Stephanie Williams Photography Blog

The day after Jim + Lina’s wedding, we spent the afternoon with them exploring the Makena coast and laughing and digging our toes in the sand. What an incredible weekend spent in Maui with this lovely couple…..

We flew out to Maui to document Lina + Jim’s amazing wedding! Their ceremony and reception took place at the Sugarman Estate, a gorgeous spot of land right on the water with the most amazing view of the ocean and the coastline along Makena. It was a perfect day, blue skies, sunshine, and gently swaying palm fronds…such a magical location for a wedding!  The day went off without a hitch with coordination by Evonne Wong from Events by Evonne. Lina’s awesome shoes are Badgley Mischka and her dress is Pronovias. Lina’s make-up was done by Jessica and hair by Dan Sanchez, flowers by Bella Bloom, the lovely cake was by Maui Wedding Cakes - I love their cute hand painted cake toppers. Videography by Hawaii Video Memories. Rentals, tent and lounge decor by Pacific Event Group and Lighting by Aloha Event Lighting.

Isaac and I had so much fun at Lina and Jim’s engagement session - I really could not stop cracking up because Lina’s smile and laughter is so contagious! We cannot wait to document their wedding next month in Maui - it’s going to be amazing!

We had so much fun exploring Hawaii’s North Shore for Naoko + Taejo’s day after session - there are so many gorgeous rural fields and nature areas to discover! On their wedding day, we ended up not having much time with them for romantic shots because the ceremony ran late, so were were very fortunate to have a day after session with them, without any of the wedding day’s time constraints. Not only are Naoko + Taejo chic and stylish, but they are so in love, which makes our job that much easier. Plus, they were up for anything, even *sneaking* across a field to shoot in an enormous field of sunflowers! Props to Naoko for walking half a mile in red dirt, in heels for these shots. Naoko’s first dress is by 3.1 Phillip Lim tied with a vintage belt by Shabon. Both headpieces were hand designed by a Korean designer at Shin Bu Bridal and her shoes are Prada. Also, many thanks to Christen of Nineteen Owls Photography, who gave us the full tour of the North Shore and helped us scout out so many awesome locations!

After shooting Naoko + Taejo’s engagement session, we knew their wedding was going to be nothing short of amazing! We flew out to Oahu to document their gorgeous wedding - they were married at the historic Kawaiaha’o Church in Honolulu, and their reception was held at the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki. I instantly fell in love with Naoko’s couture flower headpiece! Her dress and headpiece were custom made by a Korean designer at Shin Bu Bridal. The flowers, by Passion Roots, were lovely and incorporated purple artichoke and lamb’s ear, and the reception was filled with their closest family and friends, lots of laughter, and lots and lots of cameras! I’ll be blogging our adventures on their day after session next, which included a huge field of sunflowers!