North Shore, Hawaii | Waimea Bay Engagement Session by Anela Benavides Photography. Includes posing inspiration for an outdoor couples session. Book your Chicago couples session and browse the blog for more inspiration #couples #photography #couplesphotography #Oahuphotographer #HawaiiPhotographer

Jana & Justin are the absolute SWEETEST couple. I had the honor of kicking off the end of quarantine with a BANG by taking their engagement photos! It has been a loooong 2 months in the house and in quarantine with the kids stuck at home but I am just happy to be healthy & […]

North Shore, Hawaii | Waimea Bay Engagement Session

Waimea bay engagement session by Anela Benavides, Oahu Hawaii wedding and engagement photographer + educator. This blog post includes posing tips and outfit ideas and outdoor couples session on the beach and photography tips. Book your Oahu engagement session or photography mentor session and browse the blog for inspiration #engagementphotography #photography #hawaiiphotographer #photographytips

Waimea Bay Engagement Session | Sydney + Jake

Waimea Bay Engagement Session. MY TYPE OF PEOPLE!!!! I completely VIBE with couples that are 1000% down to get in the water, laidback, go with the flow and say YES to any ideas that come their way! This couple just got engaged recently and I was looking for some lovers to capture during my mentor […]

Adventurous engagement session Hawaii

Adventurous engagement session Hawaii

Christina & Damian were the sweetest couple and I’m sooo dang happy these two were my very first session back from Maternity Leave woop woop! These two met at a bar in Honolulu just a MONTH after Christina moved here back in 2017! He had been starring at her all night and after his friend […]

Kahana Bay Engagement Session

THESE TWO ARE THE CUTEST! They flew in from Southern California and Sery wanted me to capture their engagement photos while on their trip! Her fiance had proposed to her at Aulani and Ko Olina the very last time they came to Oahu and this time they came to capture their engagement photos! I felt […]

Adventurous Makapu'u Engagement Session | Posing inspiration and outfit ideas for engagement session | Photography by Anela Benavides, Hawaii photographer

Adventurous Makapu’u Engagement Session

HOLY HECK WHERE DO I BEGIN! Joy and Craig visited Oahu Hawaii with some of their family all the way from Chicago! They wanted to capture an adventurous hike down to the tidepools and I of course was more than down to go on an adventure with these two!!! This was by far one of […]

Three Tables Beach, North Shore Oahu Engagement session

Three Tables Beach, North Shore Oahu | Engagement Session

Megan & Jack are the SWEETEST COUPLE EVER!!! They recently got engaged and had reached out to me to photograph their love story! They wanted to capture their silly love for each other and the beauty of Hawaii as they have recently moved here about a year and a half ago and now call this […]

Engagement session on the coast of Oahu, Hawaii at Waimea Bay by Anela Benavides

Kaila + Lima’s Engagement Photos | Waimea Bay, Oahu

WOW where do I even start?! I have known Kaila for such a long time and is a fellow photographer here on Oahu Hawaii! We first met through Instagram, following each other’s work, admiring and always keeping up to date! Eventually, we decided to meet up for the first time to shoot with each other! […]

Adventurous mountain top engagement session hawaii by Anela Benavides

Kekoa & Mckenna | Adventurous Hawaii mountain top engagement session

Kekoa + Mckenna Hawaii Mountain Top Engagement Photos WOW. WELL THIS WAS STRAIGHT OUT OF A DREAM. These two contacted me a WEEK in advance hoping that I had an opening to take their Engagement Photos while on the island. We immediately hopped on a call, had a chat about the process and what they […]

waikiki hawaii couples beach session

No’eau + Zach Yabes Anniversary Session | North Shore, Hawaii

No’eau + Zach reached out to me and have been following along with my journery for quite sometime! They wanted to celebrate their anniversary with photos as they have been together for almost 9 YEARS in May?!?! How AMAZING is that?! Funny thing is these two also went to the same high school as me […]

HOW TO FIND YOUR DREAM CLIENTS

How to find your DREAM CLEINTS: WOW, I recently did a questionnaire on Instagram the #1 struggle of my fellow photographers was, “how find my dream clients”. So today I’m going to help you achieve that! First, let’s start with what are your dream clients and what does that exactly mean? Your dream clients are […]