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Nice in our Outfits Ray, Mel and I had spent the day wandering the city, and it was fun! |
The Other Outfit Part Okay, so I hadn't gotten my proper shoes yet. |
Jimpy and Jen So many friends! Too bad not all of them are in focus. |
Sneaking a Shot I was able to get a picture in of Sean before the wedding began. I think that's Officially Sneaky. |
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Valerie If you give people time to think, you don't get shots like this. |
Andrew on the Piano I hadn't really been expecting him to play, but it made perfect sense, and he did an excellent job. |
Early Guests I should have sat closer... |
Early Guests, II ...but I stayed as far back as the third row. Silly me. |
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Early Guests, III Eventually the audience figured out that I was taking pictures. Or at least Nicole and Michelle did. |
The Screen The backdrop for the ceremony was removable, since the reception was going to take part right afterwards. |
DJ Setup Hidden behind the screen. That rarely stops me. |
The Photographer Yay, he uses Canon! |
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The Judge He certainly looks the part, anyway. |
Procession Begins Nobody takes shots of the audience enough. |
Sean Enters It was a different order. I like it. |
Sean's Side Sean, Terry, and Karrie; Andrew was still playing the piano. |
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John and Ruth Brother and Mother of the bride. |
Rosemary Sarah's younger sister was one of the bridesmaids. |
Meryl Her older sister was the other. |
Angie And Angie was the maid of honor. |
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Angie, Close-Up I need a faster flash so I can get more pictures at times like this. |
Enter the Bride The standard fashion is to speak well of the bride's outfit... |
Enter the Bride, II ...but in this case, it was a foregone conclusion. |
Enter the Bride, III At least the flash let me take a few good pictures of Sarah's procession. |
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Proud Friends The smiles on Meryl and Angie's faces speak volumes. |
Andrew He eventually got to stand up for the actual ceremony. |
The Couple They gave each other intent looks through most of the ceremony. |
Sarah's Look It was...honest. And wonderful. |
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Bridesmaids But they couldn't do the staring-into-partner's-eyes bit, at least not on stage. |
More Staring I couldn't really take good pictures of Sean's face from this angle, but I tried. |
Smiling Sarah Of course, it wasn't *all* serious. |
The Hands And so the vows began. |
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Staring Couple It generally came back to this. |
Rachel's Reading Rachel read the first poem of the night. |
Rachel's Reading, II I really wish she'd gone with the "Gilligan's Island" scantion. |
Reading and Couple They remained intent during the reading. I'm not |
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John's Reading Sarah's brother did the second reading. |
Back to Staring This was truly serious business for this couple. |
Two Smiles Even at a non-optimal angle, I could occasionally see Sean's smile of joy. |
Sarah's Smile It says "this is real" to me. |
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Ring Time Sean put hers onto Sarah first... |
Ring Time, II ...and it went without a hitch. |
Ring Time, III This wasn't so much true in the other direction. They got it eventually, though! |
Smiling Couple The amusement at the difficulty of putting a ring on Sean's finger was the catalyst for this wonderful picture. |
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''I Do.'' I got her actually saying it. |
''You May Kiss The Bride.'' Well, that wasn't exactly what he said. But close enough. |
The Kiss It was a good kiss. |
Departure And so the couple went out, and were never seen again. |
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Departure, II Or at least not for a half hour or so. |
Terry and Angie Their backs, anyway. I didn't do a great job with these pictures. |
Sarah's Parents See, that's better! And they're proud. |
Ingrida's Foot She knew what was truly excting about this wedding - discovering interesting body parts! |
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Valerie and Ingrida Yes, our friends have entered the reproduction stage of life. |
Post-Wedding Mingling I recognize Toly and Caitte in the back! |
Toly and Sonia This was only the second time I'd met Sonia, and I still approve. |
Wedding Cake They were kind to me, and had some non-chocolate in there. Yay! |
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Family Table I like that this table was later used for my friends. |
More Mingling Mingle mingle mingle... |
Rachel and Anand The whole point of weddings, from our perspective, is to get friends together. And that we did! |
Picture Vat This was the most personal touch at the wedding - a localized recreation of their Picture Wall. I was impressed, and moved on. But, well, I'm smiling as I write this up, so I guess it made its impact... |
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Preparing for Eating I didn't take pictures of all of the steps between the wedding and the reception, but at least there were a few. |
Eva and Andrew Eva finally bought a digital camera! And so she needed to get some shots of Andrew. Shocking. |
More Mingling The only people in focus are the ones in the back. Oops. |
Laura It really was good to hear from her. It had been a while! |
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Hors d'ouvres There was no regular dinner, instead there were tasty things. |
The Couple Arrives There wasn't a formal receiving line, but this was similar. |
Proud Sean Yep, you did good! |
Couple Close-Up The rest of the world was proud of them, too. |
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Bwang Yes, Brian came as well! |
Talking with Gautham Sean and Sarah did a good job of smoozing with everyone - starting with Sean's old roommate. |
Andrew's Camera He took a picture of me, and me of him. That's always fun! |
Sarah Happy amongst friends and family. |
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Sarah's Engagement Ring She hung it on a necklace on her back. I hadn't seen anything like that before. I liked it. |
Posing with Friends I recognize Siri, but not the other girl. Oh, and the one in the middle? That's Sarah! |
Not Spilling Or at least I hope he didn't spill on his tux. |
A Happy Group None of which I know. Oh well, they get their picture up anyway! |
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Backs of Friends This would probably have been taken out, except that Nicole used it to illustrate the back of her cardigan. I guess I must be helpful! |
Gautham, Anand, and Shruti I knew it was just a matter of time until somebody got me her name! I really should have talked with her at some point, too... |
Laden with Children Val had to head off and be a good mommy for a bit. |
Randall An interesting profile, with Caitte standing behind. |
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Caitte Okay, this picture wasn't so great. Too bad. |
Sandwiches Blessed, blessed food! Of course, when I tried to touch it I got chased away by the caterers, with an extra insinuation that I was a paid photographer... That was amusing, actually. |
Anand, Eva, and Gautham The inseparable trio. |
Happy DJ He was a friend of the family, and his gift was the DJing. |
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Sleepy Baby Ingrida was having a good time on her Mom's back. |
Rachel and Tom Tom seemed pretty cool. |
Best Man Speech Terry eventually had to get everyone's attention to start the "speech" part of the evening. |
Best Man Speech, II Certainly, it was very heart-felt. |
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Hanging Candles Please do not let the fact that I spotted these candles during Terry's speech indicate to you that I didn't like the speech. It was very good! |
Listening Couple What's really important, though, is that it made *them* think. |
Maid of Honor Speech Angie did a good job too, but I managed to mess up the lighting somehow so the pictures don't reflect it. |
Maid of Honor Speech, II But it was just as heartfelt, and perhaps a bit more heartwrenching. |
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Humble Friends And I believe that Sean and Sarah were proud and humble in response to their friends. |
''I give you my best friend.'' And she meant it. |
Two Reactions Sarah: "awwww..." Sean: "Mwahaha, she's my best friend now!" (Or maybe I made that up entirely.) |
Watching the Toasting The audience liked it all too, it seems. |
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Sean's Parents' Toast Okay, I have less to say about parental toasts in general. |
Post-Toast Kiss It's always an honor to be in the presence of such love. |
More Watching The audience pictures continue to fascinate me and be almost impossible to label. |
Sarah's Parents' Toast I like how Sarah looks shocked. Yay, Dads! |
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Hugging Dad It's rare to see others that like their parents. I like it. |
Couple's Toast They did one themselves, too. |
Couple's Toast, II It offered some good portrait possibilities. |
Couple's Toast, III Mostly, though, it was good to hear the important sentiment: "hooray for friends!". |
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Another Kiss There were a lot of these. Shocking, neh? |
Cutting the Cake This went off without much ceremony, but I got some pictures anyway. |
Cutting the Cake, II It wasn't all chocolate, as I feared. Hooray! |
Sean and Caitte With Sarah in the foreground. An odd shot. |
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Toly and Sonia and a Vase Okay, I really wanted to see if the vase would add anything. It didn't. |
First Dance So proud, so intent, so... so much my friends. |
Talking During the Dance I got a lot of good shots of them during this, based on the idea that they're the same friends they always have been. |
First Dance, II Some people worry about friends getting married. |
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First Dance, III It hasn't hurt any of my friendships yet! |
First Dance, IV But it sure has made me proud every time. |
First Dance, V It's always tricky to figure out which ones to drop from this kind of thing... |
First Dance, VI ...but I like a lot of them, and I don't want to cut things back for Sean and Sarah. |
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First Dance, VII So, as usual, I'll just leave too many shots of essentially the same nifty thing in. |
Photography Taking pictures of the dancing? How tasteless! |
Friendly Waiting Can you tell that Karrie was having a good time? |
Mel Waiting for a drink, and happy to actually smile for the camera this time. |
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Mother-Son Dance She looked proud to me. |
More Photography Taking pictures of the dancing son, apparently. |
Waiting for her Husband Patience, my friend, patience... |
Angie and Stefan Happy and relaxed after the main parts were over. |
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Jimpy Just seeing what's happening on the other side of the room. |
Anand Notices Anand must have spotted the flash. Somehow. |
Daddy-Daughter Dance She was proud, he was proud. That's what this particular event is for. |
Daddy-Daughter Dance, II I'm curious as to what was said here to get that facial expression. |
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Daddy-Daughter Dance, III He got over it eventually. |
More Photographs Andrew was definitely doing his part! |
Ray, Mel, Randall, and Caitte Two sisters and two brothers-in-law. I love my friends! |
Sonia and Toly That's a really good picture of Sonia. |
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Wedding Party Dance Or setting up for it, anyway. |
Wedding Party Dance, II Was it some kind of ancient dance? |
Watching the Dancing Or talking amongst themselves, it's almost as if there was a lot to catch up with... |
Wedding Party Dance, III There tehy go, shaking their things. (Thangs?) |
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Stefan and Angie Dancing They really are an adorable couple, and happy to have their son being taken care of by Matas for a few minutes. |
General Dancing Begins And out go the rest of the people! |
The Museum This all took place in the Swedish-American Museum; so I figured that I ought to take at least a couple of shots of the museum bits. |
Wall of Honor I think these were families that moved from Sweden. I don't know; I was distracted. |
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Val Playing The kids eventually all made it up to the children's section of the museum. |
Matas Matas gamely played with the children while his wife played downstairs. That was reallly kind of him! |
Back to Dancing Okay, the upstairs time over, it's time to get back to work! |
Bwang Archetype With a strawberry and a smirk. |
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The Dancing I took very few pictures of this, because, well, I was out dancing myself most of the time. |
On Gautham's Lap I think the plan was originally to just have Sarah pose, but he was Sean's roommate, so... |
On Gautham's Lap, II It's cuter when they're both on him. |
On Gautham's Lap, III Wait, where'd Gautham go? |
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The Couple at a Low Angle I was grumped at for taking this picture, but it turned out really well! |
Gautham and Eva I'm really happy that Gautham has re-entered our social group. We missed him! |
Laura Acting protective, or posing for a portrait, it's hard to tell. |
Tim At least there was one proper picture of me taken on my camera. Hopefully some more pictures will follow! |
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Eva and Laura The portrait phase realy should have gone on for longer. |
Caitte and Randall It's always a pleasure to see those two. |
Caitte and Laura Speech Geeks forever! |
Siri This is the woman I danced with all night. It's been a while since I've had such a self-esteem boost. |
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After-Party We were out until 3am... and it hurt, but it was good! (Siri, Gautham, Laura, Eva, Andrew, Ray, Mel, Toly, Nicole, Val, Anand, Randall, Caitte) |
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