Vivian and Ryan had an incredible wedding. Half of the people came from the other side of the world. 18 hours by plane. Vivian, who is finishing up med school has not even seen her mom and dad for 2.5 years because of the distance and expense. So you can imagine it was quite a wonderful reunion for all.

Ryan's dad did the most incredible speech welcoming her family from Hong Kong- and he did it in their native tounge. I was amazed after he finished the first sentence- then he went on and on..... I can only imagine how thrilled and welcomed her family must have felt. The sushi appetizer was a lovely touch as well.

We met Vivian some time ago when my wife worked at the cancer hospital with Vivian when she was a nurse. Vivian helped tutor my wife through chemistry. (Now you know why I am a photographer-:)) I like to find chemistry with my couples not study it.

This was the Lion- It is a tradition and it really got people involved. It was funny becasue some people were a little afraid of it, and some people loved it. In order to keep it happy you had to feed it with either fruit and vegetables or a few dollars. Very unique!!!

This cake was actually better than it looked, and it was beautiful.
Yes it is true- Yummy!

Kyle gave me a hand on this wedding as well. You guessed it- He thought it to be an incredible event.

Everyone said the 7-7-07 was the big day for weddings this year. I didn't find that to be true, for me it was 6-16-07 I must have turned away 12 couples that wanted me for that date. I even had one couple that wanted me for 6-16 that actually changed their date! To make it even crazier - her dad used to be a professional photographer- No pressue there!

This was the bride that actually changed the date of her wedding because I was booked on the day she had originally set up. She was so unbelievably nice- as was her complete family and extended family. These guys had so much love for each other it was truly a blessing to be a part of. To make the situation a bit scarey her dad was a professional photographer earlier in his career. So as you can imagine - I had no pressure........

So much of the family were from the South, Mississippi to be exact.
That is why most of the women are wearing hats.

These two got married at Olbrich Garden's in Madison- a stunningly lovely place!

They also did the "table cake" thing. This is where each table has their own cake. There was chocolate, banana, coconut, as well as my favorite- Carrot!

Aaron and Lori got married at the Famous Kemper Center on the Lake in Kenosha Wisconsin. The day was perfect- They did something different. They had their reception in the woods/outside area of St. Therese. The night was perfect as well. As you can see everyone seems to have had a blast! I had Kyle helping me on this one. He could not believe how much fun/I mean work it was.

This was a Christian/Jewish wedding on the shores of Lake Michigan. I think some of the guest's had never had the pleasure to share in Jewish culture/tradition. Rebecca was my second shooter- she did a fabulous job- and had a blast! There is actually a lighthouse that you cannot see in the above photo because of the heavy fog.


This is real fog!!!!

This couple found me on the net. They were in Florida and got married in Manitowoc Wisconsin. It was right on the lake and I have never in my life seen so many changing weather conditions within a few hours. We went from light rain to sunshine to heavy fog and all points in between. This was just in the course of about 5 hours. We left the wedding under heavy fog. Simply incredible.

This was on the lake at Lake Lawn Lodge- In the Lake Geneva area.

This wedding was shot by my associate Tim and my lovely wife Christine. These guys were so wonderful- except they did not take me/us on their honeymoon to FIJI! This was one of those days of crazy weather- went from rain to sun to hot. I was thrilled that Christine and Tim did such a wonderful job.