Wednesday, April 01, 2009

ancient chinese wedding photos (well, kinda)

Lawrance and Amanda

The headdresses and clothing is all handmade and real (and real old too).  Also, the headdress I wore was incredibly heavy--I would guess several pounds.

We didn't do the entire "2 day professional photo taking extravaganza" that most nearly-weds here in Taiwan do.  We just did a quick afternoon session to get some photos of us in traditional wedding attire and a few studio shots in our own wedding attire too.

(Note the red scarfs--long one for him, small one for me.  I've yet to know why they were used.)

Like most things we do together, it was fun. :)

Lawrance and Amanda Lawrance and Amanda Lawrance and Amanda

Apr 1, 2009 5:49:45 PM | culture, lawrance, life in taiwan, married life, my photos, newlyweds, wedding

8 Comments

Sarah

These "ancient" photos are SO great!!! I went to your Flickr account and looked at the whole set from "The Wedding Store" and they are all wonderful. LOVE IT.

Posted by: Sarah | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 at 10:21 PM

amanda p. wu

awww . . . thanks Sarah!! :)

Posted by: amanda p. wu | Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 01:13 AM

Ashley L.

Hi Amanda! This is Ashley from "Missionary Moms." I just wanted to say that it is great to "meet" you and I am so glad that you are enjoying the blog! Congratulations on your marriage! What a beautiful celebration it looks like you have had. God bless you and your husband and your work!
~Ashley

Posted by: Ashley L. | Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 07:55 PM

Ashley

Beautiful!!!!!

Posted by: Ashley | Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 11:37 PM

Cindy

Great photos...you guys look like you're having a lot of fun! I hope married life is treating you both well!

Cindy
http://adopttaiwan.wordpress.com

Posted by: Cindy | Friday, April 03, 2009 at 05:05 PM

jimmie

They are fantastic! But not authentic enough -- you don't have that demure, barely a grin kind of smile. And Lawrance is way too happy. Where's the stern glare?

Just kidding. You two are always so open "kai fang" in your pics. I love that!

Posted by: jimmie | Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 10:17 AM

amanda p. wu

Ha! LOL!! Our engagement photographer told us the exact same thing!! He
kept scolding us because we were "too happy, not sweet." :) I tried to be
"sweet" for him, then after about 2-3 photos of that he was like "never
mind, be happy." :)

Posted by: amanda p. wu | Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 04:14 PM

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Chinese are know to have a very generous wedding celebration. It can instantly become a feast good for hundreds of people.

long island weddings

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