James Rubio: Big Island of Hawaii Wedding Photographer » Trash the Dress

Maria & Gennady | Kohala Coast, Big Island of Hawai`i

James Rubio — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:10:37 +0000

Hana & Edwin, Day After Session | Maui

James Rubio — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:06:08 +0000

Laura & Mark Wedding | Kona, Big Island of Hawai`i

James Rubio — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:27:18 +0000

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

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!

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

Reception on the Body Glove.

Bev’s photo:

Bev captured these loving moments with Mark and his son.

We later strolled Kona town for some late night photos.

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

Ceremony Location: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park
Reception Location: Body Glove Cruises

Onomea Rainforest Bridal Shoot with Kanoe

James Rubio — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:27:58 +0000

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.

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

Kimberly & Chris Wedding, Kona Village Resort

James Rubio — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:23:22 +0000

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

James Rubio — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:24:29 +0000

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!

Karen and Russ, happy anniversary and many more to come! :) Also special thanks to Bev for all her help again. She took many of the shots above and many are my favorite of the set.

Gwyne + Mark, TTD/Couple Session, Kohala Coast

James Rubio — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:30:08 +0000

September 2nd, 2008 — Kona & Kohala, Big Island of Hawaii

We were so honored when Gwyne and Mark of GwyneMark Photography asked us to photograph a “trash the dress” and couple session on their vacation here. This was one of the shoots I’ve been really looking forward to all Summer!

On the Kohala mountains… much thanks to my flickr friend Sarah Lee for sharing this location!

Mark and Gwyne, we had so much fun! It’s great seeing photographers on the other side of the camera. Thanks again for letting us capture these moments.