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Hotel Derek and All Saints Catholic Church Wedding Photography – Emily + Miguel

serendipity — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:49 +0000

Remember Emily? She is that gorgeous super model bride we blogged about a while back. Finally, we are blogging her and Miguel’s wedding

When Emily first contacted us she was in a major panic; her friend who was originally doing her wedding photography had just bailed out on her. I am glad Emily found us, because I believe right away she knew she had one less thing to worry about for the wedding. After we met up to talk about all the details, the rest was history.

Getting ready and Reception Venue:
Hotel Derek
2525 W. Loop South
Houston, TX 77027
(866) 292-4100
www.hotelderek.com

Ceremony Venue:
All Saints Catholic Church
201 East 10th Street
Houston, TX 77008
(713) 864-2653
www.allsaints.ws

Florist: Events in Bloom
Videographer: Rob Cross Productions
Mariachi Band: Los Gallitos via Gulf Coast Entertainment
Band: Alterego via Gulf Coast Entertainment

Emily and Miguel’s “little” dog was guarding Miguel while he ties his shoes. Isn’t he adorable?

The top button on Miguel’s shirt fell off while he was about to put it on. None of the guys knew how to sew and I had to take control of the situation So that day I was the photographer + button sewer + windsor knot specialist!

Getting ready with great view at the bridal suite at Hotel Derek. Nice!

Emily’s lovely bridal gown

Take a guess why Emily wore this cute pair of shoes with no heels

Always a great moment: Mom putting the veil.

Somehow the veil wouldn’t go in so I became the veil fixer! HAHA

Emily and her dad arriving at the gorgeous All Saints Catholic Church. It was a beautiful day!

Rolls-Royce parked in front of All Saints Church. This reminds me of a scene in the movies!

This was just right before Emily walks down the aisle. What a moment!!

Beautiful All Saints Catholic Church! Love this place.

Happy newlyweds! Emily had the happy tears going!!

A few quick portraits after the ceremony before Emily and Miguel head to the Hotel Derek for their wedding reception.

One of my favorites from the day!

Elegant wedding cake. The different details on each layer is amazing!

Emily and Miguel enjoying their Mariachi Band.

We look forward to this moment at every wedding; father-daughter dance is always so sweet.

The beautiful Hotel Derek. It always bring back so many fun memories of our own wedding that took place here 3.5 years ago

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Kim Son Wedding Photography – Quyen + Randy

serendipity — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:06:44 +0000

Quyen and Randy eloped 10 years ago and never had a real wedding. She came to us and said that they wanted to celebrate their ten year anniversary by renewing their vows with their friends and family. That is so sweet of them to plan something so wonderful for each other. Since this was going to be their real wedding, she hoped that we could capture all the great moments in a unique and creative style. Well, she came to the right place We hit it off right away that day and had a great time chatting about her weddings plans.

As with all the weddings, we are very glad to be part of their special day to capture all the great time Quyen and Randy had with their friends and family. We started out at the awesome Hotel Derek documenting all the little things brides go through while getting ready. There was a little bit of time before the ceremony, so we managed to shoot a quick bridal portrait session in the hotel lobby. Afterwards, they went to the church to “get married”, followed by a crazy fun party at Kim Son on Bellaire! They had quite a wedding day and we have the pictures to prove it.

Getting ready location:
Hotel Derek
2525 W. Loop South
Houston, TX 77027
(866) 292-4100
www.hotelderek.com

I love all those details on her dress!!

I probably mentioned this ten thousand times already, but Alice and I got married at the Hotel Derek. We love shooting there. It’s such a cool hotel and the picture always rock! What a gorgeous bridal portrait of Quyen!!

There is her man putting on the final touches.

Ceremony Venue:
St Edith Stein Catholic Church
3311 N Fry Rd
Katy, TX 77449
(281) 492-7500
www.stedithstein.org

Even though they’ve been married for 10 years, you can see Quyen is still very nervous about walking down the aisle.

Cute portrait! I like!!

Reception Venue:
Kim Son Restaurant
10603 Bellaire Boulevard
Houston, TX 77072-5229
(281) 598-1777
www.kimson.com

I think the guests were supposed to write well wishes for the bride and groom, not for themselves!! HAHAA!

Cool Chinese lantern balls and purple lighting all over the reception.

Crazy fun party. Look at the bride and groom challenging each other!

Yea! That’s how you do a champagne toast!!

One of the big perks of shooting Chinese and Vietnamese weddings is the food!! We get to eat all the goodies like fried rice, lobster, seafood in a birds nest made with fried taro, shrimp salad, and etc. Man…I am getting so hungry just talking about it.

The lovely first dance

Quyen and her son doing a very special mother-son dance.

Randy’s mother-son dance.

HAHA…look at the guys in the back while Randy tries to get the garter with only his teeth!

Thanks Quyen and Randy! Let’s do this again in 10 years

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Magnolia Hotel Holy Rosary Houston Wedding Photography – Elizabeth + Greg

serendipity — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:43:57 +0000

Hope everybody had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday. If you celebrated Chinese New Year, hope you are stuffed with good food like Alice and me!

Today is Monday, back to work! We have some pictures to show you from Elizabeth and Greg’s wedding at the beautiful Holy Rosary Catholic Church and Magnolia Hotel. Thanks again to Efro for helping out at this wedding!

Here are some of the vendors from this wedding:

Ceremony Venue:
Holy Rosary
3601 Milam Street
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 529-4854
www.holyrosaryparish.org‎

Reception Venue:
Magnolia Hotel
1100 Texas Street
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 221-0011
www.magnoliahotelhouston.com

Cake: Bobbie’s Cake Creations

Music: Gulf Coast Entertainment

Lover her bouquet and the Texas Longhorns cowboy boot!

Liz getting ready at the bride’s room at Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

…while we get a few shots of the groom’s portrait before the ceremony!

This was just right before the girls were about to walk in!

What a moment with dad.

Just before Liz and Greg leave for the reception at the Magnolia Hotel, they showed us their “new” wedding ring with excitement!

Aren’t these centerpieces gorgeous? They are such fun colors!

Gulf Coast Entertainment played beautiful music during dinner.

Lovely first dance

Bobbies Cake Creations did an amazing job with these cakes! Love the details on the brides cake – simple and elegant! Greg is from New York. Therefore, he got a New York Giants cake!

What a cool shot under Magnolia Hotel sign. One of my favorite from the day!

Also, here are the bridal portraits and engagement portraits we shot for them.

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The Grove Houston Wedding Photography – Griselda + Miguel

serendipity — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:32:33 +0000

Today we want to share some of our favorite images from Griselda and Miguel’s intimate wedding at The Grove in Discovery Green. They had a beautiful ceremony on the deck. It was supposed to be a hot summer day, but we got lucky because it was nice and cool.

We were able to take a few bridal portraits just before the ceremony. This gorgeous looking image was made in the stairwell of a parking garage. Yup, that’s how we roll! Why shoot in the studio when there are endless places to shoot on location?

Super hot!

Very cool cake design! Never seen anything quite like it.

Griselda and her father cut through the kitchen to avoid being seen by the guests. Cute!!

Love the first dance shot!

Griselda and Miguel taking a moment to enjoy the nice view.

Houston Outdoor Wedding Photography – Puja + Rahul

serendipity — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:37:31 +0000

We photographed Puja and Rahul’s legal ceremony at very popular weekend hangout of Houstonians. I am sure a lot of you can recognize the location. I am not going to disclose it though because we might get in trouble because no professional photography is ever allowed in that place. We were lucky that nobody kicked us out! Even if we did though, it wouldn’t be the first time we get kicked out of a place, wouldn’t be the last time either. HAHA! The pictures turned out gorgeous!!

Puja’s brother holding on tight to Puja’s father. What a moment!

Puja and Rahul had an awesome 3 day Indian ceremony on New Years Eve. It was amazing!!! We will share it with everyone later.

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