Aleace & Lee
The Couple and Their Decision to Plan a Big Island Elopement
Like many couples today, Lee and Aleace met online. Over time, their relationship got more serious and they each knew that they had found their person.
One year, before Christmas, Lee planned a surprise proposal and proposed to Aleace in front of a giant Christmas tree in Dollywood. She described that moment to me as one that felt like it was “straight out of a Hallmark movie.”
When deciding where to elope, the decision was actually quite easy. Lee and Aleace had been given a fully paid trip to Hawaii and they thought that this would be the perfect place to elope! Connection is really important to the couple so they decided not to have a big wedding and instead, have an intentional Big Island elopement just for themselves.
Want to learn more about how to elope in Hawaii? We’ve written a complete guide on how to plan your Hawaii which you can check out here.
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From Exchanging Vows on a Black Sand Beach To Reading Letters from Family, this Is How To Elope on Big Island, Hawaii Adventurously
Lee and Aleace’s Big Island elopement day started out with the couple getting ready separately at their condo. They shared a sweet first look outside before FaceTiming with their loved ones to say Aloha.
We then drove and hiked to their elopement ceremony location – the most beautiful black sand beach on the northern tip of the island. There, the couple exchanged personal vows and spent the rest of the evening running around taking beach elopement photos all the way into blue hour.
As the sun began to set on the horizon, Aleace and Lee took a few minutes and sat on the beach, reading letters from their family. This is one of our favorite ways couples include meaningful moments in their elopement and is a great way to include loved ones in your special day.
Aleace and Lee, congratulations again on your Big Island elopement, and thank you for allowing me to be a part of your special day!
– Henry
Meet The Best Big Island Elopement Vendors:
Photographer: Henry Tieu Photography (aka Henry)
Day-of Coordinator, Florals & Officiant: Rain and Pines
Meet Your Intimate Wedding & Elopement Photographers
We’re Henry, Sergio, and Nick, the faces behind these honest, meaningful, and artful photographs of couples eloping in the most beautiful places. Since 2018, we’ve photographed more than 200+ intimate weddings and elopements all over the world and on 6 different continents. Our work has been published on Junebug Weddings, Green Wedding Shoes, Brides, Dancing With Her, etc…We’ve won international awards for best wedding photos but what’s most important to us is actually winning our clients’ hearts with our art.
With 15 years of combined photography experience, we’ve learned that the only way to a beautiful wedding experience & photos is through intentionality.
We’re here for you and with you from “let’s do this” to “I do”, one step at a time, each step of the way. We’re in this together
