Wedding on Wheels in Water

Aug 27, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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The Lanning-Porter wedding yesterday was a success, I do believe. We started out getting ready in the Hyatt Hotel overlooking Town Lake. I don't think one can go wrong photography-wise by getting ready in a room with a great view and a super-large window.

This is what I got to look at when I wasn't shooting.

Yesterday was also Flugtag, so we fought tons of traffic all afternoon and evening. However, it did make for a lot of people cheering us on. You'll see a shot of them randomly tumbling around in the sky, and two of them camping out on the bridge at night.

The actual ceremony and reception was held on a ferry-type boat off the shores going around and around in unromantic circles... We ended up boarding pretty late, because all the important guests and relatives and the Justice of the Peace were allllll stuck in Flugtag traffic for two hours, no lie.

I don't like shots with flash or with high ISO and slight blur, so I'm not processing any of those. Thus, there will be none on Flickr for you to see and none for me to copy to Xanga. I am a purist, I suppose. I like me some light! Don't worry, they capture enough memories for the bride and groom.

I did, however, like my "getting ready" shots. Everything is here.

My favorite image, although I later realized it looks a lot like one of Jessica Claire's. Oh well. (I like mine better because I think my bride's were cuter) I was quite entranced by the dainty beading. You know what, I didn't know I had such a shoe fetish until I was looking through my shots from the wedding. There are a lot of shoe detail shots. Meh, oh well. Knock yourself out. >:]

Dress detail. I didn't know I could like dresses from David's Bridal! =]

Dress, with light from the window. We had an awesome view of downtown and the lake and all the festivities... at least I did. I think the girls were too busy running around like chickens without their heads. :D They always do. :D

Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes and a bone in her nose, oh, oh... I mean, what?

We were here... and the sky was amazingly blue, although in most of my pictures it is far too bright to capture the awesomeness that is a rich blue sky.

My view. See the people on the bridge? They're setting up for Flugtag. That tiny riverboat to the bottom left was the one chartered for the wedding. They're decorating it.

Princess of Austin for a day

I grabbed a [soon-to-be] sister-in-law to help out for some bouquet shots.

There's the bridge in the bokeh blur

I think they looked pretty nice

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. I love these things.

He looks really happy, eh?

Haha, love the sweat beads

The wedding coordinator ALSO did all the flowers on her own. Awesome? Awesome!

I like this shot. I didn't know Phuong was about to talk to me when I shot this. She looks tiny and pissed. So funny.

And just so you don't forget. We were in Austin. AUSTIN. EVERYWHERE.

Here commences my shoe fetish evidence.

Blue wedges

Nice piggins

Writing bridesmaids' names on the bottom of her shoe... apparently "the first one to rub off will be the next to get married!"

Shoes and soldiers

Classic wedding portrait, I guess? That's all we really had time for, but we're scheduled for another one after they get back from their honeymoon. In future I'm charging more for this sort of stuff, not because I'm that amazing but because I need my study time. :-[

I like the pink tips

She definitely lapped up the princess treatment ;) Although she was very chill, and not at all Bridezilla.

I like this shot of the girls; I also like how all their dresses are different. I liked this season of David's Bridal's gowns. Is it sad that I know them by color and style? Meh.