Having shot over 100 weddings of all different religions and cultures in our career, let’s just say we don’t see a lot of “firsts,” anymore. But Anny and Khamlek’s Denver Asian Traditional/American Wedding was home to not one but two of these never-before experiences; our first traditional Cambodian Wedding, and our first time sitting at the head table dining family style with the bride and groom/wedding party.
The couple was outraged the venue refused to feed us and sat us down at their very own table, saying, “These are your seats now.” They rolled the food to us first before they would even take a bite! It really just goes to show what kind of people they are that, even completely absorbed in the chaos of their six-dress, multiple-ceremony day, they would be so considerate of their vendors.
Needless to say, not only did I love Anny and Khamlek as individuals, I loved every stinking minute of that 15 hours. When they were looking at booking us, they asked to see our full Vietnamese wedding AND a full Indian wedding, and I remember wondering “What kind of wedding are these people having?!” Well, it’s a good thing I didn’t know until after they decided to book us, because I would have been so overly excited about a Cambodian wedding I just might have blown the whole thing! Haha, and yes, I do that, but when I’m THAT excited about someone’s wedding – it REALLY shows in the pictures/final product – I hope you agree, because here they come!
I was blown away by Anny’s choice in dress number one, but it turned out dress 2,3,4, and 5, were equally amazing. I’m going to skip ahead on the detail shots so you can see two dresses at a time.
Back up to the room to change for the hair-cutting ceremony. Loved the pants on the girls!
Why, you have a purple one, too? How ever did you know?! The ceremony to follow was the Hand-Tying Ceremony. Afterwards the couple heads up to their room to sit on a bed of rose petals and feed each other fruit soft-porno-style.
Please forgive the overkill of cute dog shots… “Butters,” Anny’s brown Pomeranian, is Anny’s baby and she told me I could not take too many pictures of him, which of course resulted in too many GOOD pictures of him and I couldn’t decide between them! “Puddles,” her sister’s white Maltese was also on the VIP list.
The American ceremony took place at the Buffalo Run Golf Course, but not until after a quick first look!
I have, undoubtedly, never had so little time for bride and groom/wedding party photos. Things ran extremely late and people were MELTING as their tolerance for the 90-degree heat was waning after just standing through the entire outdoor ceremony. Fortunately, I was pretty happy with how the two whole setups of Anny and Khamlek I had time to take came out before heading to the reception.
The reception was held at King’s Land Chinese Seafood, which I will say had some very delicious food!
Anny and Khamlek: I know you researched long and hard for a photographer. Being part of your wedding was even more of an amazing and enriching experience than I could have ever asked for, so I sincerely hope I also lived up to all you were expecting and more. Congratulations again!
