When I stepped into Nicole’s house the bridesmaids were already there dressed up and greeted me – “you must be Jasmine! We love your photography!”
Nicole and Adam’s wedding was so fun. It was such a young group, full of energy and jokes. They are so in love! Here are some of their wedding photos.
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When I arrived at the bride’s getting ready site, I was amazed by the jewelry scattered around the colorful dress. Catherine surely looked truly charming and stunning. In an Indian wedding, the bride is absolutely the center of attention.
It was a very traditional Hindu wedding; many of the guests flew from India to attend the wedding. Here came a white horse! When the groom Siddhartha got on the horse, his father David smiled like a child:”you look like a prince!” It was like a dream come true, not only to Sid, but also to his parents – far away from India, Catherine and sid flew from Boston to get married in the bay area, Saratoga Country Club.
From what I have heard about the Blackhawk Museum it can be challenging to photograph weddings there because of its dark décor. Although I am not a big fan of cars, when Albert and I stepped in the exhibiting hall, we were both in awe. As we stared at the beautiful collection (especially the $12.9 Million dollar car) Albert leaned over and murmured: “I have only 1 million dollars in insurance… We looked at eachother at the same time: “Don’t – Touch – Anything”… It turned out that the Blackhawk Museum became one of my favorite places for weddings!
Danielle and Adam were one of the nicest couples I have photographed. When I got this shot for her, I quickly showed it to her on my camera display, she screamed and said: “I love you Jasmine! Thank you for making me so beautiful! You are so amazing…”
Special thanks for the wedding coordinator, Michey Azda. By the end of the wedding day, he came to me and said: “Jasmine, I have coordinated 350 weddings in my lifetime, and you are one of the best photographers I have ever seen. You are a real talent”. Coming from him that was such a huge compliment. He introduced the best cars in the hall and made it really easy for us to access those cars, without his help we couldn’t possibly get these wonderful shots.
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Mickey Adza and Jasmine Wang, photo by Albert Lau
Many people do not realize, summer of San Francisco can be windy and chilly. Since we are going to have more and more couples coming in this beautiful city for their engagement sessions, (we will have couples from San Diego, Michigan and Chicago for their pictures taken here!) I started to give advise – bring a jacket with you.
On the day of Nicole and Adam’s engagement session, it was cold. She had this beautiful little sunny dress, but could not stop shaking. Adam was so sweet, tried hold her and warm her up at all time. Photos turned out great. At the end, just before we got into the car, Nicole said: “this is an experience that I will never forget! We are so lucky to find you!” That was my biggest reward – it absolutely made my day.
Finally! I can call myself a blogger now… a beginner one. Here we are! One of my recent art work, “Embrace The Wind”, created by one of Serene and Jonathan’s wedding image (May 30th of 2008) has just won Print Of The Month Award at PPGBA print competition.
It was a windy day (as always in San Francisco) After a series of formals with the entire bridal party, she was stretching her arms, as if she was embracing the wind and her new marriage – it was the magic moment when true happiness shined through her face. Thanks PPGBA for giving me this opportunity to share with you of this image.
Here’s the original image. It was printed on oil painting canvas 27×40″.
