Rich & Yun-Jin's Wedding

Get comfortable, this is a long one. What a day I had Saturday with Rich and Yun-Jin. We had an amazing beautiful day, all week we thought it was going to rain. Ryan Estes joined me for the day, and wow wait until you see some of his photos. He should have some posted on his blog soon. We had such a blast. Rich and Yun-Jin gave us four hours with just them for photos! How crazy is that? That never happens. We took full advantage and have the photos to show for it. We went all over the city, Belmont Plateau, the whispering wall at the Civil War memorial, Penn's Landing, Old City, and FDR park. Plus a pit stop at Cosi for coffee. I could chat all day, but you need to see these images!

Yun-Jin beautiful just getting ready.

It was easy to get fantastic photos of her.

First stop Belmont Platueau. It is a little Philly secret, amazing skyline view.

Beautiful day, Beautiful couple, Beautiful photo.

Off to the Civil War Memorial and my signature fisheye photos.

Full of flare on the whispering bench.

More beautiful scenery at Penn's Landing.

We found amazing light in Old City at Head House Square.

See why I have had such a hard time editing the photos down for this post?

I LOVE this, they were just so much fun and so playful. Yun-Jin was awesome for braving the cold, you would never know it was only about 35 degrees out!

My favorite street in Old City.

On to FDR park. Such great flare all day!

Our limo driver Chris is the one who suggested FDR park, I have never photographed here before. He picked a fantastic location.

I love it, they were so happy all day.

The ceremony and reception was at August Moon in Norristown.
Rich sneaking a peek at Yun-Jin during one of the prayers.
One side note, the whole ceremony was in Korean so Ryan and I were on our toes the whole time so as not to miss one moment.

After the traditional ceremony we went into a separate room for the Korean ceremony Pae baek. Where they were dressed in bright colored robes, traditional Korean wedding outfits.

You will see more photos of this in the slideshow. This was my first experience with a Korean wedding and it was just amazing. I loved learning a little about another culture, although everything was spoken in Korean. During the Pae baek the bride and groom bow to the grooms parents introducing the bride into the new family. The grooms parents then toss dates and walnuts for the bride and groom to catch, this symbolizes catching prosperity and offspring. Then other family members offer good wishes to the bride and groom. At the end they share the date, which is what they are doing in the photo below. Then the groom carries the bride on his back around the room, I forget why though. You will see more photos in the slideshow.

Enjoy the slideshow!