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James Rubio: Big Island of Hawaii Wedding Photographer bio picture

hi there!

we're a husband and wife team (james & bev)

we're based out of hilo, hawaii on the beautiful big island of hawaii

we love our job

we love to travel

bev likes noodles and i like chocolate!

(but i also like noodles and bev likes chocolate too)

upcoming travel dates

november 23-29 Oahu, HI ... march 4-11 Las Vegas, NV ... april 28-6 San Francisco, CA ... july 30-? Maui, HI  ... 

please contact us if you are interested in a session :)

Category Archives: Trash the Dress

Laura & Mark Wedding

August 10th, 2009 — Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

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Totally a super awesome way to get married!!!  We can safely say we’ve never shot a wedding anything like this.  Three canoes/boats were involved!

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Hi, I’m James Rubio, canoe paddler… and Laura, you are a great photographer. Thanks!

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Reception on the Body Glove.

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Bev’s photo:

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Bev captured these loving moments with Mark and his son.

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We later strolled Kona town for some late night photos.  laura-mark-kona-big-island-hawaii-wedding-1028laura-mark-kona-big-island-hawaii-wedding-1029laura-mark-kona-big-island-hawaii-wedding-1030laura-mark-kona-big-island-hawaii-wedding-1031laura-mark-kona-big-island-hawaii-wedding-1032

Laura & Mark, thank you for taking us on an exciting adventure!  We wish you and your family the best.

Onomea Rainforest Bridal Shoot with Kanoe

Earlier this month, photographer friends Rachel (Merge Weddings) and Amy (Ardent Photo) flew far ways over for a visit to the Big Island.  We all went on a fun hike/photoshoot  down the Onomea Donkey Trail through a rainforest. I always dreamed of doing a bridal shoot here, so this was the perfect opportunity.   It’s just magical and so much fun shooting along side such talented wedding photographers.

Kanoe, a beautiful local model was willing to join us on such short notice.  She did an amazing job.

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Shooting just for fun really is refreshing.  Thank you Kanoe!

Kimberly + Chris Wedding

October 3rd, 2008, Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

Kimberly and Chris are talented photographers, so you can imagine how honored we were when asked to cover their wedding. It was a little intimidating…  Chris is a seasoned commercial photographer and Kimberly runs her own wedding photography business Kimberly Kay Photography.  Chris also helps Kimberly shoot weddings and they do beautiful work together.  Even Kimberly’s sister is a professional wedding photographer!  Man, luckily they were all very down to earth and super friendly/cool… it was so easy to work with them.

Not often do you see guests carrying a 5D + 85 1.2 lens! *drool*

We ran off to get some intimate portraits…

Kimberly & Chris, thank you so much for trusting us for your special day.  Also, thank you for treating us like guests.  We had a great time at the Lu’au… and the food was so ono!  We hope to see you at WPPI!

Karen + Russ TTD

September 11th, 2008, Hapuna Beach, Big Island of Hawaii

Karen of Karen Tran Florals (San Diego) asked us to photograph a trash-the-dress session with her husband Russ as they vacationed here on their first anniversary.  Karen is a talented artist, so it was an honor that she chose us to photograph their special time together. They first renewed their vows on the beach.  So sweet!  You should see their actual wedding — it was even featured on WETV “Beach Weddings”.  Beautiful!

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