I have never before been to a Korean wedding, or photographed a wedding in another language. Watching the wedding, completely in Korean, and not understanding a word of it was quite a different experience. Every wedding ceremony has common elements but different cultures all have their own rituals.
About ten minutes into the ceremony, terror hit me. I realized I had no way of knowing when the kiss was coming! I watched for queues like the ring exchange, and then realized I could watch all the wedding guests. Suddenly guests started to get out their phones and held them up, and pointed their cameras. I crouched into the position in the middle of the isle, and just froze until it happened. Delightfully, I timed it just right and caught the moment.
But for this post, I’m going to back up a bit, to the bride walking down the aisle with her father. In most weddings, everyone enters except the bride and her dad. At Kelly & Eli’s everyone entered, including Kelly, and waited at the back of the sanctuary. This photo of Kelly walking down the aisle is one of my favorites so far. Her expression just makes the photo for me.
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