Venue:

Anna and Henry met in Taiwan in the same college.  They are avid volleyball players and majored in the same field, computer science.  After graduation, Anna pursued and received her master degree from University of Southern California and Henry got his master degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.   The couple moved to Dallas after graduation.  It’s a love story from Taiwan that culminated in the wedding at the Dallas Arboretum!

From the officiant’s words about how they feel about each other:

Anna thinks Henry is humorous, nice, and considerate. Henry thinks Anna is sweet and easy-going. Anna sees Henry’s true self, cherishes and respects that personality. Henry perceives Anna’s real need and takes care of her even before Anna’s awareness. Anna always be there as the other half for Henry. She pays attention to what he doesn’t. She supports him when he’s out there fighting. She always has his back. Henry always points Anna in the right direction every time while she feels perplexed. They enjoy every moment being with each other, discussing with each other, and working with each other.

You simply can’t ask for a better day to be married at the Dallas Arboretum as they had in the spring!

The talented Ashley Langford from Dallas assisted me for a few hours – a few of the images are his.  Thank you Ashley!

Some highlights of their day:

Anna drops her fan, symbolizing that she’s leaving her side of the family.

The wedding reception at the Dallas Arboretum is just gorgeous, along with great light for the ceremony.

It was a really nice touch when Anna’s brother sang to the couple at the end of the wedding night in the Dallas Arboretum.

Congratulations Anna and Henry!!

So when we had the idea of presenting 3 images from each wedding, it became a real daunting task to go through all 30k images.   We knew we had to have some ground rules.  We decided that the majority of the images need to be both bride and groom together, that they’re nearly all moments with a few portraits thrown in.  And, we need to have over 80% of the images with either the bride or the groom in the picture (and limited the number of guests images – so quite a few really crazy and wild reception photos didn’t make the cut).

Still, cutting down from 29219 down to just 93 images and limit them to 3 images for a single wedding was a lot of work.  I hope you enjoy watching the slideshow as much as I enjoyed making it – I can still remember each wedding as if it was yesterday!  Some of these are also my clients favorites – we did a survey last year and will be publishing those shortly as well.

The slideshow ends with one of my favorite reception images from 2010 – and is also appropriate because I want ALL of my brides feel like Jessica and her sister at the end of one of the most important days of her life:

A BIG thank you to all of our clients for a great 2010 and best wishes to y’all for 2011!!

Ceremony and Reception: Private home and Crow Collection of Asian Art in downtown Dallas, Texas.

Lien and Brandon met each other through the MBA program  at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas and enrolled in a class to learn about business in SE Asia, which culminated in a 10-day trip to Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand.    One interesting fact – Brandon went to Africa after graduation to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and kept in touch with Lien while she was still in school.    Brandon proposed to Lien in NYC inspired by the Amazing Race where she solved riddles which led her to some of their favorite restaurants in the city and proposed to her in Madison Square park.

They talked about doing a tea ceremony in the morning at her parents house, and then followed with a ceremony at the Crow Collection of Asian Art museum in downtown Dallas.

The couple session was photographed in the Stoneleigh Hotel where they stayed – a big thanks to the Stoneleigh for letting us use the top floor of their hotel!

Here are some images of their day – note the food details in the tea ceremony part

Congratulations Lien and Brandon!!!

Their awesome wedding at Kindred Oaks is coming up!

Ceremony:  Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas

Reception:  Stoneleigh Hotel, Dallas, Texas

The raw energy at this wedding is simply incredible.  Maybe it has something to do with Texas Tech because that’s where Christa and Kyle met each other.

The day starts off at the Stoneleigh Hotel, then at the Highland Park United Methodist church for the ceremony and back to the hotel for the reception.  The Stoneleigh Hotel has a great view from the penthouse up on the top floor, which allows you to see the entire downtown Dallas area.

The wedding reception  was so full of energy, that after the wedding I ran into one of my clients for 2011 in the hotel with her fiance’ – she actually went up to check out the reception because she can feel the music a few floors down

The sweet details were planned by her planner, Margaret Johnstone of Precious Creations and a couple of images in the gallery is photographed by Ashley Langford who came out to help me out for a few hours.

Some images of their day:

Christa’s parents and family came out and did a rap song

Check out the tattoo on her dad’s arm – it’s an image of Christa and her dog.

This is one way to eat a cake…

Congratulations Christa and Kyle!

Dallas wedding photography by Tony Ku, Ku Photography LLC

Ceremony and Reception: The Omni Mandala Hotel at Las Colinas, Dallas, TX

Gita and Srinivas tied their knot at the Omni Mandalay Hotel after 2 days of celebration.  They’re both doctors (Gita has one year of residency left in Pediatrics in Houston and Srini is an attending neurosurgeon in Philadelphia).   From Gita about how they have met:

My best friend in the whole world got married last March. Srini and I met at their wedding and hit it off immediately. I was drawn to him even the first day and found myself coming up with excuses to talk to him or be near him (he says it was the same for him- hmmmmm). Anyway, we lived in different cities but started visiting each other as much as we could because within the first few times of being together, we knew we were soulmates.

It is difficult to come up with a blog post for an Indian wedding ceremony due to the complexity of the events.  The day starts off at 6 am in the morning, they got married at exactly 10:11 a.m in the morning (which would be evening in India – it’s astrological time).   Srini then ties a golden thread with a small coin around Gita’s neck (that’s the equivalent of a “ring” in western ceremonies).  The couple then plays a couple of games and walks around the fire as well as taking 7 steps together.  Then, they go outside and “point” at a star (in India time this would be 2-3 a.m in the morning).  The entire ceremony took about 6 hours to complete.  The couple then held a reception in the same hotel at night.

The talented Ashley Langford came by to help me out for the groom’s part as well as the ceremony.  He did an awesome job and some of the images below are taken by him for Ku Photography LLC.

Here are some highlights of their day:

The groom side played a game where Srini is supposed to go off to Kashi and the bride’s “brother” tries to stop him by telling him that he’d like him to stay and meet and marry his sister…

Behind the curtain – they’ll meet for the first time and put a paste on each other’s heads – that’s when they get married, officially, at 10:11 am.

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Srini’s mom participates in a dance performance for the couple.

Gita’s medical school friends (all doctors) performs…..

Congratulations to Gita and Srini!  What an amazing wedding!

Dallas wedding photography by Ku Photography LLC

Event:  Indian Sageet Party at the Omni Mandalay Hotel, Dallas, TX

The second day of Gita and Srinivas wedding celebration is, in one word, spectacular!  i have never seen so much colors in a wedding celebration before – and it complimented each other very well in the decoration – love the blue, light green, and pink combination as well as all the hues in between in the stage they have built.

Ashley Langford in Dallas came to help me out and did a great job!   Some of the images are his.

The event starts with Srini’s family greeting Gita’s family – and they played a game, a sing-off, to determine which side move to the other side first.  Later on in the evening, they’ll perform with songs and dancing – and they are very talented musicians to boot.  I can’t imagine Gita with her grueling schedule as a doctor in residency to have the time to prepare for the song she sang to Srini in this day.

The Srini’s family performs a song for Gita and Srini.

She read a poem that is written about Gita and Srinivas:

This is Gita’s “brother” for tomorrow’s wedding – Gita doesn’t have a brother so he’s stepping in on the wedding day in one of the rituals/games before the actual ceremony.

Event: The Mehndi at Private Residence, Dallas, Texas

Two doctors in love.

Gita works as a pediatrics resident in Houston and Srinivas is an attending  neurosurgeon in Philadelphia.   Srinivas (Srini) brother married her best friend and they met last March at their wedding.

The wedding takes place over 3 days – the first day is the Mehndi where Gita gets her hands and feet beautifully painted in decoration and the parents meet.  The second day is the Sangeet Party, which is a pre-wedding ceremony.  The third day is the wedding day, where the couple will have a traditional South Indian/Telugu wedding ceremony.

Here are some pictures of the first day, the Mehndi:

Gita’s dad, also a doctor, acts as her wedding coordinator and seems like he’s constantly on the phone.

They had a short ceremony after the parents met:

Gita’s mom was very emotional throughout the entire three days.

Ceremony and Reception:  The Fairmont Hotel, Downtown Dallas, Texas

After celebrating for two days (Day One, Day Two), Ruchi and Ankit finally tied the knot!!!  (literally!)  If you have read the previous two blog posts, you’ll know that Ruchi and Ankit loves to laugh and have a great time – particularly on the dance floor as demonstrated in the Sangeet party on Day 2.  I knew after the second night, that the wedding day will indeed be something really special.

A little bit about how Ruchi and Ankit met, from her own words:

Ankit and I met in Boston while we were both in graduate school. We started out being pals, and while I thought he was hilarious and super smart, dating never crossed my mind. At some point during my second  year, I started thinking differently. His wit, kindness, and intellect were things that I really liked about him. We went on a date and have been laughing ever since!

The day began in the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas.  After getting dressed and doing a first meet of the day, Ankit will proceed to do a Barat, which is basically tradition where the groom arrives in a carriage/horse/etc, surrounded by his family members.  They’ll then meet the brides’ family, and enter the Mandap (the wedding stage) for the traditional Indian and Hindu wedding ceremony.

I was assisted by the fabulous Ashley Langford who was my second photographer for the day and he did a great job!  Some of these images in this blog are taken by Ashley.

Here are a few images from their day:

I really love how close the families were.

Sometimes, the best moments are the unexpected ones.

They actually tied the knot, literally (while they were on stage)!

The transformation of the stage is simply amazing.

I have to admit, this is the best dancing groom, Ankit, that I have seen in a long time.

I’m still trying to figure out how Ankit and the groomsmen got into this position…..

This is my favorite picture – at the end of the night in the last song, Ankit kneels down to Ruchi, then Ruchi kneels down to Ankit in return.

Congratulations Ruchi and Ankit!!   Keep on laughing, you guys!

Dallas wedding photography and Indian wedding photography by Ku Photography LLC

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Event: Ruchi and Ankit’s Sangeet Party

Day two of the three day wedding celebration of Ruchi and Ankit starts in the Fairmont Hotel, where a “puja” or a religious ceremony is performed for Ankit’s side.  The party then continues at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas.

What an awesome party!

Day three, wedding day, on the next post coming up.

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