Sunil & Theresa’s Wedding!

Published by admin under wedding on December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! One last post before I go and help cook for Christmas dinner. After this post, I am taking a couple days off from editing and going to Calgary to visit my brother and his family- Can’t wait!

Anyways, here are some pictures from Sunil & Theresa’s Wedding. You can see pictures from their engagement session here.

To help cover the day, David Lai came out to second shoot with me- I started at Theresa’s house and David started at Sunil’s.

Here’s what I found on Theresa’s bulletin board. Something she looks at everyday-

Dual earring help-

Both houses had family worship and prayer before they left for the church-

We had a couple minutes (literally) to grab some creative shots of the groomsmen before Theresa arrived-

My favorite picture of Theresa-

Ok…sorry about the lack of comments. I need to go help cook now! =) I commented on the photos in a facebook album…so friend me and you can read more!

Thanks Sunil and Theresa for a blessing day! You guys were just full of surprises! May you both continue to grow together as you continually follow after Him. He has worked so mightly in both of your lives, I can only imagine what lies ahead!

with Love,

Kenny Nakai

Scott & Nora’s eSession!

Published by admin under engagement on December 24, 2008

If you can recognize this park, then you can consider yourself a knowledgeable Chicagoan. To be honest, I am a suburbanite myself, and have only come to know of this awesome park through photography.

But I digress….Nora has a background with art and photography, and so it meant a lot to me to be selected as her wedding photographer. I definitely capture the ‘moments’ throughout the day, but I really strive to do so in an artistic and creative fashion. I also try to come up with something artistic and creative for the portrait sessions.

It was brisk Chicago day…one of the first really cold days of the year. So we ducked under a bridge to step out of the wind and grabbed this shot-

Titled: “the two love birds” ***ok…sorry for the corny joke, but I couldn’t resist***

I love this photo as well-

They brought me to red phone booth! I love it! I love Nora’s look in this one-

She totally caught him off guard and just pushed him down when he was squatting for a photo- Totally spontaneous and so funny!

While we were driving Nora found this cool spot to shoot at- What a find!

And lastly, some images from their ‘photobooth’ moment during the photoshoot-

Thanks you guys for braving the cold and for even standing in goose poop- but I think it was worth it! =) Can’t wait until the wedding!

Kenny Nakai

Idyl & Benny’s eSession!

Published by admin under engagement on December 24, 2008

For Benny & Idyl’s engagement session, we met up at Millennium Park in Chicago. However, you won’t see any pictures of the bean in this set. In fact, we decided to leave the touristy photos behind and just roam around the other parks near the lake. These days, I feel confined when shooting at a really ‘popluar’ site. I love just exploring and shooting what we find-

I think Benny was a bit ‘nervous’ about the shoot, but Idyl did a great job of keeping him loose throughout-

One of my favorite images from the day-

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These two put me to shame. They are both avid runners and enjoy running 3+ miles at a time. It has been years since I have run a 3k. And I’ve only done that twice in my life! So here Idyl is showing Benny who’s really the better runner. =)

Gotta love the colors-

I love the moments when the couple opens up and shows their true smiles to you-

This photo is actually two photos into one. A quick example of HDR (High Dynamic Range). They wanted a photo with a bit of the skyline, so of course I wanted to make a cool one- =)

And lastly, their set from their ‘photobooth’ session- I LOVE the middle one-

Thanks for a great time! Can’t wait for the wedding! Maybe I will run a combined total of 3 miles by the time your wedding comes around! =P

Talk to you soon-

Kenny