I shot Kristy and Doug's wedding on Fri July 24 at the Kyoto Grand in downtown LA. It was a blast! 

Enjoy ;)

Michael

Kristy reflected in the mirror on the way to see Doug for their first look :)

Kristy's father Julio giving her away at the alter.

I <3 this picture, so I hope they do as well.  This shot makes me think of the French expression Joie de vivre, meaning joy of life.

I shot this (and a series of others) when Doug and his Mom, Cathy were doing the Mother/Son dance. 

Kristy and Doug watching the slideshow about them that Darcy put together (as well as others who's names I have forgotten) .....

...... and Doug's parents Bob and Cathy equally enjoying the show.  I gave Kristy and Doug a few to use for the show, and there was a moment where one of my shots came up. It was kind of surreal seeing my own work of the couple being projected as I shot their wedding.  Not awkward or anything, just like deja vu or something like that.

Kristy's mom Sara watching as well. It's unusual to find couple's where both sets of parent's are still married.  It's not a judgement or anything, I just thought it was refreshing.  The warmth and affection each couple still has for each other was evident throughout the wedding. Way cool ;)

So before I before I finished up and headed out, I asked Kristy and Doug if they wanted to go back up to the garden to make a picture of them with the LA syline in the background. Duh! Of course!  I had already checked it out to see if the shot was feasible.  It was so dark it was literally hard to see... So while this shot was set-up, it was not posed as in "look here, do this." Heck, I was happy to have them make-out kiss a little while I just did my thing making more pictures.