An English writer once said (or wrote hahaha) "There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco". People who visit the city helplessly fall in love with it. It's a city rich in culture, in history, in almost everything. It may not exactly be a heaven to everyone but with San Francisco's character, it sure is close to it for us photographers. =)

Abe and Jane's wedding is right at the heart of this city that everyone hearts. hahaha. Set in the very nice Nikko Hotel along Mason street, it's described to be a sanctuary of serenity in the midst of one of America's most vibrant cities. It was a sure-fire awesome wedding coverage for metrophoto especially when rockstar bay area wedding photographer Ed Pingol came by to shoot alongside me. It was an unbelievably great experience. =) Check out some behind-the-scenes photographs at the bottom of this post. =) 

Enjoy the photos and do watch out for Abe and Jane's Hawaii Aftershoot session very soon =)

Im pretty sure that those who frequent this site is familiar with Gary and Vivian. Why, they were the couple who had such lovely photo sessions both in Hongkong and in Macau earlier this year. Both shoots were favorites and we even used one of them for our recent ad. Well their big day has come, and in this series we had a lot of fun shooting the entourage in Stanford University somewhere in Palo Alto in California. 

It was such an exciting and yet familiar feeling having to cover their wedding. Exciting because I got to shoot a wedding tradition that is of a different culture and mostly in a language I understand not one word. Well, all rght maybe one word but I forgot what it is already. hahaha. And familiar because it was in the same church, St. Francis of Assisi in San Jose California, where we had our very first destination wedding in the US last year. =) 

Check out some of the preparation shots below, where part of this Chinese wedding tradition is when the groom and the groomsmen had to engage in a series of games and activities before he can get to see his bride. =) This is one of my favorites. Here you see both the Groom Party and the bride. Outside, everyone is enjoying the games while inside the room, Vivian anxiously awaits her groom =)