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Now presenting… Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Cristina Tirrell! I had such a great time photographing this wedding at Etiwanda Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga. The venue was serene, and the people were awesome. Enjoy taking a look at some of the images from the day.

The groom getting a helping hand… from his entire family.

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The Tirrell family!

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The dress awaits…

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Beautiful rings

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The groom and his men

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Detail in the dress

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The flowers were done wonderfully

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And finally, the beautiful bride Cristina, and a portrait of Ryan

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This was all they got before the wedding…

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They’re taking a break from handing out programs to watch the ceremony. :)

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Cristina and her father, as the doors open

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I’d say he looks happy to see her, wouldn’t you?

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Here’s the scene

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Bridesmaids holding their flowers

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Pastor Shoemaker sharing a laugh with the soon-to-be newlyweds

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The kiss…

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More..

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Relief!

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All of the bridesmaids with Cristina

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Cristina’s ring was beautiful. I also have to give props to Ryan, his was pretty neat as well.

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Show us those pearly whites…

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The families!

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Loving this one

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Portrait over the water

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A candid moment

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Dipping his bride

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Only these two know what was just said!

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The view from Ryan’s shoulder.

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Clearly enjoying their wedding day!

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Their grand entrance to the reception hall

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Ryan’s brother and best man Jeff giving a toast

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Their first dance… ahhh, Sinatra.

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Cristina and her father… love this one.

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Ryan and his mother

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Cutting the cake

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Dancing the night away…

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What a day.

Anyone hear of Nick Vujicic and Life without limbs? He has an amazing ministry going on that he is serving God with. I will not try to say too much about him as you would be better off going to his site, but Nick was born without arms or legs. He has a fascinating story. He spoke last week at the annual Coaches of Influence (COIN) honor banquet (another amazing ministry that reaches out to coaches!). I was honored to be able to document the event for COIN. One piece of encouragement from the night: “Stop asking for a miracle and be a miracle!”

Bottom line- Nick was just a ton of fun to be around!

A headshot

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“Album cover”

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So head over to http://www.coachesofinfluence.com/ and http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/ to check out a couple of amazing ministries!

We’re back with a few more wedding images from Ki Yong and Carolyn’s wedding at Grace Church of Glendora! I mentioned they also held a traditional pae baek ceremony, and here are some of the images!

Here is the scene

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I would rather let Ki Yong and Carolyn do the explaining, so here is the information that was on all the tables at the reception.
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Mrs. Kim helping Ki Yong get ready, as well as helping Carolyn

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Waiting for the ceremony to begin

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Bowing with Ki Yong’s sister and brother-in-law

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Finding out how many children they are going to have!

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Mom made a good throw!
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Bowing to the guests
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The piggyback ride out
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As promised, here are some more images from the 6/13 wedding of Ki Yong Kim and Carolyn Wallace. I am not sure which was more fun; shooting their wedding or editing their wedding photos!  Ki Yong and Carolyn, I want to say thanks for the prvilege of documenting your wedding day.

Here we are at the beautiful Grace Church of Glendora. While driving to the church, it was actually raining a good deal. Fortunately the rain calmed down and it was nice and overcast for most of the day, making for great lighting.

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The church in the morning

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Inside the sanctuary, the bride and groom share a private moment

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Here’s the beautiful bride. :)

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Just a few more hours!

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Beautiful smiles

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Turns out the umbrella was not necessary. :)

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I absolutely loved the colors they went with. The red and yellow looked great together. Our bride and groom look amazing!

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Focus on the bride

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Details in the fabric…

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Carolyn with two of her favorite people, I’m sure. :)

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The family! Everyone was so sweet and nice.

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Flower girls with the bride

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Wedding party party.

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Sprucing up the groom

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Beautiful flowers for the ladies. I could not get over these colors.

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The girls looking wonderful

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This is one of my favorite images from the day. Ki Yong’s father pinching his son’s cheek… he’s going to love this one!

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The walkway prepared with rose petals.

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Ki Yong waiting for his bride

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The bride enters the sanctuary…

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Prayer before the ceremony

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A sweet moment before getting married

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Another sweet moment before getting married. There were quite a few of these. :)

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The view from above

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Vows, and then, the kiss. Their first kiss, too!

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Newlyweds!

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Some alone time in the park, a slow dance

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On the left, Ki Yong dips his new bride. On the right… hey, remember how I mentioned there were a lot of sweet moments?

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Flower detail with the rings!

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And of course, the cake.

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The bouquet toss… Ki Yong’s brother in law’s mother caught it!

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And they’re off!

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You may notice a particular element of this day is missing- the Paebaek ceremony. I promise that I did not lose the memory card with those images, but they will be on here later as a separate post. It will be much shorter than this one.

After Ki Yong and Carolyn left, I went to say good-bye to Ki Yong’s mother, Emily (English name), and she told me how to say “see you later” in Korean. While I can’t say that in a blog entry, I’ll put the text translation: 나중에 또 만나요

Remember Kristin and Mikey from an earlier post about headshots? Well, we also teamed up and did some stock photography, and I just got word from Kristin that one of the pictures is being used by drugstore.com. I love getting these notices!
Here’s the original:

In use:

Thanks again for sharing, Kristin!