Wedding Solemnisation: Blue Room, Westminister Registry Office, London
Wedding Suite: Radisson Edwardian Mountbatten Hotel
Drinks and Canapes: Haymarket Hotel
Wedding Gown: Maggie Soretto
Make-up and hair: Aveda on High Holborn
Cupcakes: Primrose Bakery
Wedding Favours: Home-made
Dear Kenneth and Christine, thank you for feeding me during your wedding, and most of all, thank you for letting me photograph your special day. You and your guests that made everything about this wedding was extra special.
Kenneth and Christine are Singaporean couple living and working in London, who met and fell in love there. It is such a sweet love story, I’ll leave it for them to say it!
Above: Kenneth with his groomsmen, and Christine with her bridesmaids
Kenneth wore a caveat and the classic British groom’s combination of a grey jacket and black pants. According to English tradition, only the groom wears this colour on his wedding day. So though Christine had changed out of her gown into a peppermint Cheongsam, strangers we met on the street were congratulating the couple.
The day was simple but filled with details, from Christine’s polka dot umbrellas, Kenneth’s surprise flower bouquet for his mother-in-law, to the couple’s dating pictures on a picture wall, and the careful selection of jazzy tunes Kenneth’s little brother, Kelvin had prepared for the evening.
Above: Christine takes the hand of her father, moments before she walks into the Blue room to get married.
At the Westminister registry, everyone blinked away tears as the couple said exchanged their personal vows, it was such a joy to see them get married.
At lunch, Christine’s dad stood up and told everyone how much this daughter had brought to her parent’s lives since the moment she was born. I feel you, uncle!
Together with their families, the couple baked and packaged their own jars of cookies as favours for guests.
Above: Sergio, the groomsman who flew in from Seville, pens a note for the couple.
The part I loved best, was their first dance, which happened unannounced. While guests were too busy mingling, the couple at their own time had their dance, watched on by Kenneth’s dad who had been holding on to this trusty compact camera all evening, standing quietly in a corner taking pictures of his son and daughter-in-law.
I’ve so glad to have witnessed and partaken in their beautiful wedding day, and learnt from their love. It’s what makes my job so worthwhile and reminds me to treasure my loved ones each passing day. This Saturday, their Singapore wedding will be held, yeah, looking forward to capturing it.
Many more photos from the wedding are uploaded in a Facebook album.
by mtan2
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