Let's start with Friday, the day before the big photo shoot. This was Buddha's b-day so no school/ a free day off!
>I got my nails done, French Manicure with tips.
>Keith and I prepared some of our favorite marriage/love quotes to be put into the book.
>We rested up and got lots of sleep before the big photo shoot day.
The day of the wedding shoot...
My co-teacher, Eun Mi Lee, picked us up at 8:30am (so early!) and took us to the photo shop. The ladies are all really nice there and although they don't speak much English, which is why my wonderful co-teacher assisted us throughout the day, the ladies were fun and made sure to make us laugh! They spent about 2 hours doing my makeup and hair! They even bought hair extensions just for me from Seoul, in order to match my color. I'm glad they did this because it made my hair longer and gave them more options of fancy hair-dos. Keith's makeup and hair (lol) took a total of about 2 minutes to do! :) But it was fun having him sit next to me, while we were being pampered and all dressed up. I felt like a little princess!
After we were all set and ready to go, we headed out (in the rain unfortunately) and got into a car, which then took us to the studio we had chosen for our photo scenes. The next hour or so was waiting around while the photographers and my co-teacher were discussing the issue with the rain and the possibilities we had, since half of our photos were outdoor scenes.
We ended up going ahead and doing some of the outdoor scenes (they can change the sky with photoshop:). We used umbrellas at times and just had to deal with the rain. We honestly felt like real models, since we had to do whatever it took to get good photos!
Some of the scenes were on the studio's rooftop, and the photographers improvised some scenes around the city area where we were at. One was in front of a pretty Italian-looking cafe, while another was in a shoe shop. I won't give any more away. It will be all a big surprise when we get our photo book.
All in all, I got to wear 7 different dresses, with different hair-dos, jewelry, accessories and shoes each time, and Keith wore about 5 different outfits....no new hair-dos for him though! :) We had probably about 20 or more different scenes, and the whole experience was very fun! Although the day was very long! We were there from 9am-8:30 pm, and between changing locations from the photo shop to the studio and getting shots done with enough time, we didn't eat anything all day except for yogurt, some crackers and almonds! After the photo shoot we ran quickly over to our favorite restaurant, Zapatas, for some delicious Mexican food!
A week later (last friday), we went back to the studio and saw our professional photos and picked out the best ones for our photo book, picture frames and for our cd file that we get to keep. The photos look simply AMAZING!!!! I can't wait to show all of you! We get to pick up the book, frames and cd on July 9th, the day before our pre-wedding party here in Jeju. Perfect timing! For those of you back in Chicago area, you'll have to wait patiently until our wedding reception party on August 21st. I know I'll be tempted to put some of the photos onto facebook before then, but hopefully Keith will keep me from giving away the surprise until after our wedding!
Here are some photos that my co-teacher took for fun that day. We were lucky that the photographers let her take these because she is a really good photographer herself! Enjoy!
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