{"id":62,"date":"2009-12-14T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwlphotography.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2011-03-08T17:46:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T22:46:26","slug":"clift-hotel-wedding-mai-ricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jwlphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/clift-hotel-wedding-mai-ricky\/","title":{"rendered":"Clift Hotel Wedding | Mai + Ricky"},"content":{"rendered":"
My last wedding of the year, and definitely a great way to end the year. I shot Mai and Rickys engagement<\/a> a few months ago, and I knew their wedding was going to be a blast.<\/div>\n

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I love the traditional Qipao dress. <\/p>\n
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Before Ricky could see Mai, the bridal party had the guys perform certain tasks, and one of them was to do yoga poses. Ricky didn’t disappoint.<\/p>\n

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I love the reaction when couples see each other for the first time:<\/p>\n

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Mai and Ricky wrote their own vows, and neither of them could hold back their tears of joy.<\/div>\n
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The Clift Hotel<\/a> had so many amazing places to shoot.<\/p>\n

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“Honey, I shrunk the Newlyweds”<\/div>\n
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After our session at the Clift<\/a>, we then headed to the Ferry Building<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The ladies kept comfortable in their Uggs.<\/div>\n
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My favorite shot of the day.<\/div>\n
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The reception was held at Restaurant Peony<\/a> in Oakland.<\/div>\n
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I love the cupcake ‘cake’.<\/div>\n
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Ricky serenaded Mai which I thought was pretty awesome.<\/div>\n
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\nLumitone<\/a> videography did a fantastic job with a same day edit of their video coverage.<\/div>\n
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The bridal party has some great games planned for the night, one of them involved balloons……<\/div>\n
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The other involved bras and g-strings…..<\/div>\n
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This final shot cracks me up, love the guy in the back.<\/div>\n
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Thank you Mai and Ricky, you guys put on a great party!<\/div>\n
Ceremony: Clift Hotel San Francisco<\/a><\/div>\n
Reception: Restaurant Peony<\/a><\/div>\n
Makeup: Anna Su<\/a><\/div>\n
Video: Lumitone<\/a><\/div>\n
Cake: Kingdom Cake<\/a><\/div>\n
Floral: S & V Collections<\/a><\/div>\n
Special thanks to Mieng<\/a> for coming up from LA to shoot this event with me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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