Ari Photography | San Francisco Based Wedding Photographer

Cheryl first contacted me about her wedding at The Ranch Golf Club in San Jose over a year ago. Somewhere in our correspondence, I found out that for her birthday, Cheryl actually flew to the Philippines to help with the disaster relief cased by typhoon Haiyan. It warms my heart to know that kind people like Cheryl exist. I was so excited to be the photographer for Nick and Cheryl’s wedding because I really wanted to have the opportunity to create some special  images for Cheryl to really cherish from her wedding day. She deserves it and much more. The wedding was held at the Ranch Golf Club in San Jose. They basically surrounded themselves with really great friends who they love and love them back. One very special guest was their ring barer, Winston, the family dog. As you can tell from the photos, Winston is very much a special part of the family.

Winston the family dog is joining in on their festivities. (No animals were actually given alcohol in the making of this wedding). Great job Sam.

The groom excited about the gift he received from him bride.

The bridesmaid strategizing on how to withstand the rigors of wearing high heals all day. 

Cheryl taking in a deep nervous breath before the wedding ceremony. All the hard work and weeks of preparation comes down to this one day.

Here comes the bride. 

The bridesmaids are going to kill me when they see this photo. They swarmed the appetizers at the first sight. They were starving. Can you tell?

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Ruthie and Matt had a destination wedding at the Bali Hai in Las Vegas last weekend. The original plans were to do it big in Cabo, but due to a storm which flooded their hotel in Cabo they did it big in Las Vegas instead. I first met Matt at a party while I was in college at UC Davis. He was one of my fraternity brothers from a different chapter. A few years later, Matt contacted me and asked me if I could document his surprise proposal. A few weeks later, I ended up on a horseback with my camera until we ended up on top of a mountain where Matt proposed. That was a lot of fun.  You can check out Matt’s proposal HERE.

Matt and Ruthie knew each other before they started dating but it was faith that allowed them to find each other and connect though an online dating site. The internet is awesome! What are the odds of two people working at the same place connecting on a dating site? Flash forward a few years later, here is their wedding in Las Vegas. Here are a few of my favorite frames from their wedding.

Vender Love:

Wedding ceremony and reception venue: Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas

Wedding Planner: Lynda Nguyen

Makeup Artist: Sidny Le

 

 

 

Ruthie and her dad embraces after the realization that another one of his little baby is getting married. I love this moment.

Ruthie’s parents are adorable together.

The bride didn’t want to be seen yet, so the groomsmen are using their selfie sticks to help lead Matt to where he’s going to have a first look of his wife. 

This frame of the bridesmaid looking out out is one of Sam’s shot. Great job dude!

This was an emotional mother-son dance. Matt’s mom was fighting really hard to hold back her tears.

The bride and groom surprised their guest with liquid nitrogen popcorn at the reception.

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Ruthie and Matt wanted to have a traditional ceremony and get married in a Catholic church so they invited a few of their close friends and family to join them at St. Joseph San Jose Mission Church. This was a small quite wedding and a prelude to their wild destination wedding in Las Vegas. I was there for a couple of hours to coverage this ceremony and here are some of the photos from this wedding.

The priest is giving Matt a few words of confidence before the wedding ceremony starts.

Ruthie patiently waiting for the wedding ceremony to start outside the church. 

Matt arrived to the church in the latest Stingray Corvette. A killer get away ride!

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