Jenna Leigh Weddings | Hawaii Wedding and Engagement Photographer
Mix an uber talented wedding and engagement photographer, a stunning couple, some beautiful mural art in an urban setting...and voila, you have Jenna Leigh Weddings behind the scenes promo film.
When I met Jenna at a photography meetup over two years ago, little did I know that we would immediately become friends who would spend every week "working" together on some project or event....I use the word "work" here loosely because we have too much fun and love our jobs way too much to call it work.
Fast forward two years, and now, not only do we share an office together downtown, but I assist her at most of her weddings and engagement/elopement sessions, (I have been to over 20 of them with her in the last yea!r), we've traveled to Kauai (read about our Kauai adventure here), and Maui, and we always find time to share our love of music as we travel to and from weddings and sessions. Man, do we ever make a great harmonizing team.
I so proud of the photographic art she produces for her clients, but even more happy to now call her my dear friend.
Jenna's passion for her work speaks for itself, she loves what she does and it shows in her photographs. Her couples rave about how they love her romantic style of shooting and how she captures the true romance between them. I have watched her work at over 20 weddings and can tell you first hand this girl LOVES her job and LOVES photographing love.
She is so passionate about wedding photography in fact, that she created the first annual Hi On Life Photography Conference which takes place here in Honolulu March 6-9, 2017 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki. This is no ordinary wedding photographer conference, Oh no, Jenna's "go big or go home" motto applies here. She has world renowned, award winning wedding photographers Susan Stripling, Two Mann Studios, Jeremy Chou and many more super talented photographers speaking at the workshop, as well as three sunrise styled shootouts and three sunset styled shootouts, a private luau and an epic dance party to follow. Its shaking up to be a pretty epic three days, so if can skip on over to Oahu within two weeks or you are a wedding photographer in Hawaii and you haven't purchased your tickets, you need to get on it today! Everything Jenna touches turns to gold so I just know this is going to be an amazing conference.
The engagement promo shoot was filmed in the Kaka'ako area of Honolulu. This was such a fun shoot to film. The couple was gorgeous, the model couple looked like they just stepped off of the runway (the bride is Miss Waikiki and .absolutely stunning and the groom looked like a GQ Magazine model). The urban Kaka'ako setting was a perfect place, the juxtaposition between Christina and Morgan's stark black and white wedding attire against the color and vibrant urban backdrop looked amazing. And the PowWow Hawaii artist murals were on point as always and such gorgeous backdrops for their photos.
Typically Jenna's weddings are on the beach or at a more rural venue with a very romantic feel, so this shoot was so fun for me to film as it really shows how when somebody as talented as Jenna get's a camera in her hand, anything is possible.
It doesn't matter where her clients are, she always finds a way to use the landscape and her surroundings to create magical, romantic photographs for her clients.
I always love to watching Jenna work, she just gets "in the zone" and is so passionate about capturing that perfect moment between her couples.
For Romantic, Timeless, and Elegant & Epic
Wedding and Engagement Photography, get in touch with Jenna!
A few stills from the session...
Still images by Jenna Leigh Photography
Oahu, Hawaii Videographer | RUSHwahine Two-Year Anniversary
Snazzy Pau Hana with successful Hawai'i women business owners? Yes please!
Sweet Rain Media has been a proud member of RUSHwahine for the past three years and we are the official Storyteller Sponsor (aka videographer) again this year.
Here's a little highlight of our 2016 2nd Anniversary Celebration.
There is always such a positive energy buzz in the air when you are surrounded by like-minded, positive, women entrepreneurs. We spent the evening at Morimoto Waikiki capturing the 2nd Anniversary party for RUSHwahine ladies and had an amazing evening filled with success stories, knowledge imparted from seasoned business owners, delicious pupus and course LOTS of laughter.
Owner Terra Foti brought the house down, and as always reminded us to embrace the RUSHwahine motto "Bonding Before Business" baby!
Interested in checking out RUSH and being surrounded by the most amazing women entrepreneurs in Hawaii? Come to the 3rd anniversary Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 5:30-8pm at Altitude 37 at Hilton Waikiki Beach. It's going to be another amazing evening and we will for sure be there to capture it in all its awesomeness. The 3rd annual anniversary event will highlight the efforts and successes of RUSH members across the state connecting the dots of success along the way. Connect, ask questions and learn how the wahine of RUSH have launched and continue to grow in business while networking through authentic discussion.
Click here to register and see what all the buzz is about RUSHcelebrate
Cover Image by Paula Ota
Oahu, Hawaii Photographer and Videographer | Girl Behind the Camera Series - Always an Hour Early
If you have known me for any length of time or have made an appointment with me, you know I am a very punctual person. I would rather be an hour early than a minute late. I pride myself in always being punctual and find it extremely rude if I have an appointment with somebody and they arrive late. To me, if somebody arrives late, its show they don't respect me and they don't value my time. And let's face it, life is too short to be waiting around on people who don't value you.
There are moments in life when you learn the most valuable lessons in the strangest of ways. I don't remember much about middle school but I have vivid memories of my band teacher who was a brilliant musician but quite possibly the meanest person I had ever met.
He trained me to become a first chair flutist, but he also taught me two valuable lessons.
One was to always use a pencil because you need to continually revise and tweak your craft to improve and be the best you can be.
And the other was to always be punctual. I learned quickly that if I wanted to advance as a musician I would have to arrive early to rehearsal. He'd lock us out of band rehearsal if we were late and would throw music stands across the room if we messed up during rehearsal. To this day I can recall the sound of his voice as he would yell at us for arriving late to band and sectional rehearsals and wouldn't let us in. We would have to sit outside in the hallway and listen with agony while the other students practiced.
To this day, I refuse to be late to ANYTHING. I would rather be an hour early than a minute late. I live by William Shakespeare's motto in that its "Better to be three hours too soon than a minute too late".
So the next time we have a meeting together and I arrive an hour early and you see me sitting in the parking lot catching up on emails or reading you will know why. :)
Oahu, Hawaii Videographer | Lucky Latina Clothing ~ Brand Film
We are so thrilled to be a part of Sharon's journey with her Lucky Latina Clothing brand and jumped right on board when she said the brand vision is to celebrate strong, sexy and unstoppable women.
Done and Done!
From initial consultation to finished film in 3 weeks. Boom, we got right down to business on this one folks. Show her some love at crowdfunding Indiegogo page and on her facbebook page or go to Lucky Latina Clothing to shop.
Fur baby Chupacobra and Joy joined in on the fun at the end for some fun bloopers.
Island Adventure - Location Scouting with Gloria | North Shore Oahu Hawaii Photographer
Out location scouting for an upcoming video project with my girl, and fellow photographer Gloria of Gloria Posada Photography and we found ourselves at Kualoa Ranch Beach Park, Kahana Bay and Dole Plantation
Nature never ceases to amaze me. I've always been fascinated with trees and flowers and being outdoors. I fell in love with the texture of this weathered tree and this driftwood just spoke to me and begged me to turn it into a black and white photo. Hawaii has no shortage of awesome stuff to photograph so go out and find some cool stuff!
Always loved finding little rocks and shells as a kid. This little guy just spoke to me and I had to photograph him, he is so cute and small in contrast to the Ko'olau Mountains in the background.
Gloria squealed with delight as she found a childhood favorite plant, the Mimosa Pudica which closes or sleeps when touched.
Found this little beauty while grabbing a pineapple dole ice cream.
Yeah for girlfriends on a Friday that are as obsessed with their camera as me. Thanks Gloria for coming along on the mini island adventure. Always more fun to explore with a friend! The giggles were a bonus and much needed therapy after a long week.
VIP Sweet Rain Media Facebook Group Invitation | Hawaii Photographer
Pssst. We've created a private group for Sweet Rain VIP including past clients and anybody interested in getting news on exclusive promotions and our advanced travel schedule for 2016. To be added, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/VIPSweetRainMedia/
A special promo code will be posted exclusively in the group this week so be sure to become a member of the group today so you don't miss out.