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10/30/2026

From the chapel at Grand Wailea to a Wailea beach ceremony surrounded by the people they love most, Katie + Jerry’s wedding day moved from quiet anticipation into pure celebration. 🤍

After their first look, we stepped into the chapel at Grand Wailea Resort, and the whole mood shifted. The architecture, the stillness, the way Katie + Jerry looked at each other in that space—it gave us portraits that felt timeless, intimate, and sacred.

Then we headed to one of my favorite Wailea beaches, where their closest friends and family gathered around them for the ceremony. Their sweet little daughter was right there too, making the moment feel even fuller—because this wasn’t only two people saying I do. It was a family stepping into a new chapter together. 🥹

And through my lens, the contrast was everything: the quiet grandeur of the chapel, then the open ocean, the warm air, the familiar faces, and Jerry still looking at Katie with that same completely smitten expression I had noticed from the very beginning.

That’s what I love about a Grand Wailea wedding—you can move from elegant resort portraits to an intimate Wailea beach ceremony and still have every part of the day feel connected to the same love story.

Future Maui couples: would you choose chapel portraits before heading to the beach for your ceremony? 🤍

📸Planning/Photos: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

🎀Hair: Maui Wedding Hair + Makeup Artist | Giovanna

💄Makeup: MAUI MAKEUP ARTIST + LICENSED ESTHETICIAN

🌿Officiant: Derick Sebastian | Keynote Performer

🌺Florals: Kahului Florist

⛲️First Look/Fountains: Grand Wailea Maui

10/28/2026

They brought a little picture frame to the beach for their wedding portraits—but the photographs I can’t stop thinking about are the ones where nothing stood between them at all. 🤍

Jaclyn + Larissa kept everything simple: their own hair and makeup, leis instead of bouquets, a short ceremony at White Rock, and then golden hour carrying them into sunset.

Through my camera, I kept noticing the same thing over and over—the way they reached for each other without thinking, the way one smile always seemed to pull the other one closer, and the way their laughter made every frame feel alive.

The little frame they brought added such a sweet, playful detail to the gallery, but the photographs that stayed with me most were the quiet ones.
The ones where the prop was gone, the posing disappeared, and it was just Jaclyn + Larissa standing beside the ocean, newly married, looking at each other like they had found exactly where they were meant to be.

That is the kind of love I never get tired of photographing.
Soft. Certain. Uncomplicated.
The kind that doesn’t need much around it because the feeling is already enough. 🤍

Tell me this isn’t the kind of wedding gallery that makes you want to run away to Maui with your favorite person. 🌅🤍

📸🌿Photography/Planning: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

10/26/2026

There is something deeply romantic about an intimate wedding at Sugar Beach Events—the kind where the grounds belong only to you, the mountains sit quietly in the distance, and there is nowhere else in the world you need to be. 🤍

The weather had been unpredictable in the days surrounding this wedding, and the morning carried those lingering gray skies and passing rain. But by the time their ceremony began, the grounds at Sugar Beach Events in Kihei had opened up into this calm, private little world for them.

Sean officiated while they stood together surrounded by all that open space, and I found myself doing what I always do when I photograph people in love: watching for the things that happen between the obvious moments. Those are the pieces that make me fall in love with love all over again.

Through my lens, I kept thinking how much marriage is probably made of moments exactly like this: you don’t control every condition around you. You just keep choosing the person standing beside you.
And these two made that look incredibly easy. 🤍🌅

If you’re searching for an intimate Maui wedding venue with privacy, oceanfront scenery, and incredible views of the West Maui Mountains, save Sugar Beach Events for your wedding inspiration!

📸Planning/Photography: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

🌿Officiant: Sean Keli’ipono Aquino

🎀Hair: Maui Wedding Hair + Makeup Artist | Giovanna

🌺Florals: Kahului Florist

🏝️Venue: Sugar Beach Events | Maui

10/25/2026

Sometimes the most unforgettable Maui elopement light is the light you never planned for. 🤍✨

Thamyryz & Jon booked me last minute after planning their wedding day themselves, and when traffic pushed everything about 30 minutes later than expected, we had no idea that delay was about to hand us one of the most luminous ceremony settings I’ve photographed.

By the time they began their vows, the sun was already slipping toward the horizon, pouring this rich, golden glow across the beach—and Thamyryz looked absolutely unreal in it.

That silky dress caught every bit of movement and light like it had been made for that exact moment. She looked like a goddess stepping straight into the last rays of the day. And through my camera, I just kept thinking: this is why you stay open to the unexpected.

Because once the ceremony ended, daylight disappeared almost completely, which meant switching gears and creating the rest of Thamyryz & Jon’s portraits with flash—a completely different look, a completely different challenge, and honestly, such a fun way to finish their gallery.

That’s the magic of Maui elopement photography for me. Not forcing the day back into the plan, but knowing how to photograph whatever the day becomes.

And Thamyryz & Jon’s day became gold. 🤍🌟
This is a beautiful reminder to all my brides: if your timeline shifts, don’t panic. Sometimes the light you didn’t plan for becomes the part you remember most.

📸Photography: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

10/23/2026

If you’ve ever wondered whether an Ironwoods Beach wedding can still be extraordinary when the forecast looks unpredictable… Crystal + Devin’s day is your answer. 🌈🤍

When we arrived at Ironwoods, the rain was coming and going, the wind was shifting, and the sky seemed to change every few minutes. But Crystal didn’t hesitate for a second.
She simply said, “You told us it could be like this, so we were prepared. We are ready to get married no matter what.”
And that became the energy of the entire day.

Huge, vivid, impossible-to-ignore rainbows stretching across the sky while Crystal + Devin and their family kept laughing, hugging, and leaning into every second of it. 🌈

And just when I thought Ironwoods had already given us everything, the clouds opened one final time as the sun dropped lower. What started as an unpredictable, rainy afternoon turned into one of the most unforgettable sunsets I’ve ever photographed at Ironwoods Beach.

That is why I love days like this.
You can’t script them. You can’t force them. You just stay present, trust the process, and let the story unfold exactly as it’s meant to.

Crystal + Devin did exactly that—and they were rewarded with a gallery full of movement, weather, color, and the kind of joy that could never have been staged. 🤍

Future Maui couples: if rain showed up on your wedding day but this was waiting on the other side, would you embrace it?

📸Planning/Photos: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

🌿Officiant: Sean Keli’ipono Aquino

🎀Hair: Maui Wedding Hair + Makeup Artist | Giovanna

🌺Florals: Kahului Florist

10/23/2026

A North Kihei Airbnb first look with full celebrity energy, quiet anticipation, and a couple who looked absolutely unreal together. 🤍✨

Susan + Joelle’s getting-ready portraits already had this elevated, editorial quality to them, but the moment they finally saw each other was what made the whole morning unforgettable.

There is something so intimate about a first look before a Maui elopement—the rest of the day is still waiting, the ceremony hasn’t happened yet, and for a few minutes, everything narrows down to just the two of you.

The way they looked at each other. The little smiles. The pause before stepping closer. The kind of emotion that feels private even when I’m standing there with a camera.

Susan & Joelle looked like they belonged in a magazine. Just seconds away from heading out to get married. 🤍

Future Maui couples: if you’re debating whether to add a first look to your elopement day, let this be your sign. Sometimes those few private minutes become some of the most unforgettable photographs in the entire gallery.

🎀💄Hair and Makeup: MAUI BRIDAL HAIR + MAKEUP ARTIST | Emily Mallari

📸Photos: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

10/19/2026

This is the kind of Hawaii elopement memory that becomes part of your family folklore. 🤍

As the sun dropped lower over the water, Verena + Chriss stood together beneath a sky washed in warm gold while their daughter’s laughter skipped across the beach around them.
She twirled.
She ran.
Like the tiniest Maui fairy, she was completely lost in her own little world while her parents held each other only a few steps away. 🧚‍♀️✨

And through my camera, I kept thinking about how much more this moment held than a sunset portrait ever could.
Because this wasn’t only the evening Verena + Chriss became husband and wife.
It was also a memory their daughter will someday inherit.
Her parents newly married.
Her laughter tangled with the sound of the ocean.
The three of them together beneath a sky turning deeper by the minute.
That is what makes a Maui family elopement so unforgettable to photograph. The scenery may draw you here, but it’s the people inside the frame who give the photographs their pulse.

Not simply a wedding gallery — a piece of their family history held inside one Maui sunset. 🤍✨

Future Maui couples with little ones: let them run, twirl, laugh, and wander into the frame. The photographs you never planned may become the ones you treasure most.

🌿📸Planner/Officiant/Photographer: Lexi McGhee | Maui Wedding Photographer

🎀💄Hair/makeup: Maui Wedding Hair + Makeup Artist | Giovanna

🌺Florals: Kahului Florist

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