Greetings, Everyone!

First off, my apologies for lack of updates in the last couple of months. It has been a busy wedding season and updating my blog has not been on top of my priority list. I assure everyone that the blogs in the near future will be totally awesome! There will be engagement pictures from San Juan Capistrano, the Palm Springs Air Museum, LAX, and also Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and wedding photos from all over Los Angeles, Orange County, and Cancun to name a few. There’s a growing folder of pictures that I’ve been eager to share with everyone and I promise that once things start slowing down in about a month, I’ll flood my website with really cool pictures from all my engagement sessions and weddings.

Today’s wedding features Tracy and Danny, a very sweet couple who are head-over-heels for each other. This wedding included a Chinese wedding tea ceremony AND a Thai water ceremony, both very traditional wedding customs in their respective cultures. Check out what their big day looked like!

The couple started the day off in traditional Chinese style with a tea ceremony. Before a groom is able to enter the bride’s parent’s house, her bridesmaids have to test his will and love for the bride with really funny games. In this challenge, Danny had to take a healthy bite out of the bitter melon fruit to prove that he will eat anything that Tracy would cook for him.

After the traditional Chinese wedding tea ceremony at Tracy’s parents house in Alhambra, everybody headed to the Groom’s house in Pasadena to start the Thai water ceremony.

After a nice, long lunch break, we were ready to take some pictures with the whole wedding party. We made a stop in Old Town Pasadena and San Marino to snap these photos of our fun wedding party.

I thought it was one of the coolest ideas that they wanted a rock band shot. I’ve clocked in many hours on the drums and on the guitar playing that game and I love how that game is such a crowd pleaser. Rock on, guys!

It’s always inspiring to me when people from different cultures can come together to celebrate love.

This wedding was filled with a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. The funniest moment I remember about this day was during the portrait session. Doug was directing this shot and asked Tracy to look at Danny. Confused, she asked which Danny and Doug yelled out, “Photo Danny!” We ended up getting the shot we wanted plus endearing shots of them genuinely laughing. To Tracy and Danny, I am known as “Photo Danny.”

I have no doubts that these two are going to share a great life together. They are an awesome couple and I wish the best for them!

Over and out!

Danny