Vivian & Benson Wedding

I think this is my first official wedding I've ever posted on my photo blog. Awesome!

Got a call from Corby to help out with a wedding client of his that booked him last minute. The wedding ceremony for Benson and Vivian would be held at City Hall in San Francisco and the reception would be at the R&G Lounge San Francisco. This is the second wedding I've shot at City Hall.

I started the day running back and forth from the car to the count clerk's office, grabbing cameras, lenses and Corby's glasses. Lol he shot a few photos being half blind. The awesome thing about shooting a wedding at City Hall is the grandeur of the building itself. There's a huge flight of stairs that leads up to the dome where you are married. Marble walls and features with gold fixtures. A good amount of lighting where you don't need a flash if you've got fast glass. I was taking the second shooter position for the day, grabbing candids and what not. For the City Hall photos, I shot with a Canon 5D Classic with the 24-70L and being a lense swapper for Corb.

After taking care of the City Hall photos, we took the wedding couple the Legion of Honor to get some after-wedding shots. I've never been inside or even past the gates, it was pretty cool running around the pillars. Shot the photos here with the Canon 5D Classic and the 85L. My GOD the 85L is one crazy lens. I have a 1.4 lens but 1.2 is just insane with that tiny and razor sharp depth of field. From there, we rushed over to R&G Lounge in Chinatown and got our reception shots. Shot that with the 24-70L set up and a 580ex flash. Standard Chinese wedding reception, ton of group and family shots and toasts. There was no wedding cake, but instead Benson and Vivian had an awesome line up of cupcakes for everyone. Didn't eat one but it sure looked good.

That's all for now. I'll be shooting a wedding for Kong's (our nightlife photog) sister, Shafeen and Liv. Pretty much will be going all out for these guys. Will keep you posted!

Shot with :
Canon 5D Classic
Canon 24-70L
Canon 85L
Canon 580ex

Yeah, yeah it's all Canon gear and I'm a Nikon shooter. I'm an equal opportunity employer!