Megumi and Clinton were married on the day everyone in Vancouver was waiting for… the Victoria Day long weekend Saturday when we cracked twenty degrees. It was a brilliant, warm day with live music wafting between Yaletown streets, cool beverages were extra refreshing, and perhaps even necessary. I started off with the girls getting ready in the OPUS hotel, which has fabulous deep red walls… it’s kind of the Vancouver take on W Hotels. From there we headed out to meet the men along Pacific avenue, and I tried to capture the heady brightness of the day. It’s a good thing, too, since for some reason we ended up shooting in the nether regions of the hotel after that, and Megumi actually asked me to try to make her look like a vampire. I think I did in one shot (not posted here but in the slideshow) – a very pretty, stylish little vampire. After portraits of the bride and groom we met the bridal party back at Goldfish, where they were relaxing with some aforementioned refreshing beverages; then we hopped in cabs and headed to the Buschlen Mowatt art gallery on Georgia Street where the wedding ceremony and reception were to be held. I was able to get some shots of Megumi, her girls and her dad relaxing in a back room full of canvases and sculptures before the walk down the aisle, which was nifty. I especially like the shot of Meg and her dad just about to walk down the aisle with the red sculpture and the metal walls behind them. Not your typical church foyer, although I like some of those too.
The first shot is of the beautiful invitation, folded on pearlescent paper, which was designed by Phil Yamada (website coming soon). Megumi’s dress was a custom Sandra Sung number. Her shoes were silver Miss Sixties, with an engagement ring printed on the bottom! Miss Sixty is not in the bridal industry, but hey, all the better! Since there was no garter toss, the bouquet toss was for single men.
It was great to see that a lot of friends and relatives could make it all the way from Japan (and D.C.!) I’m so glad the weather held for them that weekend.
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