dryer side of the island. Rain conglomerates around where I live, on the windward side of the Island, in Kaneohe, around the east side of the island.

But what happens if rain does strike on your wedding day? And this isn't just a passing shower, it's an "epic monsoon style movie like rainstorm made for Vietnam movies." Well, we have a couple choices to choose from:

1) We could go on with your wedding in the pouring rain (which is never the best option)
2) We can postpone your wedding date
3) We can perform your ceremony and take those blue sky photos on another day if time permits.

I think this shot is one of my favorite shots I have ever taken in my life because
it says a lot. Maybe that marriage can survive any stormy weather?
It falls more into the art category than wedding photo category doesn't it?

Let me repeat!! More than likely, you shouldn't have to worry about rain on your wedding day. Rarely does it rain across the entire island. If it's raining on the North Shore, we'll move your location to the west shore. If it's raining on the west or North shore of the island, we'll move it east. Before each wedding, I check the radar map to see where the rain is at, and will give you a heads up on the weather we are looking at.

And lastly...don't worry about your pictures. If it rains. I still can get great photos for you. They'll just look different than what you're used to seeing on my website.

Oh, before I forget, Andrea got rain on her wedding day.. But, she also got a rainbow on her wedding day...isn't that cool? No computer graphics here.

Steve

Another video!

Trent and Kirsty from Steven Young on Vimeo.

Trent and Kirsty's Full Wedding Video

Trent and Kirsty tied the knot in Hawaii earlier on September 1, 2011. This is their full wedding video edit, which includes their entire ceremony, and a handful of highlights from the ceremony. Missing are the speeches from her parents and the bridal court. Those speeches can be found on their DVD, in a separate chapter.

Kirsty told me that for her video, she wanted to chronically showcase the pictures I took on her wedding day from the time she got ready to when the end of her day. So this wedding video took on a different look and feel altogether. I employed a new video slideshow software to create some pretty entertaining slideshows to give it a bit more punch.

Kirsty and Trent came from a Canada to get married in Hawaii. Their referral came down from a previous couple who I had their Hawaii Wedding on the same property just a couple years ago. Those friends who got married a couple years ago, also were referred to me by a previous couple of mine, who were also from Canada, and also got married on Oahu, on the same property, about five years ago. Is it five? I think it's five. Time flies by.

Well...Today is Friday, and I have a wedding today. So... I better get going!

Steve
The WEDDING GUY!

Cheap awesome slideshows.

Spencer and Lesley from Steven Young on Vimeo.

PICTURES FROM A RECENT HAWAII WEDDING

Thought I'd just post this really quick. I'm headed out to a wedding now at Ko'olina. The video slideshow was produced with an automated web based slideshow program that is pretty darn cool that I purchased. I'm offering the service to create these simple yet awesome animated slideshows, to burn a DVD and to stream it over VIMEO, for $75.00.

Personally, I think they are cool, but they don't really have that full story effect of full screen shots that are held for 5 to 7 seconds a piece. But still...I think it's a great affordable and easy way to showcase your photos to friends and family over the web in a very short presentation over your cellphone or through facebook!

On a side note. This is the first wedding in Hawaii that I performed in a hotel room. Hey, there's a first for everything. After the wedding, we headed down to Lanikuhonua's cove and took some great sunset shots. The lighting in the hotel room was EXTREMELY tricky, but not that difficult. Just tricky.

Steve

SLIDESHOW -

Jenkins comes home from Steven Young on Vimeo.

MORE OF BRIAN AND MARIA

The black and white roll just arrived from the photo lab of Brian and Maria's homecoming pictures. The pictures came out awesome. I put a handful of their selected pictures together in a montage to a song called "Victim of Love" by Jon Roberts. The song is from an unknown artist and he is awesome. That kid is talented. Some of the words don't apply to the slideshow, but it sure gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling.

I blogged about this happy couple last week. If you missed that blog, either scroll down a few blogs or click here

Enjoy!

Steve

December starts!

Just the bundle of prints from my recent weddings
that are getting ready to head out the door!

DECEMBER STARTS!
Just an update

November was a very busy month of Hawaii weddings for me. Because of APEC, 11-11-11 was as busy of a wedding day as 10-10-10, 8-8-8, or 7-7-7. But the day that followed were extremely busy as I had bookings for two weeks straight! Here are just a handful of pictures from the all of the Oahu weddings that were taken on film.

This shot is even more impressive blown up to a 16x20

Taken on a digital snapshot camera, my trusty Canon G10.
They also had film coverage as well


Another G10 shot. I didn't pick up their film photos from the lab yet, but I know they turned out awesome.

Taken on cheap Kodak Gold film you can buy at Walmart. That film is very good if you know how to use it right.

Not everyone, or every kid, enjoys a vow renewal. I swear I made that face too. I'M KIDDING...

Taken at Iroqouis point beach. It's a quasi-military own residential area, so you have to live there to use it.

Keiki Beach, 11-11-11. Always love long shadows.

In the water we go.

It rained on her wedding day, so a few days later, we shot these perfect shots at Sherwoods.

I love the way these two look at each other.

Running on the beach shot, and I thik I got someones rear in the shot too.

If you don't already know, I shot all of these pictures. I know I repeat this line in a lot of my post, but many brides are new stalkers, I mean followers of mine, and they always ask, "Steve, who takes the pictures for your wedding company?" It's me me me.. :)

December is slower for me. Thank god for that. I have a lot of wedding videos to edit and want everything to get out before Christmas rolls around. There's a lot of in house work I need to catch up on as well, such as...cleaning my office. I swear a tornado swept through my office, but I can't prove it. I also need a mental "unwind" from planning over 20 weddings in a row. It's not that my brides drive me crazy, it's just that I hate thinking too hard.

Hey but if you need your wedding covered in December, just give me a call. I'll work! I'm not that lazy....or am I? Call to find out....

Blog you all later. I better get myself to bed.

Steven Young
The Hawaii Wedding Guy