Considering the amount of rain that is coming down as I post these photos from Emily & Ken’s special day, I am extra glad that we got the sunny day we did for this Treasure Island wedding… Especially because the San Francisco skyline was so important to the two of them, and we managed to get some shots with it! One of my favorite things about their wedding was Emily’s father happens to be a pastor, and so was the officiant for the wedding. Thank God for auto-focus, ’cause watching him get close to tears while marrying his own daughter so made me tear up! I also really loved how well they pulled off a fuschia, black & white theme at the reception, totally brought to life by many sources of talent, including those of Trang Vo of Vo Floral Design, Samar Hattar of Blissful Events, and Emily herself who handmade spoons for the candy bar, which I hope she starts selling soon! Enjoy…
Emily’s dad was so beautiful to watch during the ceremony as he would look up at his daughter and about-to-be-husband…
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It is a truly special treat when I show up to a wedding day and I already know so many of the people involved! The overlaps on this day were amazing… see if you can follow this: Jazmin’s sister is Yatzin. I was lucky enough to have photographed Yatzin’s wedding to David last year, and by incredible coincidence, Jazmin was already engaged to John, who just happened to be David’s best friend from childhood! So besides a lot of familiar family members, I also got to work with the same florist (Lidia Sadoun of La Fleuriste) and makeup artist (Nikol Elaine), so I knew everyone and everything was going to look gorgeous! After getting ready, our day started with a family & bridal party cable car ride/ photo session to Golden Gate Park.
For any brides thinking they would like to be able to run around San Francisco for a photo session without worrying about foot exhaustion in high heels, fancy ballet slippers ARE an option! John & Jazmin have such a deep appreciation of architectural asthetics that I swear even my nature shots of them turned out extra-linear! The full Catholic mass at the gorgeous St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco was next. The first little photo stop we took immediately after the ceremony was inside the church itself – the bluish-purplish sanctuary. It’s one of many beautiful side sanctuaries in the church, but this particular one of the Virgen de Guadalupe is where John originally proposed to Jazmin… Afterwards we had another fun photo session at the Yerba Buena Center carousel and the streets of San Francisco (where no one even got run over!!) and we ended up at the reception at San Francisco City Club. Enjoy!
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