Monday, December 14, 2009

Clift Hotel Wedding | Mai + Ricky

My last wedding of the year, and definitely a great way to end the year. I shot Mai and Rickys engagement a few months ago, and I knew their wedding was going to be a blast.

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I love the traditional Qipao dress.

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Before Ricky could see Mai, the bridal party had the guys perform certain tasks, and one of them was to do yoga poses. Ricky didn't disappoint.

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I love the reaction when couples see each other for the first time:

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Mai and Ricky wrote their own vows, and neither of them could hold back their tears of joy.

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The Clift Hotel had so many amazing places to shoot.

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"Honey, I shrunk the Newlyweds"

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After our session at the Clift, we then headed to the Ferry Building.

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The ladies kept comfortable in their Uggs.

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My favorite shot of the day.

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The reception was held at Restaurant Peony in Oakland.

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I love the cupcake 'cake'.

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Ricky serenaded Mai which I thought was pretty awesome.

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Lumitone videography did a fantastic job with a same day edit of their video coverage.

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The bridal party has some great games planned for the night, one of them involved balloons......

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The other involved bras and g-strings.....

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This final shot cracks me up, love the guy in the back.

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Thank you Mai and Ricky, you guys put on a great party!






Reception: Restaurant Peony
Makeup: Anna Su
Video: Lumitone

Special thanks to Mieng for coming up from LA to shoot this event with me.