Well everyone, today is Sunday, and guess what. I'm still fighting this darn cold STILL! So to date, I was sick for about two weeks, then better for a week, then sick again this past week. The great news is that I am getting better! I went to the doctors, and luckily, I have nothing serious. I just had a friggen relapse, that could have been due to me heading back to the gym a little too early. Pardon my language, but it's really frustrating not being healthy.

I've been slowly proofing my articles. I'm about halfway done so far.

So I wanted to quickly post about the wedding I did in Maui. Well, not all of everything. (I'll follow up on a great post about them soon). But here are just their photos. See, Trudy was such a cool bride that she scanned in all of my photos and posted them on our website. So here are my shots, all of them. As you can see, they are all consistent in quality. None are touched up.

You know, what kinda gets me, is that when other companies lie to their couples telling them that there is no way I can shoot just 36 picture, or 72 pictures, and have them come out great. I'm a sharp shooter, accuracy counts. How can they call their photographers professional when only 10% of their shots of their 1000 photographs turn out average. Getting 10% correct to me is failing. Anyway, that's just me venting about my competition and their lies lies lies....

So here are their photos, all of them.... :) Just to let you know, this is only a slide show of the pictures. They have this funky crop (sometimes all the way to the side!!) to them due to the slide show settings that's set by default. It's best to view the pictures in full and unedited by following the link under the slide show.




Wedding Steve Young <-----click on this link for unedited photos OKAY SO HERE'S THE CONTINUATION TO THIS POST...

Trudy and Marco
July 12, 2007
Makena Cove

So today is August 21st, about 1:30am in the morning. I woke up just awhile ago to watch the hurricane make land in Mexico. For a little peek into my private life, I actually sleep with Fox news on my TV, or I have my favorite talkshow "Michael Savage" playing at night if I miss it during the day. Doing so actually allows me to learn a lot while I sleep. Sometimes if I hear something that interest me regarding the news such as a stock the market crashing, or a hurricane hitting, then I will literally force myself to wake up early. Strange sleeping habbits I must admit, but it gets me through the night.

But anyway, now that I'm wide awake, I thought I'd finish up this post on Trudy and Marco. Trudy and Marco are a very cool couple who live in California. They have been together for quite some time now, I believe over 5 years, I actually think it's close to 8 years if I could remember correctly. So you guessed it, when Marco finally proposed, not only was Trudy estatic, so was her family, and Marco's family!

Trudy and Marco chose Maui as their destination and paid for my minister and myself to make the trek over from Oahu. My minister, Bob Fa'apouli, and I really don't mind traveling to Maui for weddings. Why? Well, not only is it fun, it's because we get to buy Krispy Kreme donuts for the family and bring it back to Oahu. Yes, we don't have Krispy Kreme in Oahu. Yeah, I know some of you take for granted...but we are not privledged...yet.

Trudy and Marc really didn't have any idea where they wanted to get married. They wanted to get married on the beach in Maui. Now, if you read any of my articles, you will know that the outer islands, Maui included; white sand beaches in particular are very scarce. There was a beach there that they had looked at called Big Beach, but it really didn't fit what they were looking for. Plus, according to Marco, there was a lot of big red ants on the beach! Wow. I personally have never been to that beach, but that's pretty scary....

So on the day of their wedding, we basically met up and Trudy, Marco, and their entire wedding party followed me to Makena Cove, a small little beach tucked away in the middle nowhere. Makena Cove looks somewhat like The Secret Cove at Ko'olina, but not as good. Photographically though, I can accomplish the same shots there.

The wedding went smoothly. We had a quick rehersal, Trudy's sister gave her away, and the magic begun. Trudy was bubly, and she cried during wedding! And...I think Marco shed a tear, I wasn't sure. But he sure did have a large smiles on his face. The ceremony of course was concluded by the perfect passionate wedding kiss. You're probably asking, what the hell do you mean Steve? Well, the perfect passionate wedding kiss is one with passion, but not too much tounge beacuse your parents and guest are watching. I know it's funny, detailed, blunt...but hey, you know I'm telling the truth...

The wedding ended just in time as another wedding was about to get started. Yes, Makena cove is a rather popular wedding spot at times becuase it's really one of the only nice beaches on Maui. Unfortunately, storm clouds moved in rather quickly, making sunset shots rather impossible. So I did the best I could with the photos. Storm clouds, if used properly, can be a blessing. They create really soft light....and they take a lot of color away from the picture. So what does that mean? If I have any sort of bright color in the picture, such as a red bouquet, or a palm tree, it will really pop. Storm cloud lighting is also great for people who have burnt themselves lobster red while tanning for their wedding. Many times, I can adjust the light to a point where they look rather normal.

Alright...so I hope you enjoyed this two part post!!!!! I will see all you folks later :)