Going through my repertoire of wedding images with blue, for no particular reason…
Happy Weekend!
Image of the Month: Apple Picking Season
September always feels like a new beginning: the start of school, cooler temperatures, the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana), apples & honey and lots of bees around! Growing up in Montreal, Canada, apple season was a little earlier, in the month of September.
Published in Food Arts
I recently had the opportunity to go back to my hometown (Montreal, Canada) to photograph some dishes prepared by Michele Mercuri, the executive chef at XO Le Restaurant, at the Hotel Le St-James, for Food Arts.
I loved the experience, these chefs treat plating like it's sculpture!
Anhelo Magazine Feature
Food and Art Website {Sneak Peek}
For those of you who are new to Karen Wise Photography, welcome and feel free to look around! You will see that I shoot Weddings, Travel and Food (and more weddings can be found at KarenWise.com).
My Food site (FoodandArt.com) which has been around since I bought the url in 1998, is going through a transformation. I'm excited to show a little glimpse of the new Flash based website to come…
Here are a few images from my Ingredients gallery, my Dessert gallery, my Dishesgaller, Still Life and Places gallery…
Join me again, in about 8 weeks, to see these dishes, still lifes, farmers and more on the new FoodandArt.com :)
Sara & Trevor’s April Wedding, Part I
It was wonderful working with the talented Xochitl Gonzalez from Always a Bridesmaid on this Studio 450 wedding. More images of the ceremony and reception to come!
Image of the Month: Hapuna Beach
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Hawaii to attend my friends Nikki and Dave’s wedding. Before the wedding, Chandler and I traveled around exploring the Big Island.
We visited black sand beaches, dormant and active volcanos, ginger farms and waterfalls. The image above was taken of kids playing at Hapuna beach near Kona.
I watched the kids play in the water as their parents followed the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean. The kids raced back and forth to them, oblivious to the gorgeous light. This was one of those peaceful vacation moments that I will always remember. Such innocence. It was also the day before Chandler and I got engaged.
Chandler & I are Engaged!
While Chandler and I were in Hawaii for Nikki & Dave‘s wedding we stayed in a beautiful cottage, on a former ginger plantation, built by an architect and his wife.
We had the cutest Barbados Blackbelly Sheep as our neighbors. They lived in the pasture in front of our porch next to fields of pineapples, eucalyptus and lime trees. You could see the ocean in the distance and hear a nearby waterfall while eating breakfast.
We arrived at night after having spent 4 days on the West Coast near Kona. We had a lovely time on the West Coast at a B&B called the Luana Inn. We relaxed on Hapuna beach (northwest), and visited some black sand beaches (south) on our way to see the Kilauea volcano. We drove around the Big Island to the East Coast that night to get to the cottage we had rented, but didn’t see the paradise we had arrived in until morning…
The first thing I did that morning were some sun salutations (yoga) in front of a row of Eucalyptus trees. We said hi to our neighbors (the owners) and to their baaing sheep (Buddy and Snickers). Chandler and I were invited to explore the farm, so we decided to take our cameras and head towards the sounds of rushing water. On our way out, Chandler said he needed to grab something from upstairs. I noticed what I thought was an iphone in his pocket…
Chandler went down the path to the waterfall first. I held his hand, and my Contax 645 in the other as I descended. At the bottom of the trail, I took a couple of shots, leaning forward over the cliff to try to see more water falling… Chandler held my belt loop as I took some more precarious steps. When I turned around he was on one knee with a little box in his hand.
Moments later we were engaged : )
In these pictures:
Akaka Falls, our cottage in Pepeekeo, Luana Inn our wonderful B&B near Kona, Luana Inn’s beautiful kitty Yuki and their infinity pool, kids playing at Hapuna Beach near Kona, our neighbors the sheep in Pepeekeo, Black Sands beach, Boiling Pots Falls in Hilo, the Kilauea crater within a crater spewing sulfur dioxide, the Mauna Kea volcano at 13800 feet which we drove up to photograph, and the Mauna Kea observatory above the clouds.
Most of these images I shot on film with the Contax 645.
The color Holga pictures and pictures of Karen were taken by Chandler Kauffman
Nikki & Dave’s Big Island (Hawaii) Wedding
In late July, our friends Nikki and Dave got married in Hakalau on Hawaii’s beautiful Big Island. Chandler and I travelled for a week before the wedding festivities begun. There was so much to see (dormant and active volcanoes, waterfalls, lava and black sand beaches). The week was amazing in so many ways…
Here are some photos I took at Nikki & Dave’s wedding:
Nikki handmade her dress from pieces of sari fabric. The leis worn by the bridal party and the couple were also handmade by friends and family.