Brandon and Rachel – Engagement session in Hawaii 11-26-09
November 26, 2009, by Leslie Janous | Add a comment |We went to Hawaii to spend Thanksgiving with our nephew Brandon and his fiance Rachel. They moved there about a year ago and have missed spending time with family, especially around the holidays. We stayed at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island where Brandon teaches golf. It is a gorgeous resort!!
It was so great to see Brandon and get to meet Rachel. We instantly loved her and cannot wait for their wedding in March! She’s such a beautiful person inside and out…she’s going to make an absolutely stunning bride! They’re so perfect for each other. Way to go, Brandon!
A huge thanks to my photography mentor and good friend, Rich Smith for taking the lead on this session. I wasn’t fully recovered from my surgery so I wasn’t able to do as much as I would have liked. I kind of took a back seat and just roamed around getting shots that didn’t require too much of me physically. These are some of my favorites!
I love Rachel’s expression in this one.
We found a black sand beach – so cool!
I love this…Rich told them to lie on this bed of rocks and pretend they were comfortable. This amazing photo is definitely worth their pain in my opinion!
Love this shot!
Love their footprints in the sand.
This is the perfect photo to visually describe Brandon and Rachel. Between every shot they were playing around and having fun with one another – so cute!
I’ve heard several people comment that this looks like a movie poster…so true. Absolutely gorgeous!
All I can really say about these next two shots are wow and wow!!!
Congratulations Brandon and Rachel! Thank you so much for being such good sports – Rich and his crazy ideas! They certainly paid off – this is the most beautiful engagement session I’ve ever seen. I love you both!
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Leslie, These are incredible. Every picture seems to capture their love and excitement. These are photos that their grandchildren will look at and think, “wow, look at how in love they were!” You should be very proud of the work you’ve done here, it’s beautiful!
Comment by Laura Hand — December 13, 2009 @ 1:13 PM
Leslie,
You truly are amazing! This pictures are so freakin great! Rachel looks stunning as usual, but you even made me look ok, so I appreciate that a ton. You should be very proud of these Leslie as I’m blown away by your talent! Thanks so much for taking the time to do those for us, we will cherish them forever! Love ya Leslie!
Comment by Brandon — December 13, 2009 @ 8:53 PM
Aunt Leslie,
Their pictures are amazing. I’m so glad Brandon took a second to show me the pictures. They actually look like they are in love, im kidding. No really you captured them both in moments that expressed their love for each other. Keep up the great work.
Comment by RJ — December 13, 2009 @ 8:56 PM
I love these! As I told you, I not only think these are great photographs, I can feel the emotion between Brandon and Rachel. It takes a special talent to capture emotions in a photograph that the viewer can feel. Love, Love, Love them!
Comment by leigh janous — December 14, 2009 @ 10:33 AM
Leslie I can’t thank you enough for capturing such beautiful moments between Brandon and myself! Your session shows the fun side, tender side, and passionate side of our relationship. Everytime I look through them I get chills and everytime I think we will have these moments forever I get teary eyed! Thanks again for sharing your incredible talent with us! Love you so much!
Comment by Rachel — December 15, 2009 @ 2:35 PM
Hey Leslie, just got the email for the Lyon Shop in Vegas and sadly won’t make it to the dinner the night before so I just wanted to reach out to everyone and say HI and introduce myself!
It will be my first year to WPPI! Anyways your work is beautiful, love your angles and processing on these! Hopefully we can talk more at the Lyonshop! YAY! -Kayleen
Comment by Kayleen T. — February 19, 2010 @ 6:08 AM