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(This is a 3 part wedding series. See previous post for part 1, and I’ll pick up where I left off from the last post.)

Once Clara finished getting her makeup done, it was time to head to the church. We didn’t have much time before Clara was to walk down the aisle, and we quickly whisked everyone in the dressing room at the church. They church has its own theater ministry, so the dressing room looked like the dressing room at a real theater. I wish I had pics but I was helping the girls get ready and running some last minute errands for the wedding. But that’s when the hired photographer came, so I wasn’t worried about taking pictures (that’s the next post!). When Yaya finished retouching all the girls hair, we went upstairs to the sanctuary to take our seats as guests, but it was so full we ended up taking seats in the second to last row. Which meant that every picture I took had pictures of elbows of other guests taking pictures, oh well. And since I was just a guest for Saturday’s wedding, I’m just going to post a few pics.

Groom hugging bride's father

I like the architecture of the church. However I’m always frustrated though by stained glassed windows because the light shining through it is so bright compared to the church interior.
church ceremony in Burke Virginia

Somehow the flower girl slipped out of her seat during the ceremony.
flower girl looking at guests

bride and groom holding hands

Clara and Angelo had the shortest first kiss I’ve ever witnessed, so I was thankful that I got the shot!
bride and groom first kiss

Fast forward to the reception. Friends taking pictures of Clara and Angelo cutting the cake.
guests taking pictures of bride and groom

I like this candid of Clara and Angelo. I think they just finished signing their marriage documents.
bride and groom sign papers

Let the dancing begin!
dancing at the reception

Look who got onto the dance floor and started dancing in the middle of the circle! She is so precious!
dancing baby at wedding

Wedding in Gaithersburg Maryland

Bride and groom hitting the dance floor.
bride and groom dancing

Chinese wedding reception dancing

The wedding photographer busting a few breakdancing moves before retiring for the night.
wedding photographer breakdancing

This is going to a 3 part series on Clara and Angelo’s wedding, so get ready for lots of pictures! Last weekend I traveled to DC to attend their wedding..but also to take some pictures. Clara is one of my very good friends, and she asked me to fill in some coverage gaps when their other photographer was not shooting. I was really excited to hang out with her all morning and photograph her getting ready. We started off the morning at her house, and the super talented Yaya Hsu did everyone’s hair. Then I went with Clara and her mom to Red Door Spa to get their makeup done. I was surprised that there was no overhead or natural light, but instead they had flood lights pointed directly at the client. But they did a good job considering they had terrible lighting to work with. And Clara came out looking like a queen!

clara getting her hair done

sharing a laugh together

I love how Yaya incorporated some braiding into her hair!
details in hair

hair all done
Now to Red Door spa.
Red Door spa brushes

makeup sheet

Clara's makeup by Boston wedding photographer

Red Door spa makeup

bride smiling while applying makeup

I love this pic!
bride looking at mirror