Hawaii: Two Weeks in Paradise

2 November 2026

This unexpectedly spontaneous journey became possible thanks to Amy and Adrien, the couple who contacted me to photograph their wedding at Starseed Ranch, a remote and paradisiacal place in the Kapaau area on the Big Island. They had discovered it thanks to friends, and it had become a very special site for them. “It can’t be true,” was the first thought I had. Why would a couple planning to marry in Hawaii choose me, coming from a place as distant as Tenerife? It seemed surreal, but it turned into a gift as sudden as it was wonderful.

Metrosideros polymorpha, an endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawi

Hawaii, the paradise.

Rainbow Falls en Big Island Hawi

Rainbow Falls on the Big Island.

Mirador de Waipio Valley en Big Island Hawi

Waipio Valley Lookout on the Big Island, Hawaii.

Aoife Brennan

I write about culture, gastronomy, and lifestyle with a deep interest in the places, people, and traditions that shape how we live. I am drawn to stories that feel thoughtful, vivid, and rooted in real experience, whether they begin in a gallery, around a table, or in the rhythm of everyday life.