Posted on: Friday, February 3rd, 2017
Lovely Archana, she booked me after I had done one of her friends weddings (which was part of a reality tv show), with both of them being from Houston, TX. 80% of my couples do not live in CA but choose to get married here, why would that be you ask …..
that’s due to wanting to plan an outdoor wedding anytime you want during the year where it’s not too hot or too cold and chances of rain are slim, the Pacific Ocean can be your backdrop, and what other location in the USA is a place guests are happy to spend their money to come and see you get married and probably have a vacation at the same time. Make sense??
This post is going to be different to my normal ones as its a smattering of pics that were taken over the two day celebration and as well as the normal ceremony/reception room pics that we or the photographer took, John of Greycard Photo took some really great pics of the bride and groom and they caught my eye. Above is the round mandap (my Indian brides tend to not be totally traditional, they like to add their own touch or edge) beautifully done by Shawna Yamamoto and team (I remember when one of my brides from about 5 years ago found Shawna, I had not heard of her at that time, and my bride said, she is up and coming Lisa, she is going to be big, and boy was she right!!!) and in the pics below you will see more of their work. The picture on the right is the milni, where the brides family greet the groom to the ceremony area, at the end of the baraat, its a lovely tradition.
This is my first wedding where the swing was incorporated into the ceremony, love new aspects and their reasons, see our horse departing after the baraat. The middle shot was our couple in their ballroom which was very bling bling and was so pretty. The end pic shows some round tables (and the new carpet in the ballroom) you will see more pics with the rectangle tables below.
We loved these tall centerpieces, very florally chandelier feeling and bling bling.
For the sangeet the night prior we went totally different in color palette and had a mendi area that Yamamoto created, turned out fabulously
The view the groom had as everyone came down the aisle towards him. As indian weddings are so long most Indian brides are now providing the shade canopies which is a great thing and keeps more people in their seats during the cere, rather than seeking shade elsewhere.
The sangeet was a south beach/Miami type vibe/colors
The colors look so great in these pics above
In the cocktail area of the sangeet the hotel has some wall dividers that had vases etc on it, our bride asked if they would take those down and we could put the gifty items for the guests there, kind of like a gifting station. Very colorful and ended up being décor as well as a useful area. Don’t even know where that bridge was, but glad John did!!
The hotel building is a really cool backdrop and both of these pics work, the close up and the more faraway one, the coloring is awesome
The ocean restaurant area lit up at night was a great backdrop, and the pic on the left was done on just a walkway but how cool is it!! Just goes to show, if your photographer is creative/looks at everything and anything as a backdrop you can get great shots without having to go far
No idea where this archy thing is, but again, pleased John found it. Then loved the shot from above with the girls sari’s spread out like that – so creative and just on a plain old floor!
Different tablescapes
Great example above of the same table but with the different lighting that was used during the event
From the front top of the headtable to the dancefloor, note the reflection of the ceiling lighting, it all created a bling bling look/feel
We just loved the end result of the floral chandelier centerpiece.
First dance at the wedding reception and guys dancing at the sangeet the night before.
Love the reflection of the hotel in the water that surrounds the hotel
There’s our friend Oscar that most of our Indian brides use for their hair/makeup and dressing. We absolutely love him. In fact at one wedding, Teri was up in the room with Oscar and the bride, he did her makeup too, lol
Watching the baraat. We love it when there is a spot bride can watch from but not be seen.
Great detail pics of our bride Archana
This hotel has such a great walkway for the baraat, scenic and doesn’t get in the way of anyone/thing, unlike when valet areas are being partly used etc.
Back to the brides mom and the groom at the milni, and a good pic of the swing. The pic on the far right is our bride’s dad who has passed.
Teri and I both orchestrated the sangeet and wedding ceremony, then I had to leave once I got Archana up the aisle (I was never supposed to be there on the saturday wedding event but due to the beauty of an early morning ceremony I could, yay) to head to the wedding I was doing later that day (was so pleased I got to see everything come together after all the planning, but was really hard when as I sent her off and hugged her, Archana said to me, don’t go/please don’t go! ), Teri and the team did a great job and kept me in the loop for the rest of the day on how well everything was going and looking.
Great vendor group on this one, our friend Sandeep Kumar who runs a great baraat and is so easy/great to work with for sangeets and wedding receptions, we get to see him a few times a year and it makes us so happy, others mentioned above, and to the team at the Hyatt Long Beach, Melissa was a joy to work with and could not have done more for all of us to make things work out so well.
Till next time
Lisa
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