Geoff & I photographed the wedding of Peipei & Calvin recently in one of the most relaxed and casually elegant weddings we’ve had the pleasure of photographing recently. Both Calvin & his bride are doctors busy opening up their own practices, Calvin’s a psychiatrist & Peipei specializes in root canals. Considering that these two are both small business owners, I’m not sure how they found time to put together a wedding celebration! Somehow they managed to pull it together in a way that was beautiful and elegant, but had that hard to attain “effortless” feel to it. Both the ceremony & the reception took place in neighboring Redwood Shores at the Sofitel. I LOVE this property, the layout and design has a very modern and boutique feel to it, you don’t usually find this in the suburbs! Here’s the bride getting ready:

Before the ceremony, we took them over to a nearby business park for some casual portraits:

The ceremony was held overlooking the water & the weather was perfect!

The reception decor looked absolutely stunning. The rich mahogany woods of the floor & chairs contrasted beautifully with the fresh white orchids. Each place setting had these little blue boxes filled with the most delicious candy I’ve ever had. It was some sort of a toffee with vanilla icing and it was OMG so good! Plus they also had a dessert bar. Heavenly!

We went out for a few minutes around sunset to get a few more portraits for them: