Ashleigh & Luke's Hawaiian Wedding

Here is a little video sample from Ashleigh & Luke's Big Island Wedding.

Hawaiian Wedding Portraits

Really fun. I just received an email from the German couple that I met in Hawaii. They had a great time getting married on Maui and are excited to see the photos that I took for them. I emailed them back today with the photos. I really hope that they like them.

Hawaii Trip

Aloha.....I just got home from a beautiful Hawaiian Wedding on the Big Island. Check out my website http://www.chadrobinson.net to see the photos. Look under Destination Weddings and click on Hawaii.

This is awesome.......after getting back to Maui and starting my vacation I ran into a couple from Germany who just got married on the beach in front of the condo that I was staying in. Since they did not have a photographer and I was still holding my camera from site seeing, I jumped into action and took a few portraits for them. They had 5 minutes before they had to leave the resort for their reception. Here are a few of the photos from our 5 minute portrait session. I can't wait to hear back from them and send the photos to Germany. I love that fact that my work will be seen in Germany.

Signal Hill Commerce Mixer and Signal Hill Petroleum Open House

I just got from from Signal Hill from a Open House/Mixer. Well worth the drive. The people were fun and the food was amazing. The event was catered by Moon Dance Catering http://www.moondancecatering.com

Wedding Planning Tips

I was recently talking to my wife Jill. I am sure if you know me, you know Jill. She and I were talking about the things that really make a wedding POP. Jill being a Wedding Planner and me being a Wedding Photographer we came up with a long list. But since I do not enjoy typing I will share the top three.

1. Hands down has to be the Bride's dress. It will set the tone for the entire event. And it is most likely the one thing the Bride has been dreaming about since she was a little girl.
2. The flowers. The flowers incubus so much more than just the center pieces and bouquets. There should be flowers everywhere. Hanging from the chandeliers, surrounding the Bride & Groom table, around the guest book, on virtually every the table, and most definitely on and around the cake. Which brings up to popper number 3.
3. The cake. Not only does the cake have to taste good. It has to look amazing. When the Bride and Groom are having there formal photos taken the cake is the show. Everyone will be eyeballing the cake until the newlyweds arrive. And not to mention it will probably be part of a two page spread in your wedding album.
   

Back to Popper #2. I have even seen fresh flowers in the restrooms. That was a nice touch. All the little things add up to make your big day spectacular.

If you need more wedding tips please contact me and I will have Jill give you a call. After all, she is the expert. I just know what looks good in photos.

Really Cool Mac Trick

Okay, you probably already know the ol’ Command-Shift-3 shortcut for taking a screen capture of your entire screen, and you may even know about Command-Shift-4, which gives you a crosshair cursor so you can choose which area of the screen you want to capture. But perhaps the coolest, most-secret hidden capture shortcut is Control-Command-Shift-3 (or 4), which, instead of creating a file on your desktop, copies the capture into your Clipboard memory, so you can paste it where you want. (I use this to paste screen captures right into Photoshop.)

Things are looking up

Things are looking up. Our website is back online. Our ad is running on TheKnot.com. We are getting closer to our direct mall discount post cards. And we are getting a lot of buzz from other vendors in the industry. I have to say.....I have a lot to smile about.