Last weekend I went to San Francisco for Hellen and Peter’s wedding. Hellen the bride was a bridemaid of her friend Charissa, who was married last March, so I got to know Hellen and Peter back then. In addition, I was very glad to see their friends, Wilma and Alvin (who later again MC’ed the reception), were there too.

We started off the morning by visiting Hellen and her bridesmaids at a salon, while my assistant Hellen (yeah, Hellen with two ‘L’s’) went to Peter’s parents house to see the groom and his party. After a short gathering at the couple’s condo, the whole bridal party went to the beautiful Legion of Honor. In the early afternoon, Hellen and Peter got married at the beautiful St. Mark’s Cathedral. After the ceremony, we went to the piers, a busy touristy spot, thus getting a lot of ‘Congratulations!’. Nicely and surprisingly, when we walked onto Pier 7, it was completely empty. The Sun was getting lower and we got some very nice images.

It was a great trip for me. Not only I got to see many familiar faces, got to visit the beautiful San Francisco, also my assistant, the ‘Other’ Hellen, is my good friend. With her knowledge of the city, I didn’t have to worry about going from place to place. Hellen and Peter planned their wedding day well and it was just a great, happy day for everyone!

Click the link below to see a quick slideshow:

http://jackzyoung.com/Webshow/Hellen_Peter_Wedding/index.html

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Yoann is from France. Lisa teaches French locally. It was the ‘French Connection’ that got them together and eventually tied the knots at the majestic Blessed Sacrament Church and later celebrated up at the Space Needle with great views. The ceremony was traditional American style but there were definitely some French flavors during the reception! Many Yoann’s family members and friends came all the way, for the first time, to Seattle to celebrate this special event. French songs were singing and cheese, lots of them, were served. It was a very fun and special event!

Lisa got help from her sister

First sight

At the church

Mom crying…

The ceremony

The romantic dance

Click the link to see a slideshow:

http://www.jackzyoung.com/Webshow/Lisa_Yoann_Wedding/index.html

And the full gallery when it’s ready:

http://www.jackzyoung.com/client.htm

The weather was perfect after a cold Saturday. I drove to Angela and her fiance’s home near Lake Tapps in the afternoon. My first task: get the approval of Ms. Bailey, Angela and her fiance’s dog. Fortunately Bailey was super friendly and cute! We got some shots inside their new home with Bailey, then headed out to Lake Tapps just a couple of miles away.

The lake area was beautiful. Even though we had a great weather, there weren’t a whole lot people out in the park so it was ideal for some fun photo session! Angela definitely had previous modeling experience and had some great ideas. Her fiance was a good sport to play along. They were very nice and easy and fun to photograph!

Angela and her fiance will wed at the beautiful Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland on 6/21/08.

Below are few images we took:

Click the link to see more images in a slideshow! http://www.jackzyoung.com/Webshow/Angela_Engagement/index.html

And another fun thing that day was that I had Jeremy Almeda of EndlessLoveProduction videographing the session and Jeremy did a splendid job! You can view it here:

http://endlessloveproductions.com/jackyoung.php