Favorite Surprise Engagement Moments
Thank you so much for visiting, my Maui Surprise Engagement Favorites page. I am eager to show not only the beauty of these incredible islands in Hawaii, but also create for you authentic, genuine moments that will take your breath away. Creating beautiful imagery you will look back on over the years & love every day of your life. Connecting with my clients & creating meaningful imagery that is stunning, while also making the experience just as amazing, backed up by great service.
Hannah was Totally Surprised when he Asked & of couse she said “Yes”! This happened at The Four Seasons Lanai
Her reaction as she realizes there is a photographer, photographing her surprise proposal at The Four Seasons Maui
Joe Completely Surprises his long time girlfriend & she accepted his proposal. This Taken in West Maui
Long Exposure Running shot with couple who just became engaged at The Westin Maui
She said “Yes!” when he asked. This taken in a Tropical Maui Forest
Just Engaged Couple at Wailea Beach Maui
Total Surprise Moment when he asked & she sadi’ YES!”
Just Engaged Couple Engaged in front of Merriman’s Restaurant in Kapalua Maui
She Screamed “YES” when he asked. This taken at Merriman’s Restaurant in Kapalua
Maui Advenure Engagement Session on the The Road to Hana Maui
He Asked and the Answer was “YES”!
Stylish, Just Engaged Couple on the Rocks at Merrimans in West Maui
Zack Planned & Executed The Perfect Surprise Proposal & She Was 100% Surprised
Suprise Engagement done right @ Wailea Beach Resort Maui
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Happy New Years! Wishing everyone an Amazing New Year of Love, Prosperity, Peace and Happiness! Loved creating these images w the Lovely @melaniemcgrane and her well dressed groom @sailing101cc at South Maui Gardens. This Maui Wedding Venue is such a cool spot right in the heart of Kihei with all sorts of hidden gems throughout the property! Loved photographing Melanie’s Excitement as her day unfolded & later their choreographed first dance was a ROCKIN good time! Thanks to all the terrific vendors delivering the goods to make it happen! Congrats Melanie & Chris!💍🍾🌴 #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #destinationwedding #wedding #weddingphotographer #mauiweddingvenue
Imagine getting Married on a Tropical Beach in Hawaii? Surrounded by all the LOVE, All the FEELS and ALL your Favorite People in the Most Romantic & Beautiful Settings? Dreams can be a Reality! Let’s Adventure to the Most Wonderful places and make Amazing Memories together & I promise to Exceed your Expectations with an Amazing Experience, Gorgeous Imagery and Back it Up w Great Service! With Very Reasonable & Fair pricing, including my extremely affordable Six Hour Special Package, getting the wedding photo coverage you want is within your budget! Thanks to all the fantastic coordinators, fellow creatives and all the BHTS people making these events so special and perfect! I’m talking about all the stylists for hair and makeup, the florists creating magic with their flowers, the videographers, the ministers whose words leave indelible lifelong imprints on you! Not forgetting the chefs & servers making the dining experience so special along with bars and DJ’s who make the evenings rock and roll! I’m also not forgetting all the countless people who set up these events and their roles in making things even more magical! I’m also so incredibly Grateful and Thankful for the countless people who have hired me and trusted me to deliver their DREAMS in photographs! MAHALO! What an honor it is to travel Hawaii creating & capturing these wonderful moments and making memories that actually last lifetimes! Have any questions regarding locations, best time of day, timelines or vendors? Please reach out as I am very available to help in planning your big day! Want to see reviews? Please see my page on https://www.theknot.com/marketplace/tad-craig-photography-paia-hi-211102 for 150 FIVE STAR REVIEWS! Hire me and I promise to Exceed your Expectations with an Amazing Experience, Gorgeous Imagery and Back it Up w Great Service! #maui #destinationwedding #wedding #mauidestinationwedding #mauihawaii #mauiwedding #mauielopement #bride, #instawedding, #weddinginspo, #oahuweddingphotographer #kauaiweddingphotographer, #mauiweddingphotographer #lanaiweddingphotographer, #bigislandweddingphotographer
Can you imagine getting Married on a Tropical beach in Hawaii? Surrounded by all the LOVE, ALL your favorite people in the most Romantic & Beautiful settings? Dreams can be your reality! Let’s adventure to the most wonderful places and make Amazing Memories! Thanks to all the fantastic coordinators, fellow creatives and all the BHTS people making these events so special and perfect! I’m talking all the stylists for hair and makeup, the florists creating magic with flowers, the videographers, the ministers whose words leave indelible lifelong memories! Not forgetting the chefs & servers making the dining experience so special along with bars and DJ’s who make the evenings rock and roll! I’m also not forgetting all the countless people who setup these events and roles in making things even more magical! I’m also so incredibly Grateful and Thankful for the countless people who have hired me and trusted me to deliver their dreams in photographs! What an honor it is to travel Hawaii creating & capturing all these wonderful moments and making memories that actually last lifetimes! This year on multiple occasions I have photographed couples whose weddings I photographed more than 15+ years ago, and they just raved about how my photos then mean SO MUCH to them NOW! Seriously that is priceless! This is what it’s all about! Hire me and I promise to Exceed your Expectations with an Amazing Experience, Gorgeous Imagery and Back it Up w Great Service! #maui #destinationwedding #oahuweddingphotographer #kauaiweddingphotographer #wedding #mauidestinationwedding #bigislandweddingphotographer #adventurewedding #mauihawaii hawaiidestinationwedding #mauiwedding
Congrats to Alex & Shane getting married at Heeia State Park in Kane’ohe Hawaii. With hundreds of friends & family surrounding them they celebrated in style! Lots of beautiful memories made, but one in particular stood out. Both grooms danced with their moms at the same time & suddenly they switched and both moms danced together. Very sweet! Then they asked their dads to come out & dance. Both dads jumped to their feet to have the chance to dance with their sons. I had never seen this before and it was touching. However, the most amazing moment was about to unfold when Shane began crying as his emotions took over dancing with his very ill father who held so closely, supporting him as only a father can! I quickly started shooting in B&W as that moment needed to be documented only as a B&W photo can persevere the moment! Truly touching yo have witnessed this! #destinationwedding #weddingphotographer #oahuwedding #oahuweddingphotographer #gaywedding #voteblue #votefordemocracy
Beautiful Sierra enjoying her wedding day. This taken in front of @merrimansmaui where her & Patrick dined as a married couple!💍🌴🌴❤️ #mauiweddingshowcase #maui #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #mauidestinationwedding #destinationwedding #destinationweddingphotographer #weddingphotography #weddingcordinator
Alyssa & Philip stealing away to get a little alone time before walking down the aisle and saying their “I Do’s!” #maui #mauiweddingphotographer #mauiwedding #wedding #destinationwedding #mauidestinationwedding #mauidestinationwedding
I present the Super Fab wedding of Alyssa & Phillip at the Westin Maui Resort in Kaanapali! With families living in Australia & the USA, planning a destination wedding in Hawaii was a no brainer! Upon meeting the bride and her family I immediately felt at ease like a was reunited with family. With the grounds of the hotel as beautiful as ever & the blue bird day, it made for the perfect wedding day. Surrounded by 80 friends & family from multiple continents it was a day of love, laughter and tequila!🍸 Thanks for having me be apart of your families journey in becoming one! Congrats!❤️💍🥂👍🏼 #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #destinationwedding #mauihawaii #mauidestinationwedding #westinmaui #weddingphotographer #wedding
Want to LAUGH so hard your stomach hurts? Photograph a PRO Comedians (@sunnydcomedy) wedding whose Minister(@cliffprang)& Master Of Ceremonies (@sterlingsjokes) are both PRO Comedians and you are in for a treat! These three had all Seventy Friends & Family absolutely ROLLING in their seats! What a HOOT! Sunee’s bride Shawn looked flawless in the most perfect dress as well as their son and Sunee in their stylish Tuxedos! Thanks to @foodforthesoulmaui for running the show & the delightful eats! @mauibarsareus took care of the cocktails, @djdanmaui took care of thumping melodies and @aloha.akoni played the strings of his guitar! All the pretty flowers were done by @ So incredibly happy for these two best friends marrying each other surrounded by so much LOVE & LAUGHTER! #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #wedding #destinationwedding #mauihawaii #mauidestinationwedding #mauiweddingvenue #weddingphotographer #adventurewedding #maui
Just Maui’d Celeste & Adam celebrating in style! Congrats to these two here in Maui with their loving families and friends at the Gorgeous Gather Restaurant in Wailea. With the perfect day dialed in w soft clouds keeping it cool & then later the crazy beautiful light piercing through the trees at sunset. The wedding party all danced into the reception with a roar from the crowd. What a hoot! Happy for these guys! Thanks for having me be a part of your big day!❤️💍🥂👍🏼 #mauiwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #destinationwedding #mauihawaii #weddingphotographer ##mauiweddingvenue #mauiweddingplanner
Oh my goodness this wedding was EVERYTHING! Surrounded by all their favorite people Krista & Mike celebrated @hotelwailea in style! With all the gorgeous details coordinated perfectly, Krista walked into her ceremony with both moms crying tears of happiness and came out a married woman! Afterwards her & her husband cocktailed with all their guests until sunset where we then wandered down to the event lawn for another stunning sunset with @mauiroadsters Porsche 356! The Hotel Wailea Ballroom had been transformed into this most amazing gala dripping with stunning flowers, crystal glasses, golden chandeliers, and a champagne tower flowing with @veuveclicquot ! Absolutely stunning! Such a lovely and elegant affair and I’m so incredibly grateful to have been apart of it! Of course it was a team effort to create this masterpiece of a Maui Wedding. Thanks to all of these wonderful vendors and all their skills & talent to make it happen! Special shoutout to Kimi of @hotelwailea for her relentless dedication to perfection and all these other talented perfectionists, @donv.lax @officiantkelii @djdanmaui @lulaleihawaii @letsentertainmaui @arielquirozart @mauiroadsters @liz_mauimakeupartistry #mauiwedding #maui #mauiweddingphotographer #destinationwedding #weddingphotographer #luxurywedding #mauiluxurywedding #hotelwailea #hotelwaileawedding @liz_mauimakeupartistry
Congrats to Heather & Scott and your dreamy wedding day. Surrounded by the love of 130+ family and friends who came in from all over the globe to celebrate with you. Was truly wonderful to be apart of it! Cheers to New Beginnings and Sunset Kisses! #maui #mauiwedding #destinationwedding #mauiweddingphotographer #mauidestinationwedding #surroundedbylove #hawaiiwedding #gorgousbride https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6ZW-52vh_J/?igsh=MWx0bTc0Z3ViOHFrYQ==
Congrats to Rebecca & Jaime flying with their kids all the way from Britain to marry on the white sandy beaches of Maui. All expectations were met with the most beautiful of Beautiful Days surrounded Mauis sunshine and lots of love from their kids! #mauiweddingvenue #mauiwedding #mauielopement #mauielopementphotographer #maui #mauiwedding #mauihawaii #mauidestinationwedding #fairmontkealani
Greetings. I’m Tad Craig a professional photographer here in beautiful Hawaii since 1999! My very first camera was a Nikon FE2 that my parents gave me as high school graduation gift! I loved that camera, and shot with it regularly but didn’t take it seriously for a very long time. It wasn’t until years later until that camera came into Sharper Focus and finally changed the trajectory of my life!📷 That is when I started processing B&W in the darkroom at the @huinoeau! I started my photo career working for a Photo Kiosk at the @fairmontkealani where they would give me one roll of 36 exposures for a family shoot or wedding! I complained that just wasn’t possible and then they then gave me two rolls of 36. That’s when you learned to make every shot count! It was also at the @fairmontkealani & @grandwailea (before starting my photo career) that I learned about giving the FIVE STAR experience to every single client! This invaluable lesson learned from these two luxury hotels I have carried with me ever since! I’ve always been Nikon guy shooting with just about every film camera & then every Nikon digital camera! Their first digital cameras were not great. But Oh times have changed! Yes of course I’m still shooting Nikon & I’m absolutely LOVING the freaking amazing new Nikon ZF! This camera has that retro look of the Nikon FE2, but the sharpest on point autofocus system using the very latest in Nikon technology! In addition to the incredible innovation it uses to power it, it also has another trick up its sleeve! By simply moving a lever I go from shooting color to shooting B&W! This is MAJOR! What a joy to be able to shoot in B&W again! So here’s a little bit of my history at a pro photographer here in Maui Hawaii! Hire me and I promise to Exceed your Expectations with an Amazing Experience, Gorgeous Imagery and Back it Up w Great Service! Many, Many Thanks to all my Awesome clients and colleagues who trust me to deliver the goods! Mahalo for reading. Sincerely Tad Craig #mauiwedding #wedding #maui #mauielopementphotographer #mauidestinationwedding
Congrats to Jay & Shaun celebrating their long overdue honeymoon at the Four Seasons Maui! ❤️💍🥂👍🏼 Had a blast taking them to all the spots and Maui offering up the perfect sunset made it even better! Thanks for including me in your Hawaiian travels! #maui #mauihoneymoon #mauihoneymoonphotographer #desinationhoneymoon #fourseasonshotel #fourseasonsmaui #fourseasonsmauihawaii #honeymoon #honeymoonphotography
Married ten years & celebrating their anniversary with renewed commitment to each other in a tree house! In addition to the poignant words of @officiantkelii and their own written words, Miranda & Brian, spoke from the heart, with tears flowing and sealed the deal with a kiss! This was exactly what she had hoped for including wearing her stunning dress to make the day as perfect as could be! Congrats to these two best friends remarrying each other!❤️💍🥂👍🏼 #maui #mauiwedding #mauivowrenewal #mauitreehouselove #wedding #vowrenewalceremony #mauidestinationwedding #mauidestinationweddingplanner #hotelwaileatreehouse #hotelwailea #mauiisforlovers
D & T Celebrating a milestone birthday, ten years married and two handsome boys in Style @fsmaui. Making lasting memories with those that you love is what it is about! #mauimemories #fsmaui #fourseasonsmaui #family #familytime #familyvacation #mauifamilyvacation #dancewithyourlove #maui #mauihawaii #makethisgoviral #viralvideos
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