Andy Rogers Photography

Wedding Photography of Sena + Jeff at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel White Plains New York

September 5th

Ange and I were off again, this time upstate to photograph Sena + Jeff’s Wedding at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White plains NY. I’d been looking forward to being their photographer for a while. We had a really great time on our engagement shoot a few months before hand. Sena and Jeff are a fantastic couple – honest, natural and easy going.

Sena’s roots are Korean and Jeff’s, Jewish. Both their cultures and traditions would be honoured, first in a Jewish Wedding Ceremony and then later during the reception with the Korean Paebek.

S + J didn’t want to take too much time away from the evening and their guests so we had decided to do all our portraits pre ceremony. There is a lovely nature trail that runs from the hotel so we utilized that for our portrait session. Sena was looking so beautiful, she opted for something a little different, and went with a red dress, which was stunning! Jeff was looking mighty handsome too.

We scored some pretty amazing weather for the day. The Ceremony took place in the afternoon. The site looked great with the beautiful, warm afternoon sun beaming through the trees that surrounded us.

After the bread was blessed and the wine glass smashed it was time to celebrate! That included the performance of the Paebek, a traditional Korean Ceremony. The bride and groom wear Hanboks, traditional Korean wear and pay respect to their parents. It’s a great (and entertaining) ceremony, which they modified slightly to personalize and was a fitting final touch on S + J’s day. The Hanboks are quite elaborate, with a few layers that almost guarantee a little bit of sweating. Sena + Jeff performed a series of bows to their parent, as well as serving them tea. The parents then throw chestnuts and dates to be caught, this predicts the number of children they will have together, chestnuts for boys, dates for girls. At the end of the ceremony Jeff carried Sena around on his back as proof that he is able and willing to support Sena through out their marriage. By the end of the ceremony everybody was having a great laugh

The time came to sit down and eat, drink, catch up and finally dance. It was a terrific day and night, I had a blast as their photographer and we got some really great photographs. I hope you enjoy…

Check out Mr Ku, shredding on and above the dance floor!

Sena shows off her new bling…