Aloha Gordon and his team,
Thank you to everyone at A Paradise Dream Wedding for making our day truly amazing! We were married on March 29, 2014 at Makena Cove. A big thank you to our photographers Gordon Nash & Mami Horie for capturing our big day! We were so honored to have them as our photographers as Gordon captured my (brides) parents vow renewal 11 years ago in the exact spot! We now have so many treasured memories as we got married in the same location as the vow renewal and now we also share the same day of marriage. Also a big thank you to Jayanne our wedding planner and Minister Rev Ernest Pua'a!
Breanna & Trevor from Canada
Married at Pristine Makena Cove on March 29th, 2014
Maui Beach Wedding Photographers: Gordon Nash + Mami Horie
Wedding Coordinator: Jayanne Jefferys
Dear A Paradise Dream Wedding Team,
We can't express our sincere appreciation enough for all that A Paradise Dream Wedding provided for us on our special day! Jayanne, our wedding coordinator, was absolutely wonderful! She was always available and quick to respond from the most detailed of emails to simplest "calming" reassurance that we were going to have a fabulous stress-free day...and she was right! We first found Gordon Nash and his amazing team by planning our honeymoon in Maui in hopes of having some special photos taken while there. Gordon's photography and team caught our attention like no other photographer we had ever seen, and through a few emails with Jayanne, she easily convinced us that a destination wedding on the wonderful island of Maui was perfect for us,so we decided to forgo our home wedding...I wouldn't have done it any other way and recommend A Paradise Dream Wedding to anyone and everyone who contemplates a destination wedding.
Gordon's calm and caring personality kept us as ease during our ceremony and his photographs have both of us and all of our friends and family speechless! Arien Sherman's work alongside Gordon was above and beyond anything we could have imagined and he fit right in with both of us, keeping the mood light and comical. Rev. Tino Rosete was our minister and how perfect to have someone we never met before join us in marriage and make us feel like he had known us all along. His sincere words of love and wisdom paired with his sweet sense of humor kept us smiling, laughing and engaged all at the same time. Shena was our on-site coordinator and a wonderful face of comfort as we arrived at the ceremony. She had every thing ready and waiting for us, it was so beautiful! She did a great job helping with last minute details and gave me the ease of having the companionship of another woman present.
Liz was my in-room hair and makeup artist and we had such a fun time visiting and laughing! Liz did an outstanding job on both my hair and makeup and I've never looked better! I had so many compliments on my hair and makeup and what a relief to have such a great person like Liz pamper me on my special day, it was more than just getting my hair and makeup done and well worth it.
Hide produced our featurette video and ceremony video. Unbelievable work! We are astounded by the work Hide did with our videos. Everyone who has watched has cried and we (mostly just me) have watched it a dozen times in the past couple weeks. What a great way to remember our once in a lifetime day! The videos are priceless and what remarkable quality! We will share this with not only our friends and family now, but our children in years to come!
Gordon's final production of photographs captured EVERYTHING we could have imagined and MORE! He went above and beyond our expectations and delivered a perfect day...a paradise dream wedding for sure!!!! Mami's artistic touch to our photos create a serene finish and brings out the glow that we felt on our wedding day! Thank you to the entire team at APDW for creating an unforgettable day and sharing with us the day we became Husband and Wife!
Mick and Joni Jaggers
Married on March 31st, 2014 at Gannon's, Wailea, Maui
Maui Beach Wedding Photographers: Gordon Nash + Arien Sherman
Wedding Coordinator: Jayanne Jefferys
Photo Retoucher: Mami Horie
Videographer: Hide Yoshikawa
Paradise Dream Team,
Oscar and I would like to extend our sincere appreciation to everyone at A Paradise Dream Wedding for making our wedding day into a truly special memory that we can forever hold dear in our hearts. The very first decision we made when we got engaged was to get married on Maui, and to have A Paradise Dream Wedding photograph the event. It was the best decision we made and we could not be happier with the results.
Wedding coordinator Jayanne was always available, whether it be through email or phone conversation, and was very accommodating throughout the entire planning process. Each aspect of our wedding was clearly well organized, and it was honestly such a blessing that there was no need to worry; we knew we were in very capable hands as soon as we landed on Maui.
Gordon Nash and his team are the ultimate professionals and made us both feel extremely relaxed and comfortable. Both he and Mami were on hand at our intimate ceremony, and they captured all the emotions and beauty we felt that day. Hide, our cinematographer, did an amazing job on the featurette (my parents love the video so much that they’ve watched it every single day since we got it). While I had originally wavered on including cinematography, I now think it is essential for every bride to have!
Our minister Laki Ka’ahumanu was the best, hands down. His authentic and welcoming personality made our wedding unforgettable for both us and our guests. I think the Hawaiian experience we were looking for was embodied by Laki’s heartfelt delivery and style.
The choice to do a sunset photo session with Arien was absolutely priceless because the resulting pictures were stunning, to say the least. He was super friendly and easy going, and I’m very thankful for his suggestions and posing ideas.
Honestly, Oscar and I are completely blown away by the extraordinary quality of work we received on our wedding planning, pictures and video. The post production work provided by Mami on our photos is simply stunning, and again, I cannot say enough good things about Hide’s cinematic eye.
So Thank you again to everyone for the amazing experience, and we look forward to coming back to visit Maui soon!
Sincerely,
Oscar and Laura Ruiz
Married at Pristine Makena Cove, Maui, Hawaii on March 21st, 2014
Maui Beach Wedding Photographers: Gordon Nash + Arien Sherman
Wedding Coordinator: Jayanne Jefferys
Photo Retoucher: Mami Horie
Thank You Gordon and Arien!
Our photos turned out amazing!! From coordinating (Jayanne) to Ministry services (Tino), everything was top notch. We had a wonderful time and felt extremely blessed to have Gordon, Arien, Jayanne, Mami, and
From the bottom of our hearts, Thank you!
Jackie & David Caravalho
See more photos of Jackie & David
Married on Feb. 15th, 2014 @ Makena Cove & Four Seasons Maui
Maui Beach Wedding Photographer: Gordon Nash + Arien Sherman
Wedding Coordinator: Jayanne Jefferys
Photo Retoucher: Mami Horie
Jens Franke and Katharina Pechan, from Bad Lauchstaedt, Germany enjoyed their Maui wedding on April 14, 2014. They were lucky to view the total moon eclipse while having their wedding dinner at The Four Seasons Ferraro's restaurant, arranged by us. Our German speaking Onsite person, Joy, is a big help with all of our couples from Germany. Congratulations! Jayanne, Wedding Coordinator
"Aloha Jayanne,
Thanks to everybody for this awesome wedding!!!
Everybody did a very good job that day!!! Also the god of the weather :-)
Joy, our Onsite Person, picked us up at the parking place and guided us through the ceremony and made slight corrections to us where ever needed :-) Thanks to her, it was very helpful!!!
The ceremony was very beautiful and Pastor Rance's speech was very emotional. He is really a nice pastor! A special thanks to him!
During the ceremony the singing and guitar playing of Liz was also very nice and relaxing....we loved dancing in the warm sand to the song "Somewhere over the rainbow" at the end of the ceremony!!! A moment for lifetime!!!
We also like to say thanks to Gordon and Arien, our Photographers, as well as to Brian, our Videographer, who is really a funny guy :-)
The shooting with this team was so much fun and very professional! We are very excited in looking forward to see the pictures!!!
Finally Jayanne, we like to thank you for your work and good job in organizing everything even with unforseen events like crowded beaches and changing pastors :-) We always felt well informed at any time! Thanks very much to you!!!
All in all we are very happy with the wedding and everybody who was working on it. We are very happy to have choosen "A Paradise Dream Wedding" for this great day and will tell and recommend to everybody who is interested in!!!
Best wishes and warm regards with Aloha are sending Mr. & Mrs. Katharina & Jens Franke"
We love the photos so much and you guys really did a wonderful job!!! Thanks so so so much!!!
See more photos of Chloe & Simon
Photo Tour on March 19th, 2014
Maui Beach Wedding Photographers: Gordon Nash + Arien Sherman @ Makena Cove
Photo Retoucher: Mami Horie
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