The morning of their wedding I called Lili to let her know I was parked, I was roaming the lobby looking for the perfect first location, and oh could you please let me know your room number? When she answered her voice was just as soft and feminine as I remembered, and it reminded me how lucky I was to capture their day.
Lili and Manuel are just sweet. When Lili saw Manu for the first time that day, she had to stop him and tell him how much he looked like James Bond, and Manu could not stop smiling. One of my favorite shots from the formals is a candid I took of him with the girls. All of the girls were talking and suddenly he got this look on his face, as if he just didn’t know what they were talking about, and was slightly over whelmed. A single man surrounded by lovely ladies! They started laughing and so did he.
Later that evening everyone pulled out their wallets for the Money Dance, and I just am so in love with the last image of Lili and Manuel kissing while holding the hands of the flower girl and ring bearer. During his speech Manu said how lovely and welcoming Lili’s family has been, how he feels so at home with them, and how he wasn’t quite sure what he thought of children before he met her. I can say I was so surprised when he said that because all evening the kids had been crawling on him with so much ease.
When we left my second, Michelle, mentioned how that’s what every woman wants. A man to look at her the way Manu looks at Lili. What can I say? It’s a love story.
T
Hair and Makeup: Sherrie Long
Dress: Priscilla of Boston
Shoes: Badgley Mischka
Florist: Leanne Law
Church: Mission Dolores
Venue: The Green Room
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