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This is an example of how important editing a photo is in the photo taking process. Most of the camera’s these days are really good and take a good photo, but taking the time to edit a photo is what separates good from great. This is why the photo editing process takes so long, we edit literally thousands of photos for every wedding we shoot. average turn around time is 3 months but in the busy seasons, it can take up to 6 month or more to finalize the photos.

in the photo above, this is what we did below:
1. White Balance – red tint is removed and looks closer to the natural color
2. bring back the details in the shadows, look at the bottom of the box.
3. put a vignette to bring focus to the ring.

if you want your photos in a hurry, we will skip the editing process, but think twice, do you want good or great photos?

thanks for reading, Aloha!

Who is Eligible to Apply for a Marriage License?

There are no state residence or U.S. citizenship requirements.
Blood tests are not required.
The legal age to marry is 18 years for both males and females.
Males or females of 16 or 17 years of age who wish to marry require the written consent of both parents, legal guardian, or the family court.The parents or legal guardian do not have to be residents of the state. Consent forms may be obtained from a marriage license agent.
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Just finished with this wedding of Keri & Alan Iwata, and it reminded me of this japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi, she is famous for her levitation photos, click here for her website. i figure i’ll try this out with a twist of wedding photography. what do you think? wedding party levitation.

The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し?, lit. “doll floating”), in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex in Kyoto) celebrates the Nagashibina by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children. People have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out to sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.

The customary drink for the festival is shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice. A colored hina-arare, bite-sized crackers flavored with sugar or soy sauce depending on the region, and hishimochi, a diamond-shaped colored rice cake, are served. Chirashizushi (sushi rice flavored with sugar, vinegar, topped with raw fish and a variety of ingredients) is often eaten. A salt-based soup called ushiojiru containing clams still in the shell is also served. Clam shells in food are deemed the symbol of a united and peaceful couple, because a pair of clam shells fits perfectly, and no pair but the original pair can do so.

Families generally start to display the dolls in February and take them down immediately after the festival. Superstition says that leaving the dolls past March 4 will result in a late marriage for the daughter.

Who: Yuakri & Hiroshi
What: Hawaii Wedding Photography by bradyoshiro.com
When: 10.12.2012
Where: Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park & Hilton Hawaiian Fireworks Show.

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Another year has past and its time to evaluate what I did in 2012, as the same as last year some of my goals have been completed, change or even got worst, but either way, this is a way for me to look at what I want to do and speaking out loud to all of you out there in cyber space. You guys can keep me accountable to my goals and keep me on path to finding happiness and all the warm fuzzies.
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Happy birthday to Keanen. Usually, I don’t post anything like this, except for weddings. Nick and Cori Mita are my friends and we got to cover their wedding, two years ago. here is the link Nick and Cori Mita Wedding. it’s cool to see how people move on with their lives and have kids and start a family, so it’s a good feeling to know that we get to be a part of that special moment in life. mahalos to Nick, Cori and Keanen for letting us celebrate your 1st birthday.

Aloha Brady

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this is a time lapse of the wedding ceremony, 30 minutes in 30 seconds.

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Who: Seena & Davie Wold
What: Hawaii Wedding Photography by bradyoshiro.com
When: May 26th 2012
Where: Turtle Bay Resort, North Shore Oahu