Ahn told me in a phone conversation that she was having a hard time with vendors to make her dream wedding a reality. She was having an intimate wedding at park close to their beautiful home in Essex, NY (a beautiful small town on the shores of Lake Champlain. I immediately knew this was the wedding for me. Even more when I heard that she couldn’t get a baker to deliver a cake (they are considered too remote), I immediately offered to pick her cake up and deliver! One of my friends asked me why I was doing this without being paid for it and I told her  “Everyone deserves the wedding they want”. Wherever, whenever and whomever they want.

Since I spent the night (no driving late at night in deer heavy woods for me!), I had the honor of capturing their Vietnamese Wedding Tea Ceremony. This ceremony is a tradition for the two families to celebrate the two families combining and allowing the couple to honor their parents and ancestors.

Their Vendors:

Ceremony: St John’s Episcopal Church

Reception: Noblewood Park

Dress: Alyne by @ritavinieris

Dress Boutique: @allegriaboston

Make-up: @vivian.e.infantino

Baker: @bitesofindulgence