January 17, 2005
Kahala Mandarin Hotel

So I have to admit here. In the eight years that I've been in the wedding industry, I have never experienced extremely bad weather at any of my weddings, until Roy and Rosalyn's wedding. Roy and Rosalyn’s wedding was scheduled at the Diamondhead Gazebo on the Kahala Mandarin. That morning, a front had moved over Oahu and large storm started to brew. Forecasters were predicting big rain, and for once, they were right. Immediately upon arriving at the Mandarin, the skies opened up and it just poured. I had not seen rain like this for awhile. Acting quickly, the Kahala Mandarin, moved everything indoors to one of their ballrooms.
The bad weather though did not dampen Roy and Rosalyn's spirits. They were worried about the photos though.

I told them not to worry about the pictures, as I would use the storm clouds as an effect for their photos. I also recommended that since their wedding was being taken indoors, that we should shoot on roll of film in black and white. The pictures as you can see, turned out awesome. If you notice on the lower picture, the storm clouds appear blue. Most of the time, if you underexpose the storm clouds around sunset at the Kahala Mandarin, they pull blue. Storm clouds at Ko'olina at sunset, still pull grey. To your naked eye, they both appear white.

Because Roy and Rosalyn booked their wedding a week out from their wedding date, I didn't get the chance of getting to know them better. I do know that they do have an extremely long distance relationship. Roy, is a computer programmer, who is an American, that lives in London. Rosalyn lives here in America and is planning to move to London shortly. Their love is a testimony that love holds no distance.