Personally, I really enjoy the design process and working to produce wedding-day heirlooms for my couples. Aside from the albums I produce in-house, I’ve also built relationships with a shortlist of printing and publishing companies that allows the studio to offer a line of select products. One of the latest is a gorgeous fine-art portfolio style presentation which I’ll show in an upcoming post.

But, back to design.

I design with a mix of classic and contemporary to best reflect a couple’s special day. No two designs are ever the same. Many photos end up as custom gallery-wrapped canvases or prints displayed in people’s homes. Not only are they a memory of a beautiful day, but (hopefully) are viewed as a piece of art.

I just finished designing Liz and Kelvin’s album. They opted for the Sequoia Flush Mount album. A flush mount album is a hard-backed page album with a seamless center that lays completely flat, no matter what page is displayed. When they saw the design they wrote me right away to tell me they love the design. That makes me feel great!

Included in this blog post are a few page-spreads from their album. If you’re a newlywed-to-be, this will provide you with an idea of what you can currently expect from the studio should you commission me to photograph and document your wedding day. I know a growing number of fellow photographers read this blog. Perhaps these designs will provide you with inspiration for your couples. I hope you enjoy them! Bye for now.

These images focus more on the holiday resort aspect of Kona, volcanic rock, and a pretty rare look at an abandoned energy turbine farm in the southern most tip of the USA. Keep an eye out for the cow. Enjoy.

More images to come. Click here to view all the images to date.

Above: A picturesque setting of Waikoloa, Kona Hawaii.

Above: Palm trees against a blue sky bask in the warm glow of a Hawaiin sunset.

Above: Palm trees against a blue sky.

Above: A couple stroll in Waikoloa, Kona Hawaii.

Above: A young male diver rests, moments before leaping off a cliff into the ocean in Kona, Hawaii. This was captured in the southern-most tip of the USA.

Above: A young male diver leaps off a cliff into the ocean in Kona, Hawaii. This was captured in the southern-most tip of the USA.

Above: Golden sunlight reflects off the ocean’s surface.

Above: Green fire hydrant amidst lava rock and shrubs. Palm trees are visible in the background.

Above: Various types of foliage blossom out of lava rock.

Above: Molten lava that has hardened is often referred to as frozen lava rock. This image was captured in a frozen lava crater, part of the Kilauea Iki Trail, Kona National Volcano Park.

Above: Sulfur dioxide gases rise from below the earth’s surface into the air at the lava crater, Kona Hawaii.

Above: This photograph displays the vastness of a volcanic lava crater in Kona Hawaii.

Above: Inside the Thurston Lava Tube, Kona National Volcanco Park.

Above: A display of nature’s perfect symmetry.

Above: An abandoned windmill farm in the southern most tip of the USA.

Above; A lone cow strolls by an abandoned windmill farm in the southern most tip of the USA, Kona Hawaii.

Above: Many of Kona’s roads are lined with lava rock.

A display of nature's perfect symmetry.

For those that follow this blog regularly, you’ve already seen a larger selection of Kona Images.

Click here to view the full Kona Archive with images that document different aspects of the Big Island, AND with larger versions than available on this blog. (Pssst, more images will be added on an ongoing basis, so check in regularly if you’d like to view additional photos).

All images are available for personal and commercial use.

Click here if you can’t see the following five images. Enjoy!

Tree branches posing as snakes in Kona, Hawaii

Click here to view all my Hawaii images, and to learn more about this amazing oasis.

Sun sets over lava rock in Kona Hawaii.

If you’re unable to see these images, click here to view them on our Image Archive.

ABOVE: A view of Mahana Bay showing the steep climb down the cove to reach the Green Sand Beach and Ocean.

ABOVE: Richly coloured sand of reds and browns surrounded by lava rock is part of the view as one walks the 3 miles to Mahana Bay.

ABOVE: Layers of hardened molten lava and volcanic rock formed the cove surrounding the beach of Mahana Bay. We can see where people have attempted to carve letters into the rock.

Mahuna Bay, Hawaii

I hope you enjoy them. There is a lot more to come, so stay tuned. If you can’t see the images for some reason, click here to view them. Thank you.

ABOVE: A Hawaiian volcano emits sulpher dioxide gases into the air at the Volcano National Park in Kona, Hawaii.

ABOVE: The sun sets behind a silhouetted, waterfront tree at the Waikoloa Resort, Kona Hawaii.

ABOVE: Anchialine Ponds Preservation Area, Kona Hawaii.

ABOVE: Hawaiian palm trees, nestled on the beach at the Waikoloa Resort, Kona Hawaii.

ABOVE LEFT: Hawaiian palm trees, shrubs and lava rock live side by side in Kona.
ABOVE RIGHT: A young male diver leaps off a cliff into the ocean in Kona, Hawaii. This was captured in the southern-most tip of the USA.

ABOVE: Hawaiian palm trees stand next to a parking lot with reserved parking and wheelchair access signs at the Waikoloa Resort.

ABOVE: The waterfront at the Waikoloa Resort, Kona Hawaii.

ABOVE: The sun sets at dusk in Kona, Hawaii.

ABOVE: The southern-most tip of the USA. The road ends here.

ABOVE: A variety of flowers, trees and shrubs manage to grow directly out of lava on the Kilauea Iki Trail, Kona Hawaii.

ABOVE: Hawaii has a wide variety of beautiful flowers in bloom year round.

Kona, Hawaii

It was also one of the last times I photographed using 35mm film. Back then I only shot for fun.

I’ve been reviewing hundreds of images to archive, and it was enjoyable finding the Hungary negatives and scanning them into digital images. And so, they’ve been given new life, and are now part of my permanent digital archive.

Following are just a few images. Click here to view the rest of them.

Budapest, Hungary

I’ll open shop again on the 26th January and will reply to all inquiries on that day. Have a great week.

Downtown Toronto is starting to look a lot like Times Square in New York, especially at Yonge and Dundas, next to the Eaton Centre.

This image of the Toronto skyline, captured just before dusk, with the CN Tower in the background, shows just how busy our downtown core is. Wouldn’t this photograph look great in a commercial real estate office?

Toronto Cityscape. Click to view full-size version.

Toronto Wedding Professionals

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