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Hello! My name is Tony Ku and this is our wedding photography blog. I am an Austin wedding photographer and frequently travels throughout Texas (Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio to name a few cities - as well as small Texas towns such as Boerne and Temple) and beyond.

In 2008, I was ranked as one of the top 20 wedding photographers in the world by the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA). It's a prestigious ranking that you can only earn through winning wedding photography contests. I was really surprised and humbled by the honor.

I'd encourage you to check out our blog as well as our portfolio site to get a feel of the style of photography that we provide. Nearly everything that we do during the wedding day is unposed, unedited, unfiltered, and most importantly, real. I don't interject myself into your events or your moments. I simply there as an observer.

This picture shows what we're all about. That's not me, that's actually my lovely wife, Hazel. I am the guy in the shadow. She decided to lie on a field of bluebonnets (don't worry, no bluebonnets were hurt in this image), and naturally, I photographed her as she lie on the ground as the harsh overhead sunlight cast a shadow.

That is in essence, me, on your wedding day - I'm there to observe and capture the moments and hopefully at the end of the day, the only imprint I will have on the day of your wedding, is my shadow. :)

Nathalie + Alex’ Wedding Day, The Houston Yacht Club, Houston, Texas

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Posted in houston wedding photography, houston yacht club

Date: May 22nd, 2010

Ceremony and Reception: Houston Yacht Club, Houston, Texas

We finished off the May wedding days with Nathalie and Alex’ celebration in Houston, Texas.

From Nathalie about how they met:

We met during freshmen year at the University of Texas. We were neighbors at the University Towers and were introduced by our roomates Danielle and Daniel, who already knew each other.

We met Nathalie at her brother’s wedding a couple of years ago in Fort Worth, Texas. We also photographed one of her close friends wedding last year, Ashley and Jimmy. So we knew going in that the wedding is going to be great and the reception is going to be a lot of fun!

Nathalie’s sister, Megan, who graduated from culinary school, made their wedding cake!

We started the day at Nathalie parents’ house:

Alex gave her a present of a map of Galveston Bay, as Nathalie loves sailing since childhood.

Nathalie gave Alex a Ketubah.

Congratulations Nathalie and Alex!!!

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Natalie + Matt Engaged, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas

Monday, June 28, 2010 Posted in engagement, texas state capitol

Natalie, Matt and I went to the Texas state Capitol building in early June for their engagement session.

Natalie lives in Austin and Matt has just graduated from college – they actually met in Africa through different reasons and routes – more on their story after the wedding.

Here are some of the pics of the lovely couple:

Looking forward to it in September!

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July 12, 2010 - 10:39 am

Liz Duren - These pictures are really beautiful! I really love the one in th elevator!! Great work.

Beth + Mitch Wedding Day, The River Walk, San Antonio, Texas

Sunday, June 27, 2010 Posted in river walk, san antonio wedding photography

Date: May 17th, 2010

Ceremony and Reception; The River Walk and The Barn Door Restaurant in San Antonio, TX

Beth and Mitch’s wedding took place on a Monday morning on the River Walk in San Antonio. It was an intimate ceremony with about 18 people, including me. Beth is an active duty service member of the US military and is to about be deployed to Iraq by end of June of this year, for a second tour.

One of my favorite getting ready images, ever Beth has two cats and they kept running around me and I was really hoping one of them will hop on the bed and look at itself in the mirror….

The guys decided to do a super heroes theme – with Mitch as Batman.

Facebooking their union – you know it’s not official until you’re on Facebook, right?

They went to the courthouse with Mitch’s father (due to her pending deployment) to get the marriage license certified.

Went to a kiddie amusement park and an old bookstore for some pics.

If Mitch is Batman, then Beth is Batgirl

Congratulations to Beth and Mitch! Take care and be safe, Beth!!

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Gita + Srinivas’ Wedding Day, South Indian Wedding (Telugu Wedding), Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, Dallas, TX

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Posted in dallas wedding photography, indian wedding photography, omni mandalay hotel

Date: May 15th, 2010

Ceremony and Reception: The Omni Mandala Hotel at Las Colinas, Dallas, TX

Gita and Srinivas tied their knot at the Omni Mandalay Hotel after 2 days of celebration. They’re both doctors (Gita has one year of residency left in Pediatrics in Houston and Srini is an attending neurosurgeon in Philadelphia). From Gita about how they have met:

My best friend in the whole world got married last March. Srini and I met at their wedding and hit it off immediately. I was drawn to him even the first day and found myself coming up with excuses to talk to him or be near him (he says it was the same for him- hmmmmm). Anyway, we lived in different cities but started visiting each other as much as we could because within the first few times of being together, we knew we were soulmates.

It is difficult to come up with a blog post for an Indian wedding ceremony due to the complexity of the events. The day starts off at 6 am in the morning, they got married at exactly 10:11 a.m in the morning (which would be evening in India – it’s astrological time). Srini then ties a golden thread with a small coin around Gita’s neck (that’s the equivalent of a “ring” in western ceremonies). The couple then plays a couple of games and walks around the fire as well as taking 7 steps together. Then, they go outside and “point” at a star (in India time this would be 2-3 a.m in the morning). The entire ceremony took about 6 hours to complete. The couple then held a reception in the same hotel at night.

The talented Ashley Langford came by to help me out for the groom’s part as well as the ceremony. He did an awesome job and some of the images below are taken by him for Ku Photography LLC.

Here are some highlights of their day:

The groom side played a game where Srini is supposed to go off to Kashi and the bride’s “brother” tries to stop him by telling him that he’d like him to stay and meet and marry his sister…