Face-ka-bobs!

You may remember I attended my brothers wedding back in April. April is a very busy wedding season for us and it just wasn't possible for my husband to join me for the wedding, as he needed to stay behind for weddings here in the islands. I was pretty bummed that he couldn't come...the way our business works, it's really hard for both of us to be off island at the same time and he often misses out on events. I knew I would be bummed that he wouldn't be in any family photos and then an idea came to me....Face-ka-bobs!

Face Ka Bobs allows you to upload a headshot and then they will turn it into a "head on a stick" (I Google's "head on a stick" in order to find a company that could make this for me...I don't recommend Googling "head on a stick" - stay away from the images section).

I had to trick my husband into looking into the camera for me and smiling. I told him I was testing something on my camera and he obliged. I then sent them the image and they sent me this awesomeness in the mail:

I didn't tell him I had done this so I texted him the above photos from the wedding...his response was "that's really creepy and awesome".

I hope my sister-in-law didn't mind him photo bombing a couple family portraits...

How creepy and awesome are Face-ka-bobs?! I know how many of my couples have friends and family back home that aren't able to join them for their destination weddings...wouldn't this be a fun surprise for them?! Show them a picture of "them" on the beach with you on your wedding day?!

Best parts of my job...

Are the unexpected surprises. We showed up to our wedding on Hawksnest Beach last Thursday morning to one extra guest (uninvited and not exactly welcomed) on the beach. Thankfully, our groom wasn't unfamiliar with deer.

This was a little extra challenging when it came to photos. You can just barely see the "guest" in this background shot during the vows.

 

Yowza! Did I really post a picture of a dead deer on a wedding blog?! Some surprises are a little less, um....morbid. This bride & groom were enjoying a loving moment during their vows:

They had brought their own iPod to play music during the ceremony and apparently forgot to take it off shuffle...so right in the middle of the vows, Marvin Gaye starts to encourage us all to "get it on".

 That's not the embarrassing part for this couple. The embarrassing part is that their three teenage and young adult children were watching. 

 We had such a good laugh! These kids were awesome by the way - this couple is definitely blessed with a beautiful family and one I'm sure they will always continue to laugh with, especially with boys like this:

Congrats to Leslie & Jamie!

Leslie & Jamie aren't exactly an October bride & groom, but they had a beautiful wedding nonetheless! Married at sunset on Trunk Bay...enjoy the sneak peek to your photos!