LOGO on its way!!! :)

So I'm so excited and stoked that I had to write a mini blog about this. Victoria (my amazing graphic designer in L.A.) has cooked up a SWEET logo for me. The final product is not complete yet but we pretty much have the design and overall look of it completed. We are currently playing around with color schemes and small details. Lemme give you a little hint of what it looks like... Well my photography business name is Shannon Sasaki Photography. I wanted a logo that would represent me and have my name incorporated into it. SO I thought of an idea of incorporating my same "S" initials for Shannon Sasaki and make a heart out of 2 S's. Mirror images of an S basically. She has made it and put in her own twist to it and gave it a fun, friendly artistic feel to it. I can't wait to show it to all of you!! Once I get the final product you better believe I will be posting it on here and facebook! :) Thanks Victoria for being so amazingly creative/talented and AWESOME!!!

Brian + Katie Engagements

I first met Brian through a very loyal and AWESOME client Lisa and her husband Jeff. I've done photos for Lisa about 4 times now and she has referred me to many other military families on Oahu. Lisa hired me to do a family portraits with Jeff's family and Brian is his brother. At that time Brian was a single bachelor on the hunt. It was on that family shoot that he made me take a picture of him posing by himself and would possibly use it for his facebook profile perhaps to attract them ladies! WELL here we are today, I was hired again by Lisa but not for her... for BRIAN and his FIANCE Katie!! :) Lovely, FUN, young at heart couple! I like to think my picture that I took of him played part in this beginnings of what is now a soon to be life long love. Hey it would be neat if it was right?? Anywho, here are a few samples of Brian and Katie's engagement session with me. OH and Brian did request me to take another pic of him by himself on this shoot but not to attract a woman... but it was his victory "karate kid" pose of finally finding THE girl. Congratulations Brian and Katie!!! :)













And the picture that made this engagement session complete LOL...

Bridesmaids

Just bought "Bridesmaids" the movie today. I've been waiting for that to come out on DVD for a while. If you haven't seen this movie yet... YOU MUST!! It's absolutely hilarious and ridiculous but I loved every second of it. One of those over the top outrageous comedy movies. If you have an insane (not normal) sense of humor like myself and find something as ridiculous as fart sounds funny... you'll love it. I'm watching it as I edit one of my weddings at this very moment!

Wedding Wire

So recently I have been hearing a lot about Wedding Wire. It is an online site where a bride can literally plan her wedding all online! You can search for all kinds of vendors and venues throughout the states. I have decided to get myself on there and I now have a wedding wire profile where brides can now find me through this very popular site. I'm hoping this site will get me even more wonderful couples for the future years to come! :)


Click on the wedding wire image below to go to my wedding wire profile page!! :)

McBride Family Portraits

Although I define myself as a wedding/couple photographer I love to spice it up a bit and photograph other events or do family portraits. This family was on their first Hawaii vacation and wanted it captured for their memories. They were such a cute and FUN family, I instantly fell in love with this all american family and I became their adopted asian girl for the day! HA! Thank you McBride family for allowing me to capture your special family vaca here in Hawaii!!! Hope you come back soon!!

High School Sweethearts

I had the privilege of covering Irma and Wayne's beautiful love story 2.0.



The story: Irma and Wayne were high school sweethearts. Graduation rolled around and that meant college. They were going to different colleges and decided to go their separate ways. Sadly that was the end of their relationship. Time passed and they both moved on with their lives and both of them got married and had wonderful children. More time had passed and they both went through divorces. Now, anyone who has seen serendipity, pretty woman, or any other sappy lovey dovey movie will appreciate this next part of the story... (points at myself.... GUILTY) call it fate, call it coincidence, one random day they ran into each other. Haven't seen each other in years, they were compelled to catch up. That is what brought me to The Kahala Hotel capturing Irma and Wayne's part 2 of their love story. It was a small and intimate wedding with their family and closest friends. It was an absolute honor being able to cover your special LONG AWAITED wedding day Irma and Wayne and I wish you both a very happy and long life together. :)

Update Time!... FINALLY!

So again I have slacked on the blog writing. Laziness? Not at all! I have been so busy with weddings and side events that I had no time for virtual updates, though I have tried to at least keep my facebook updated...

So since it is wedding season I have many more weddings to cover and will need to edit them and will do my best to post them up here. I have about 3 weddings to share on here and hope to post them up asap! I do have a few on facebook. What has happened since my last update?

1. I was published in the book CRAVE that I mentioned a couple of blogs ago. It got released a month ago and I am VERY happy with the outcome of the book! :) You can buy one at any book store!




2. Shooting part time for expressions magazine which is a LGBT magazine for Hawaii. In return I get an ad space in the magazine and their online page as well. With civil union in progress I'm getting ready for hopefully many future civil union weddings to cover. Love is love and I intend to capture it all. :)



3. Currently in process of making a logo for my company. Hired graphic designer Victoria Nishikawa a.k.a VIXX Design in L.A. Looking forward to see what she comes up with and so excited and thrilled to be working with her!!

4. Working with a new album printing company. Also in the process of ordering some new albums to show clients. Very happy with this company, they make AMAZING albums!!

Well that's about it! That is a peek into my life within the past 2 months that I have not updated on here. Lots going on and loving how busy I am with my photography! :) Stay tuned for upcoming blogs on updates with my recent weddings and couple shoots!! Thanks for stopping by!!!