Composing the Vision

By the way, I wanted to give credit to Jeff Brustche from  http://brewcheedesign.com/  for helping me capture Andrew and Beverly's wedding. Make sure to also check out Orange Wave Media.  They did the video for the wedding which you can see on their facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/orangewave   It is awesome!!

I was thrilled to witness this wedding as it was such a special one for me.  Beverly, one of my good friends whom I’ve known since grade school, got married to Andrew (whom I fell like I’ve known now for a long time).  Andrew has Vietnamese heritage and the day included two ceremonies, one to honor traditions of a Vietnamese wedding and a traditional Christian ceremony to honor their faith.  What a beautiful day and just full of celebration!  This might be a long post but it was so unique I want to cover it all. The Ruoc Dao is the traditional ceremony in Vietnam.  I had so much to learn about this ceremony the day of.  There is a nice wiki article about the ceremony and its traditions in full.  The breakdown is this: the bride hides out in her house with her family.  The groom arrives in pomp bringing with him his family and friends (groomsmen) and a boat load of gifts.  When the groom arrives at the door, they present the gifts to the bri...