Amy.Schoener
Wedding: 1/8/12
Oh my Goodness!! We got our CD of photos this week from Kyler and the the pictures are unreal! People are actually asking if we are really in Hawaii, they are soo perfect! We can't thank Kai-Photo enough for such great service and wonderful work! Kyler is nice, attentive and very easy to work with!
Gabrielle
Wedding: 10/15/11
My husband and I could not be happier with the decision we made in choosing KaiPhoto to photograph our wedding! After looking through the photos on their site, and our first meeting with Kyler, who was one of our great event photographers, we were SOLD! While planning your wedding there may be a few decisions you make that you aren't 100% sure about, but picking KaiPhoto to photograph your wedding will not be one of them. They were always on top of emailing me back, and very helpful when it came to answering my many questions. The day of our wedding, when we weren't running exactly on time, they never once made us feel rushed. They gave us all the time we needed to get the photos we wanted, and gave my husband and me time to really enjoy being together. The day of your wedding is going to fly by, and when it's all over you will be happy you chose KaiPhoto. They did not miss a single second - from the detailed pictures we have of us getting ready in our hotel rooms, to the photos we have of us sharing intimate moments at sunset, to my husband's friends falling and fighting over the garter - they got it all. I promise that you will not be disappointed with KaiPhoto, or with their hard work and dedication to making sure that you have all the photos you need and want to remember one of the most special days of your life.
Andrea
Wedding: 7/21/11
Kai Photo was the best vendor we had for our wedding in Oahu. They were organized, professional, and talented from the very first email to the delivery of the photos. We highly recommend using Kai Photo for your Honolulu wedding.
Tiare
Wedding: 7/10/11
There is so much to know and decide on when it comes to your wedding but the first thing I knew for sure I wanted once Gary proposed was Kai-Photo. I remember first looking through their pictures online a few years ago and being amazed at how they captured every detail and moment of the event. You can literally feel the emotions of the people who are in the picture, and that is exactly what we wanted! Being able to look back years from now through our wedding pictures and still being able to feel the excitement and joy from our day. The first thing we did was our engagement photos. Now our theme was very unique (apple meets droid) but Kyler and Grace were so excited over it and even gave amazing suggestions to go along with the theme! We had so much fun just being ourselves throughout the entire photoshoot with Kyler! Once the pictures came out and the invitations were sent, our family and friends were very impressed!Leading up to the wedding I began to appreciate them even more! Their customer service is amazing especially since anytime I had any questions, they got back to me ASAP. Not many vendors do that! Grace is so organized in what she does that you feel safe knowing that everything will turn out perfect! On the day of the wedding everything went very smooth which I know is hard to believe! I would sometimes hear other horror stories about different vendors not showing up on time or not knowing what’s going to happen next… but this was definitely not the case with Kai-Photo! They came prepared with their timeline knowing exactly what should happen so that it didn’t stress me out at all. Plus they prepared me for what pictures were going to happen next which was awesome because with everything going on, it was so hard to remember! They even came up with amazing ideas to capture Gary and my quirky personalities in the photos!There was so much detail to capture with our wedding and they captured it ALL! Everyone deserves to know how great Kai-Photo is from their professionalism, dedication, passion, and talent! Thank you so much for allowing us to relive the memories that will last us a lifetime!
Grace
Wedding: 5/17/11
We were amazed by the beautiful photos that Kyler took of our sunset wedding on the North shore of Oahu. He captured the ceremony beautifully. We were really happy with his professionalism and exceptional ability to make us feel comfortable. Kyler is extremely talented in every way - especially with the guidance he gave during the photo shoot, his passion for what he does, and his care for making sure that these specials times in life are captured. Thank you Kai Photo!Grace and Justin
Timand Jean
Wedding: 1/26/11
Since your so tied up in the actual ceremony its hard to tell until afterward what actually happened! Wow did they capture it. I've had people ask me how am I going to choose which ones to print, my answer is easy...all of them. It was like a fairy tale. Mahalo Tim and Jean
tmatsuda
Wedding: 12/11/10
Kai-Photo did an outstanding job with their photography services, they were very professional in all aspects. Grace is a great communicator as she responds right away to your questions. Hiko Arasaki was our photographer for both our engagement session and reception, and he did an EXCEPTIONAL job! Not only was he courteous and attentive to our preferences, but he had an attention to detail, taking the time to choose the right locations, considering different lighting & poses. Most of all he made it fun, enjoyable & memorable for all of us. The pictures came out great and we really liked his style. Thanks Hiko, Grace & Kyler! We really appreciate your services!
Jamie
Wedding: 11/13/10
There aren\'t words to describe the fantastic work and professionalism that Kai Photo provides! We met with Kyler almost a full year prior to our wedding, and any email that we sent, Grace, his office manager, was so prompt to reply to. After recieving that level of service, we knew that they were perfect vendors for us. \r\n\r\nGrace was also very instrumental when I had silly questions about how flowers looked in photos, or how much time they needed to get enough photos of our ceremony. They are detail oriented, professional, talented and offer a level of comfort that I didn\'t expect.\r\n\r\nDuring the ceremony and reception, I didn\'t even notice Kyler most of the time. Even seeing some of the guests photos, he was so \"invisible\" it was awesome. Our photos are more than we expected too! Loved them, and HIGHLY recommend Kai-Photo!!!
Tracie
Wedding: 10/30/10
Kyler and his staff were very professional, from our first meeting at the Wedding Cafe all the way through helping us order our thank you cards. It was very easy to keep in touch with him and his staff over email, and they were very quick to respond. Kyler was very easygoing and flexible on wedding day, yet kept us on schedule. I would not hesitate to recommend his services to my friends and family.
Bana Bala
Wedding: 10/24/10
We are from Australia and we had a destination wedding in Oahu in October 2010. When choosing vendors the most important criteria for us was email responsiveness and the amount of detail and helpfulness in their emails. Kai-Photo were amazing - they always responded within a few hours. I absolutely loved working with Kai Photo. In fact, they were the very first vendor we chose even before we selected our ceremony and reception venues.The one small downside in working with them was that there wasn't as much variety in the photo locations as I'd hoped (eg. all our guest photos were taken at the front of the chapel, whereas I would've liked some to be taken at other locations for variety). To all brides to be, make sure your shoot list includes exactly WHERE you want the photos to be taken.
Lauren
Wedding: 9/9/10
My wedding day was a fairytale and I have such stunning wedding photos thanks to Kai Photo. The photographer was friendly and personable and took natural photos. I am so excited by the photos I have and there are are so many favourites!!!If you can book them I would recommend them to use as your number 1. pick for wedding/professional photographer. I live in Australia and planning my destination wedding was so easy and stress free thanks to Diana at Oahu Weddings and Kai Photo. They both had an excellent portfolio of images on their blog that made it easy to choose them.Highly recommended, excellent service and beautiful photos that I'll have forever.
LeLo
Wedding: 8/9/10
Kai-Photo did an amazing job with our wedding. Their team is very friendly and professional so that made us very comfortable working with them. Our photos came out soooo beautifully and we couldn't have asked for a better photography team! They we're also delivered to us very quickly. We would definitely recommend Kai-Photo to any couple for their special day!
Michelle
Wedding: 7/23/10
Our photographer Kyler was AWESOME!! Our wedding was held in Honolulu, HI, but since we are from California, we only went by reviews and the internet when we picked our vendors. We were a bit skeptical in the beginning since we didn't know what quite to expect, but all we can say now is that we are so happy we chose Kai photography.Our destination wedding was held at the Ocean Crystal Wedding Chapel and our recepetion was at the Hilton's Rainbow Suites on a Friday where there happened to be fireworks that we incorporated in our wedding. Kyler and his team took awesome photos of the fireworks and were very professional. Grace, who we were emailing pre-wedding was great as well. She was very quick to respond and was pleasant to talk to over the phone.Overall, we were very satisfied with the ease and professionalism held by Kyler and his team. Since our wedding was only about a week ago, we are still anxiously waiting to recieve our photos although Kyler did send us a lil' sneak peek at one of our pics and all my husband and I could say was ..WoW! Gorgeous photo of us at during the fireworks show.Thanks Kai Photography!!
kristymoss
Wedding: 7/1/10
I had been in contact with Grace from the beginning of our wedding planning and she was so helpful! She was very fast to respond to my emails and even offered me some advice on some wedding locations. Kyler was our photographer on our wedding day and he was amazing!! He was fun to work with and did a great job. He even let us take a couple pictures of eachother using the fish eye lens. We had a great time. We got the CD with our wedding photos (over 300 pictures!) about a week after the wedding. I am so glad we chose Kai-Photo as the photographer for our special day and I wouldn't have changed a thing. Thank you Kai-Photo!!
ckimmel123
Wedding: 6/17/10
book these guys if you can get them. great photos. great composition, creativity, and quality. at no point did i feel like they were trying to pressure me into buying a bunch of prints that i didn't want like so many other photographers do. in fact we didn't buy any prints. they allowed us to buy just the data so we could choose where to make the prints and the size on our own. the possessing was fast. we got married on a Thursday and the photos were available for viewing online by Saturday. the CD with the data was in our mailbox in California when we got home from Hawaii.
Elisa
Wedding: 6/11/10
I was extremely happy I chose Kai-Photo to take some beach photos of my husband and I to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Not only is Kyler a great guy, but he is an incredibly gifted photographer with an eye for photography like I have never seen before. My husband is a photographer and was absolutely blown away by the breathtaking photos and precious moments Kyler captured through his lens. Grace was incredibly helpful as well, even with the time difference between Australia and Hawaii, she always replied to my emails within a matter of minutes and even suggested a location for our shoot. Her recommendation to have the photos taken at Waimanalo Bay was absolutely perfect for us, what a gorgeous deserted location and stunning backdrop for our photos. I was expecting it to take a couple of weeks to have the photos sent to us, so you can imagine how surprised and delighted I was when the finalised photos were dropped off to our hotel the following day! I cannot thank Kyler and Grace enough for their fantastic work and kind assistance, we will cherish these memories always. We will be back Oahu and we will be back, Kai-Photo!Mahalo!Elisa & MatthewSydney, Australia
Geishaui
Wedding: 6/9/10
Kai-Photo is the best! Wow! I do not know anything about photography but I definitely know what I want to see in my wedding photos. Planning a destination wedding is not a joke but with the right wedding vendors, it could be really fun! (without the panic attacks!LOL) Anyhow, I needed them for my "getting ready"and"reception"only, they were so flexible that they were able to accommodate my request. The photos were amazingly beautiful!!!! I would definitely get their services again when we go back to Hawaii for our wedding anniversary!
SG
Wedding: 6/2/10
We really enjoyed working with our photographer. He was really professional and nice. He made us feel really comfortable and he was really creative too. The results (the photos) are fantastic! We have now high quality photos memories of our wedding day.We received the photos and album and everything was beyond our expectations! The album is really nice and the CD design is really great.
babygomes and weezonjon
Wedding: 1/8/10
Kyler was absolutely wonderful! He has a great photographic style that captures the beauty of your wedding day. My husband and I were so happy with how our pictures turned out - as were our guests. The online gallery was available within 2 weeks of the wedding. Great photography!
Lei
Wedding: 10/18/09
Kyler and Grace are amazing! I had no idea where to start looking because there are so many photographers out there and a common regret I hear from people who got married is that they wished they had better pictures or more pictures taken since this is all you have to remember your special day. I was lucky enough to find Kai-Photo on Facebook since my friends are fans. Grace is so fast at responding to any of your inquiries and Kyler meets with you for free to discuss what you had in mind to see if this is what you had in mind. I loved their photos at first sight. :D Their pictures are one of a kind and it reminds me very much of a fairy tale album since they take mostly candid pictures. I got bored looking through other photographers work because it was traditional with the same lighting or backgrounds so I didn't think I would find a photographer that met my standards. I recently reviewed all of my photos taken to choose my album and the angles and lighting is beautiful. They captured everything I was hoping for out of my wedding. I would recommend looking on their website to see some poses you like that they've done before. But you don't have to worry because Kai-Photo will capture everything you want in your special day. We are so happy with the photos!!! Price is very reasonable. Compare yourself to others. Customer service is the best. They don't tell you what to do but instead get to know you and work with your schedule. I hope all the brides to be out there are lucky enough to find Kai-Photo too. Love,Lei & Mike