Traveling has been a passion of mine since I got my first passport at 6 months old (no joke!) I sat on my moms lap and made gaga sounds at the photographer. I started traveling alone at age 6 to visit my Aunt in Missouri every Summer. I haven't stopped since. Where I go, my camera follows. I love experiencing new places and capturing each one in my own way.
Vanessa and Crayton were so much fun to spend time with and they were up for anything! Even trekking through spider laden weeds! Poor Vanessa HATES spiders (I do too!) We never heard any complaints though! We shot their Trash the Dress session two days prior to their actual wedding (different dress) and ran all over the west side of Maui for photos. We ended the session soaking wet and under water! 
I know quite a few people have been waiting for this post! Since I had never met Tami and Adam and didn’t get a chance to shoot an engagement session with them, we decided to shoot their Trash the Dress Session for them before the wedding! Tami had a completely different wedding dress for the day of!
It was pretty much raining through this entire shoot! In some of the images you can spot a rainbow and in most of them you can see spots all over their bodies – raindrops!
Oh, and for those destination brides looking at this post, a Trash the Dress or Day After Session is always included when I shoot Destination weddings!
LOTS of rain started here!
This image is not perfect from a technical standpoint but there is something I love about the pure joy in their faces after shooting under water!
Even though it was raining quite hard, the water was still pretty warm! Gotta love Hawaii weather!
I have to say, A+T were such troopers for this shoot! Climb through 4 foot high weeds? Ok! Hold your breath as long as you can underwater and look happy about it? Ok! I adore these two and I hope you all enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed taking them!!!
xo, M
ps I miss Maui <3
