Some couples have it all, good looks, a good job, a nice apartment, and a perfect partner in crime. This is the case of Cameron and Lindsey, a young couple whose incredible looks match their intelligence.

Cameron and Lindsey had contacted me close to one year before their wedding. They were not looking for anything very fancy. Just a simple wedding on the beach, with chairs, flowers, and a luau at Paradise Cove to follow. The total number of people in attendance to her wedding was around 28 or so. I really didn't expect there would be any complications in the planning, but the State of Hawaii would throw a pitchfork into her wedding plans.

I was a week before Lindsey's wedding when the State enacted an unconstitutional beach permit law that regulated all weddings and restricted chairs, arbors, and tables from appearing on the beach. The DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) declared that they had enacted these regulations to protect the environment from the "harmful" impact which weddings had caused in the past (Are you kidding me?) One employee of the DLNR that I interviewed even told me that they were regulating weddings to save the environment and to control global warming. Someone is smoking some good weed in the DLNR office, that's all I have to say

I broke the word to Lindsey, and told her the State had tied my hands and every wedding company hands behind their backs. She truly wanted chairs at her wedding, but there was nothing I could do. If I did anything, it would risk having her wedding shut down by the State.

As expected, the curve ball, thrown by the State, didn't sit well with Lindsey at all. I had to think of something.

I contacted numerous lawyers for their advice on how to approach the situation. An ACLU lawyer had informed me that if Lindsey would book the chairs herself, it would not be considered a commercial activity, and would clearly not fall under the enforcement of the State. Therefore, setting up chairs would be her constitutional right to peacefully assemble to practice her freedom of speech and religion to get married on the beach. If the DLNR would stop her, the ACLU would gladly sue the State on her behalf and make her a happy millionaire. So that was it. The answer was simple. Lindsey would simply have to book the chairs on her own. Problem solved...bride happy.

By the way, the entire beach permit law is unconstitutional and the State is currently being sued by a very powerful constitutional attorney. I believe in about a year, beach permits will no longer be needed.

Once we got the chair fiasco handled, it was smooth sailing from there once again.

Since Cameron and Lindsey's Wedding consisted of a small bridal party, we elected to have a quick rehearsal a few days before their wedding on the beaches of Waikiki. Rehearsals are rather easy and help pull everything together. Their truly not needed, but having one helps calm a bride down. In total, rehearsals take about 5 minutes to coordinate, with 20 minutes tacked on in the beginning as we wait for all the participants in the processional to show up, basically friends and family.

As expected, everything ran very smooth on her wedding day. Cameron showed up with his friends and family early, and Lindsey soon filed in shortly after. Reverend Elias performed an excellent non-denominational Hawaiian wedding, and picture taking shortly followed.

The weather was perfect for their wedding. But it did get a little windy. So windy, Lindsey's veil blew off her head midway through the ceremony. We caught it on video, check it out.

The day of Cameron and Lindsey's wedding, the waves were extraordinarily large. The waves washed the sand into itself creating an overly turquoise look. It doesn't usually look like that.

As you probably have noticed, I'm posting quite a bit of their photos online. Lindsey had me take 5 rolls of film at her wedding since she had quite a few number of guest at her wedding, and for the fact that she wanted her reception covered. Hope your enjoying the pics!

What I really liked about Cameron and Lindsey was for the fact that they were very easy to photograph. Not only were they photogenic, but they just fell naturally into poses. I didn't really have to pose them. They just had fun, and I literally tried to capture the moment. I love it when I don't have to think.

After the picture taking, we headed to Paradise Cove, where their guest were already waiting for them. It was my first visit to the Luau, and I have to say the food wasn't that bad. You can read my review by clicking here. I do believe though, that Germaine's Luau is a bit better.

Cameron and Lindsey met through a mutual friend. They had been together three years prior to getting married. That means around year two, they got engaged. What brought them together? I'm thinking similar personalities, and similar intellect, maybe even similar interest in airplanes. Like I had mentioned before, both Cameron and Lindsey are extraordinarily smart. They both work for an airline manufacturer in Long Beach, so that tells you something right there....they are going to have some very smart kids one day!

I wish you two my very best.


Steve Young
The Hawaii Wedding Report
http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com