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Attending a Family Wedding

written by John Chow on September 2nd, 2007

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Yesterday I saw my cousin, who I used to babysit when she was just 4 years old, get married. It was a beautiful ceremony held at Queen Elizabeth Park. I love family weddings because it brings people together. Family members flew in from Toronto, New York, Hong Kong and China to attend.

The weather could not have been better. However, I have to admit, wearing a suit in the dead of summer isn’t my idea of fun. Sally had a great time with all the attention showered on her by out of town family members seeing her for the first time.

Irene, the bride, is the first child of my uncle’s family to get married. She is the oldest of four siblings. The ceremony lasted about an hour and was attended by 100 friends and family. There was another hour of taking pictures in the park. Then we went home to get ready for the evening reception, which would be attended by 320 people.

Here are some photos from the wedding. It was really hard to get good pictures because the sun was behind the bride and groom. I really need to take a photography course.

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shaun said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 am

looks like a beautiful wedding :smile:

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Terra Andersen said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 am

Yes! And a beautiful couple! Their kids are going to be adorable. Congrats! *=)

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm

LOL I am sure if and when they have kids, John might post it as well.

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Jack Book said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 am

i don’t see john there anyway

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Steven said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 am

He’s taking the pictures.

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MONEY BLUE BOOK said on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm

Congratulations! It looked like a beautiful wedding.
:grin: :grin:
- Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)

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David Savage said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:15 am

They both look young, hopefully it works out. Also, amazing quality on those pics John. Sally looks like she wants some shade lol.

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John Chow said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 am

They look young because they’re Asian. We all look young! :twisted:

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SEO Optimization said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:01 am

Thats true, asians seem never to get old. But what i most like of asians is the black and shiny hair.

Congrats for your niece Mr. Babysitter :lol:

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Simon's Money Notes said on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:58 pm

What happened to you :twisted: , kidding.

Simon

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 pm

Evil money making takes its toll! :lol:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Blogs For Money said on September 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
DeboHobo said on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Yeah and Black don’t crack, babe!

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Chris Guthrie said on September 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm

lol to that John.

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Webmaster Money said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 am

Very nice and bif family… looks everyone was happy there :smile:

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Storm Chaser Videographer said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 am

The family and friends look great. Beautiful work on the pictures. :smile:

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Geedos said on September 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm

Hopefully they don’t put the professional photographer to shame too much!

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Pranjal said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am

great wedding, this is called the “The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul” :oops: :oops: :oops: hope i one day get married 2 some1, this gal thingy is real tough for a geek like me. :oops: :oops:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm

That reminds me, if you’re bad at photography and this is the quality of your pictures John, you can take pictures at my wedding when I have mine anyday. Just make sure you bring your new camera :twisted:

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sweetlou89109 said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

Your cousin is absolutely beautiful. I am jealous.

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Making The Money said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

Great pictures! The bride looks stunning and when it comes to weddings that seems to be the main thing. Hope you managed to cool down at the night do and have a few beers.

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DeboHobo said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:27 am

Stunning Photos. The bride is beautiful and the groom looks like he may have his act together.

You look handsome all dressed up as well :oops:

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Tony said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:43 am

John, did you take those pictures? If you did, you just found yourself a job after retiring from blogging. Those pictures look professional.

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John Chow said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:49 am

I took those pics with my Canon S3 compact camera. Imagine what I can do with a DSLR? :)

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DeboHobo said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:53 am

Great quality. Was it an expensive piece of eqipment?

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Sergio said on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 pm

Probably not that much since it’s not a dslr. I’m just assuming though since I have a dslr and it was a lot of money.

Great pictures though, I was going to ask the same question.

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Thomas De Maesschalck said on September 2nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Congrats :)


AFAIK the S3 isn’t available anymore, it was replaced by the PowerShot S5. This camera can be found for about $365.

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm

With earnings at August figures it won’t be long before a DSLR arrives I reckon! :lol:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:31 pm

Maybe John can get one for free from a sponsor or something to do a review on the product itself (and then keep it for personal use lol).

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Click Input said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:53 am

Yeah nothing wrong with the photos at all

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm

I agree. Don’t see any glares.

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Casey said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:49 am

They look like a really cute couple.
What type of camera do you have? I love the quality of those photos!

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Casey said on September 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 am

Well I guess I spoke too soon. :P You’ve got a really good camera.

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Not a Square said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 am

Looked like it was a beautiful cerimony. How does your family feel about posting pics like that on your blog? Do they care? I sometimes wonder if mine would.

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John Chow said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:09 am

I would imagine if I post bad pictures or the comments were very negative, they would care. But that’s not the case here so I think they will like it. I will show them these post later.

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:38 pm

Haha, you don’t have to. I’d expect that with any camera, no matter how good it is, would produce some bad pictures at times.

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pkchukiss said on September 3rd, 2007 at 1:51 am

Well, a simple trick I learnt for these kind of lighting situations would be to turn on the flash. It would be even better if your camera has a “flash-assist” function. It would light the fore-ground, so that their sillouhettes don’t appear instead.

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Word Hugger said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:07 am

How was the after party? :twisted:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm

Yeah, where’s all the pictures for that.

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:27 pm

And we want to see pictures of the food too - although no more disturbing lobster clips please. :lol:

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Carl Zetterlund said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am

Great pics :) I’ve got a Canon S2 myself and it rocks!

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kimberlycun said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am

congratulations to the couple. bride looks absolutely stunning!

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GettyCash said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:50 am

They look great :)

Congratulations

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GettyCash said on September 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 am

The photos look really great..

Canon S3 compact is a great camera..

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm

From the looks of it, yeah… My shitty Canon Powershot SD700 sucks :sad:

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Frank said on September 2nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm

Great looking pictures.

Long live this new wedding, both of them were looking great and very happy. Congratulations.

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Skiing at Home said on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:00 pm

I also think the pictures look great

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Anastasia said on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 pm

Awww that’s so sweet and lovely! Your pics are great :) They look like stills from a movie :)

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Tyson Williams said on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:48 pm

Photo quality is pretty, hope you had a nice day and enjoy seeing all your family for this special occasion. Wedding can be a lot of fun and they indeed look like a very young couple. Good luck to them and all the best for the years to come.

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Hip Hop said on September 2nd, 2007 at 2:09 pm

aww she is very beautiful

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 2:58 pm

Congratulations! Looks like it was a great day with great weather. The bride and groom make a very nice couple.

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Rex said on September 2nd, 2007 at 3:19 pm

Me love you long time??

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm

I think you have to pay John the $5 first LOL :lol:

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Tim Spangler said on September 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Like everyone else has said, the photos looked awesome and I would never have guessed they came from a point-and-shoot camera upon first glance. It looks like it was a wonderful occasion and you got some great pictures.

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Geedos said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 am

And so much for the bad light - you’re right, the pictures are fantastic.

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Francesco | Guadagnare said on September 2nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm

She is very attractive lady.
Lucky man marrying her.

:D
Francesco

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Bent said on September 2nd, 2007 at 4:18 pm

nice shoot actually..love to heard it from you. :)

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Tomos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Congratulations, The pictures look good - much better than what I could take

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Congratulations to the couple.

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Alex said on September 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm

Did you get to speak and tell them how to make money online? Jk :lol:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 8:47 pm

Oh man, I wondering if John is a celebrity amongst his family members too

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:28 pm

Maybe you bought them a website as a wedding present?!? :grin:

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm

LOL, that would be wrong in so many ways haha

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NothingMan said on September 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm

I realize this has probably been said a hundred times, but that is a beautiful couple.

Are you sure you’re related? :-P Just kidding.

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:36 pm

Got any other hot ’single’ cousins you’d like to let us know about John :wink:

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Michael said on September 2nd, 2007 at 8:40 pm

The bride is so beautiful, I’m falling in love and now falling out, too bad I don’t have a chance since she’s married now.

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 8:47 pm

I noticed that everyone is giving compliments on how hot the bride is but none of the girls on here seem to compliment just the groom =]

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Geedos said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:20 am

It’s always the way! The girls take the limelite - the men just pay the bill!

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Steven said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:59 am

HAHAHAHAHA, that’s so true it’s not even funny (yet it’s laughable - if that makes any sense)

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Average Joe Blogger said on September 2nd, 2007 at 8:53 pm

Congrats to the Bride and Groom. The photos are great, you have a good eye.

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Geedos said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:19 am

Yeah it makes you sick doesn’t it!

Not only is John an evil money making genius but he’s also a great photographer - there’s got to be something he’s not good at! :lol:

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MyBlogCotest said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:05 pm

Congrats to the Bride and Groom.

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Geedos said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm

Did you make a dot com mogul speech afterwards John - giving advice to the newlyweds on how to achieve the best rates for advertising??

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Steven said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 pm

No videos?! You should post one, knowing you, I am sure you probably did make a short video somewhere along the way.

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maurizio said on September 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 am

Gratz to the couple. They both looks very nice. (She is nicer of course :wink: )

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Mr. Rajawang.com said on September 3rd, 2007 at 2:25 am

great pics, did all your family understand how did you make a living through the internet? :shock:

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Steven said on September 3rd, 2007 at 2:46 am

This isn’t the first year he’s made his living through the internet, I am sure everyone should of known by now.

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ThienLee said on September 3rd, 2007 at 2:30 am

great pictures

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starboykb said on September 3rd, 2007 at 4:25 am

Nice shot on the wedding

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Asians only said on September 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 am

I guess my comment is too late for anyone to notice, but:

Have anyone else noticed how there’s amost always only asians in events like these? Even the priest is asian.

It makes me wonder if it is intentional or not (since this is by far the first example of such segregation on john chow).

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Street Photog said on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm

The autofocus of the S3 isn’t very fast or precise, but you did good.

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Asela de Saram said on September 5th, 2007 at 2:53 am

Awesome pictures… the bride is really gorgeous and the groom looks really smart. The group photographs are also very nice (specially the bridesmaid :wink:

All the very best to the couple. :smile:

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Dora said on September 5th, 2007 at 6:01 pm

John, you took some AMAZING pictures! Do send please!

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