Kristin and Yi-An’s wedding at Harvard Club of Boston back in the summer of 2007 is technically the very first wedding I photographed. However, I have to explain that I was a guest at that point and stayed out of the way of the professional wedding photographers! Whenever I could, I caught some details, photojournalistic moments, and given that I knew many of the people at the reception, I made sure they got lots of photos of their friends, and made a little photo album in the end. It also helped me realize that wedding photography was HARD, and that it was best to learn, learn, and learn!
I’m scared to show this photo, no, I’m terrified, because there are so many technical deficiencies I could point out about this wedding photo, but everyone had to start somewhere! I still really like this photo because it was a special moment during their first dance at their wedding at Boston Harvard Club. I especially love the stance and laugh that Jason – the best man standing on the left – has
What is amazing about Kristin and Yi-An is how socially conscious they are. They’re doing amazingly good things right now (Kristin is in med school and Yi-An is serving the public sector). At their wedding, their gift registry was not for themselves – guests’ gifts went on to provide “3 sheep, 2 cows, and 1 pig” to people in developing countries, through donations to Oxfam and World Vision. It was truly their own personal touch.
Though their anniversary is not for another couple of months, we were very happy to meet up again for a lifestyle session. It was freezing cold and the sky was unbelievably overcast. Nevertheless, their spirits were strong as we explored the Riverway area
In case you guys don’t know. They’re extremely intelligent and driven people. And tender towards one another.
Yi-An specifically requested a couple of jumping photos. They did jumping photos for their wedding too!
We then went around the Northeastern area for some more colorful backgrounds (did you notice the frozen river in the previous photos???)
Lo and behold! We found green grass!!! Hahaha, kidding, it’s actually AstroTurf, does that make this photo fake? I’ll take what I can get in this weather!
I agonized over showing this photo in color or black & white (I know what you must be thinking – “Geez if only the problems I had in my life were about whether I’d display a photo in high-def color or monochromatic tones”), I’m crazy like that :P I chose this B&W version in the end because I like how it focuses more on their expressions
We did spend time picking out outfits! However, we saved the non-jacket photos until the very end so that they wouldn’t be too cold in the meantime. We had even made a pit stop in the middle at the Museum of Fine Arts – which by the way is free first weekend of every month courtesy of Bank of America’s Museums on Us program
Thank you two so much for your friendship over the years, it’s been great catching up!
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