Shoes provide an opportunity to personalize your wedding ensemble and highlight the aesthetics that make your celebration so special. Colorful shoes provide whimsy and surprise beneath your wedding dress. You can use your shoes to highlight the palate of your celebration. Study the shades of your flowers, attire and even your venue for color cues. Use pattern, floral, stripes, or animal print to reinforce your theme. Blue shoes, like Carrie Bradshaw’s bright Manolos in the Sex in the City movie, give you your ’something blue’.
While you’re thinking outside of the shoe box, don’t feel that you need to stay with traditional pumps. For a beach wedding, flip-flops and sandals are both practical and fun. Flats and slippers are comfortable choices for a day that will require you to be on your feet for hours. Your wedding party can join in the fun and sport footwear choices from high-tops to flip flops to bare feet.
Min and Juan had a long list of things they wanted to do when they went on vacation to Oahu Hawaii. Snorkeling, parasailing, laying out, shopping, and portraits. Min actually scheduled a portrait session for her and her husband of five years a surprise for him! What a cool surprise! We photographed around the newly reopened Royal Hawaiian Hotel , Sheraton Waikiki, and the beach near Hale Koa.
We had such a great time photographing this cute couples portraits we even hung out a bit after the session and talked about their hometown of Sacramento (near my alma mater, UC Davis) and, of course, the recent “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ drama! It’s true I have been sucked in!
Thanks Min and Juan for the fun afternoon in Wiakiki! Have a great snorkeling trip tomorrow!
Congratulations to Sue and Manny!!! This happy couple had a short Hawaiian beach wedding and then headed over to our neck of the woods, Kaneohe, to Haiku Gardens for an intimate wedding reception.
Eric and I are always happy to head over to Haiku Garden and Haleiwa Joe’s for weddings, dinner, or just some pupus and cocktails at happy hour! This wedding party was super nice and the happy bride and groom were so in love and enthralled with each other that we hardly had to suggest any poses, they just naturally looked great interacting with each other. That always is a blessing as I prefer more photojournalistic shots of couples just being in love and being themselves! Not only were Sue and Manny super cute, I loved their style. Sues shoes were reminicent of my own wedding shoes for our civil ceremony last year. You gotta love a girl who wears black and white wedding shoes!
February 9th, 2009 in
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Bright contrasting colors make a bold statement at anytime, but especially at weddings. This combination of bright blue and hot pink were a perfect reflection of this wedding party. Lively, cheery, never dull.
I love taking pictures of all of the intricate details that brides spend their whole lives dreaming of and months finding! A grandmother’s ring, a beautifully arranged bouquet, an embroidered handkerchief…or in this case, shoes that have something to say.
I loved these beach wedding sandals from a recent wedding we shot. These are perfect for weddings on lawns, tall brides, walking on the beach, and dancing the night away. These sandals are from Faith.
