This past Friday and Saturday, I photographed two weddings.
Friday's wedding was an African wedding uniting two African families from different parts of Africa... Cameroon and Kenya. Family members and friends flew in from all over the world for this wedding from as far as Africa to as close as New Jersey. Of approximately 150 people who attended the wedding, only 6 were from the Chicago area!
This group of guests were really a lot of fun! I couldn't help laughing at all the jokes they kept playing on the bride and groom! And wow, do they like to dance! We were treated with everything from traditional African dances and chants to dancing the Electric Slide! They were a great group to be with.
The next day, I photographed a wedding uniting French and Chinese families! It was a treat to hear French being spoken one minute and then Chinese the next! Families came in from France and from Washington DC. Since the annual Air and Water Show was happening downtown that day, I wondered if we might have problems navigating through the area to get our shots before the wedding. Our wedding was at The Drake Hotel. But because it was raining on and off Saturday, I think people just stayed off the streets a little more than usual. We were really lucky because whenever it rained, we went to an indoor downtown location to shoot. Then when it stopped, we'd drive over to another outside location to get our shots! We had a great time trying to figure out where to go next and getting to know each other while taking our photos.
Later at the reception, we were all treated to a Chinese "Lion Dance." During the dance, the bride and groom feed the lion a monetary gift given in a red envelope which is said to bring everything from wealth, good fortune, health and happiness.
Yes, I'm tired after two weddings in a row, but I had fun...
Friday's wedding was an African wedding uniting two African families from different parts of Africa... Cameroon and Kenya. Family members and friends flew in from all over the world for this wedding from as far as Africa to as close as New Jersey. Of approximately 150 people who attended the wedding, only 6 were from the Chicago area!
This group of guests were really a lot of fun! I couldn't help laughing at all the jokes they kept playing on the bride and groom! And wow, do they like to dance! We were treated with everything from traditional African dances and chants to dancing the Electric Slide! They were a great group to be with.
The next day, I photographed a wedding uniting French and Chinese families! It was a treat to hear French being spoken one minute and then Chinese the next! Families came in from France and from Washington DC. Since the annual Air and Water Show was happening downtown that day, I wondered if we might have problems navigating through the area to get our shots before the wedding. Our wedding was at The Drake Hotel. But because it was raining on and off Saturday, I think people just stayed off the streets a little more than usual. We were really lucky because whenever it rained, we went to an indoor downtown location to shoot. Then when it stopped, we'd drive over to another outside location to get our shots! We had a great time trying to figure out where to go next and getting to know each other while taking our photos.
Later at the reception, we were all treated to a Chinese "Lion Dance." During the dance, the bride and groom feed the lion a monetary gift given in a red envelope which is said to bring everything from wealth, good fortune, health and happiness.
Yes, I'm tired after two weddings in a row, but I had fun...
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