........ With music by Ben Harper, "Morning Yearning" off of the 2 disc set Both Sides of The Gun. They like the Beatles, so the strings in Ben's beautiful song made perfect sense. Due to the way the track was recorded, the song ends a little before the pictures stop, so those last few shots at the end are supposed to be there ;)
Michael
Yuko and Kevin had a traditional Buddhist ceremony on March 28 at Kevin's parents house in Orange County and a reception later in the evening. They have actually been married for a bit now--they got married in Las Vegas.
Yuko is from Japan and moved to the US in 2000. Her parents flew over for the celebration. Both the bride and groom will be going to Japan this summer to celebrate even more with many of Yuko's friends and family that live in Japan.
I'm a bit at a loss for words (strange for me, I know) since almost everything that went on was in another language. That said, one doesn't need to speak the same language to see and feel the happiness was present :)
There are some comments below for some of the shots.
Enjoy!
Michael
I just loved the way the light + the color & the symbol on Yuko's beautiful dress + the shoes + the stone dragon came together in the same composition.
Kevin's brother and Yuko's parents.
The subtle yellow and orange color cast is actually from the light being reflected from her orange and yellow sunflower bouquet onto her face. Look carefully and you will see just a hint of the actual reflection of the flowers in the pupil of her eye ;) I was trying to nail that and at the same time include the beautiful new diamond stud in her ear (a pair + a matching necklace) that her Mother in Law just gave her.
Uhm, "Hey, Mike, why is there a *cat* here?!?" I hung out with Yuko and Kevin between the morning and afternoon festivities. This is their cat. Their very relaxed cat (whose name I forgot). We were having iced tea, and the shot was too cool to pass up.
Yuko helping out Kevin at home between the morning ceremony and the late afternoon/early evening reception. It was a warm day.......
Kevin's Parents.
The rainbow in the background is from the glass entrance doors to the reception acting like a prism.
