Ceremony and Reception:  French Legation Museum, Austin, Texas

Enusha and Wyatt met each other and work as research scientists at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.  Enusha is from Sri Lanka, so it’s important to have a Buddhist Sri Lankan ceremony along with a Methodist ceremony as well.

From Enusha’s own words about how they have met and about what they do:

Wyatt was a graduate student in  cell & molecular biology, I was finishing up my PhD in microbiology and he actually asked me just after I defended my dissertation – it was great timing! HAH! … Right after I defended, our family planned to visit Sri Lanka for a month- it has been 5 years since our last visit, well we basically has 7 days of dating before I left. It was pretty wild b/c I knew before that my parents would want me to meet some Sri Lankan fellas as potential suitors. So while we were in Sri Lanka I was torn, after only 7-days with someone to base the rest of your life on, is pretty daunting- but I decided to stay with it, and felt like there was just something there I couldn’t walk away from. So when I came back to the U.S.- to my parents disappointment I didn’t choose a suitor, but in my heart I had…and five years later here we are!

Right now I am a research assistant professor and Wyatt is a post-doctoral fellow.  We do have a nice melding of cultures: my family are immigrants from Sri Lanka (and I am first generation American) and we are Buddhist, and I’ve grown up in Austin Texas. Wyatt comes from a traditional, conservative West Texas family with methodist upbringing. I like to call him the ‘Beav’ b/c his family is so happy and like the “leave it to Beaver” show…a blessing really!

The day started off with Wyatt getting a shave:

One of my favorite pic of the day, Enusha’s mom getting emotional as the veil is put on.  Enusha is wearing a white sari for the ceremony and will switch to a different color for the reception.

Yes!  The knot is tied, literally….

Dad is getting happier as the ceremony comes to an end…

Charlie’s Angels?

A fun first dance…

Love the cake!

The kids built them a two hearts with an arrow through them with the glowsticks:

They left on a carriage decorated with Indian garbs:

Wyatt said to me in an email:

I’ll add that I always feel like the luckiest man in the world – very few people find their REAL soul mate, and I’m positive I found mine.

Congratulations to Enusha and Wyatt!

Wedding photography in Austin by Ku Photography LLC

Ceremony and Reception:  Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, TX.

I went out to Bastrop State Park on a warm Monday afternoon to photograph Jenn and Mike’s wedding.    They met each other over a Shiner beer (and of course, served Shiner in the reception, my favorite beer ).  Both are avid rock climbers.    While the coverage only lasts for 4 hours, it was one of the most emotional weddings I have ever had the privilege to capture.

Ceremony: St. Ignatius Catholic Church

Reception: The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Austin, Texas

It’s interesting how couples met each other and fall in love, isn’t it?

In this case, Jeremy, who travels worldwide for his company, ended up meeting Vladimira (or Vladi) in Slovakia while he was on vacation in Europe.  In fact, he was still in Europe when I met with Jeremy’s brother, Jaysen, for his wedding celebration in Austin, Texas last year.

The wedding starts in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, just south of the river in Austin Texas – then it moves to the St. Ignatius church for the ceremony.  Afterwards, the couple decided to visit the Texas Capitol and a local Austin park for some portraits, followed by a rocking reception in the top floor of the Hyatt with some GREAT views of Austin, Texas’ cityscape at night.

Here are the images:

Stopping by Wendy’s…..

The Hyatt Regency Hotel allows for some spectacular views of downtown Austin at night.

Austin wedding photography by Tony Ku, Ku Photography LLC

Venue: Texas Old Town in Kyle, Texas

Cowboy hats.  Great dancers.  Josh Abbot Band.

Just three of the interesting details at Tracey and Tim’s wedding!

Here is a link to Tracey’s bridal in the wildflowers of Texas Old Town that I did last month before the wedding.

The images:

The bridesmaids were listening to Josh Abbott Band when they get ready – I had the pleasure of photographing them for the Brushy Creek song and went to the place that Josh was singing about in his song.   I took this image of the iphone because I heard his voice (and he was singing throughout the photo session last year ) and sure enough, there is Brushy Creek!

Love these little cowboy hats!

I have never seen a couple dance this well before.  It’s actually quite difficult to nail the moments in a country music dance when it’s fast paced like this.

Congratulations Tracey and Tim!!!

Wedding photography by Austin wedding photographer, Tony Ku.