{"id":24,"date":"2013-01-07T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/syoung100.ipower.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2018-03-14T01:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:49:56","slug":"meet-the-boss-steve-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/about\/meet-the-boss-steve-young\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET THE BOSS: THAT’S ME!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"grandma3<\/a>Guess which one is me? \u00a0The guy with the big head to the right in the black shirt. \u00a0 This is my mom’s side of the family in Hawaii.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ALL ABOUT ME!<\/h1>\n

Didn’t they make a really cheesy movie called \u201cIt\u2019s all about Steve?\u201d\u00a0 It wasn’t about a former screenwriter, wannabe NFL athlete, turned wedding planner right?\u00a0\u00a0 Of course not!\u00a0 I heard that movie bombed.\u00a0 If it were about me, I don\u2019t think it would have bombed.. as much\u2026.So who am I?\u00a0 The man.\u00a0 The mystery.\u00a0 The legend?\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Young is the name, and apparently wedding planning is my game!<\/p>\n

Now, I can tell you that wedding planning isn’t something a straight-man aspires to get into from high school. \u00a0When I was a kid, I think I wanted to play in the NFL, write a movie, and spread world peace, and to\u00a0not<\/strong>\u00a0plan weddings. \u00a0 \u00a0I got my start in the wedding industry about 20 years ago as an “owner” in another production company that I owned.\u00a0 That company,\u00a0Canoe Girl Productions<\/a>, did everything from: promoting concerts, to creating shirts for the University of Hawaii, websites for companies, commercials for hotels, and photographing weddings.\u00a0 Those were very fun times as my young team of artist could do anything. \u00a0We also had a knack of biting off more than we could chew and wasting a lot of money…hahaha. \u00a0 Back up a few years before Canoe Girl Productions, I was actually a failed aspiring screenwriter in Hollywood (that’s an another story worth talking about later!)<\/p>\n

If you want to back up before that\u2026.I was in high school, sleeping in class, and studying hard for my\u00a0cumulative\u00a0GPA of 2.2.\u00a0 (wow, high school!\u00a0 another vailed venture! haha)<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2936<\/a>Me at the New York Giants Met Life Stadium. \u00a0I’M NOT A GIANTS FAN! \u00a0I bleed green. \u00a0I’m an Eagles Fan baby!
\nThat’s the Eagles playing the Giants, by the way!<\/strong><\/p>\n

MY\u00a0PHILOSOPHY\u00a0OF WEDDING PLANNING<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In my opinion, wedding planning is simply “glorified order taking.” \u00a0A bride comes to me with what she wants. \u00a0My job is to deliver to her the best her money can buy, and to deliver it to her, on-time with the utmost\u00a0professionalism. \u00a0Basically, it’s the same philosophy I had in high school where I would pay the smarter and brighter kids to do all the work. \u00a0Like weddings, we pay the smarter, better people who can build cakes, make bouquets, cook, and so forth to do the things we can’t. \u00a0Now while that\u00a0philosophy\u00a0didn’t work well in school, in the real world, it works perfectly. \u00a0Of course, there is much more than just hiring out the right vendors for your wedding, there’s everything from choosing the right venue for your wedding, to discussions about what type of hairstyle works best in certain wind conditions, and much much more.<\/p>\n

So maybe on the surface wedding planning is “glorified order taking,” but then again…it could be like a small scale movie production… hmm….<\/p>\n

THE REASON WHY I GOT INTO WEDDING PLANNING<\/h3>\n

I would have to say it was to pay the bills and to make money. \u00a0Does that sound bad? \u00a0When I left my aspiring screenwriting career, I had a plethora of talent that was useful in the movie industry, fashion industry, and marketing. \u00a0But I really didn’t want to work in an environment filled with smug. \u00a0So I opted to dive into the wedding industry. \u00a0It was the one place where people appreciated my honesty, my point of view, and was more than willing to pay for the quality of my work.<\/p>\n

\"tools-of-the-trade<\/a><\/p>\n

Just some of the tools of my trade. \u00a0Yes, I still shoot on film when requested.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n

Photography and video are the two elements that I still handle “in-house.” \u00a0I do a lot of the photography around here, and I also train them too. \u00a0The reason I handle photos in house is \u00a0so I can provide to you, my paying customer, the assurance that you will get the quality you see on my website. \u00a0 Many companies post beautiful wedding pictures by photographers which they don’t have a constant access to.<\/p>\n

OTHER STUFF YOU WANT TO KNOW?<\/h3>\n

Hmmm\u2026.well, I\u2019m the only kid in my family. \u00a0I can say I’m a little spoiled, not much though. \u00a0 I\u2019m a HUGE Philadelphia Eagles fan.\u00a0 Huge.\u00a0 Love to play football, watch football, so don\u2019t call on Superbowl Sunday\u2026I\u2019m serious!\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m addicted to the news.\u00a0 I\u2019m politically a conservative. \u00a0Love low taxes, small government. \u00a0Hey what can I say, I’m a businessman. \u00a0 Wanna learn more about me? \u00a0Add me to facebook as a friend by\u00a0clicking here:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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