Chuan + Ye {Wedding: Part 1}

September 21, 2018  •  Leave a Comment

081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. This sweet couple traveled half way around the world to celebrate their wedding and it was gorgeous!  I'm so honored to have been a part of Chuan and Ye's wedding day.  They are the sweetest and were such a joy to work with!  They are both originally from Shanghai, but came to Iowa for their wedding.  Ye attended college at the U, so it was a great location to have their destination wedding.

Let's take a moment to appreciate Ye's dress.  Do you see that train?  GORGEOUS!!!  It was like a fairy tale gown. 

081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. Chuan and Ye selected the Hotel Vetro to get ready and it was perfect.  I love all the gorgeous natural light. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. Ye's bouquet, created by the fabulous Hydrangea Bloom, was a beautiful mix of pinks and blush tones.  Stunning! 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. Her engagement ring is from Tiffany's and it is so beautiful!  Simple and elegant, perfection! 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. I had so much fun with the ladies as they prepared for the day.  What a wonderful group to work with! 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. Chuan's parents helped him prepare for the wedding day.  I love the images of his mother helping him adjust his bowtie. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. It was 20 years ago (in 1998), Ye and Chuan first met each other. They were in the same class in their second grade year at elementary school. Some of Ye and Chuan’s earliest memories about each other were study hard together and both being good students, especially in English. Chuan said Ye was always a girl who is sweet and smart. Ye recalled at that time Chuan was a little shy but smart and friendly.

They ended up attending different high schools and lost track of each other, but reconnected during their college years.

081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. Their first date was a 9-day long trip touring Iowa city and Chicago. The campus of University of Iowa was the first place they visited together since their last meet six years before in Shanghai. Their first day in Chicago, they took a night walk down the Magnificent Mile.  As they walked they found the Hubbard Street Pedestrian Overpass barricaded due to a wide puddle. However, they managed to stride over it hand in hand, which consolidated their friendship into relationship. For the following days with a joint heart, they enjoyed Hamilton in the Chicago Theater, ice hockey in the United Center, and the Iowa Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium. They finished their week with a birthday party for Ye, and sensational memory for both of them.   Such a beautiful story! 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. I love the stairway in the Old Capitol for first looks.  It is so grand and filled with gorgeous light.  But the stairway pales in comparison to Ye's gown.  It flowed so beautifully behind her as she descended the stairs to see Chuan for the first time. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. The light and architecture in the Old Capitol is so fantastic.  I love having the opportunity to photograph there.  Chuan and Ye's wedding colors fit in beautifully in the location as well.  So beautiful! 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones. 081818-001081818-001Iowa City Old Capitol wedding day, filled with blush and pink tones.

I have so much more to share from Chuan and Ye's Iowa City destination wedding, so be sure to check back again soon for the rest of their big day!

 

 

 


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Vendors:
 

Venue

Old Capitol
 

Stationery

Allegra Iowa City
 

Hair Stylist/Makeup Artist

Eden Salon
 

Wedding Planning/Coordinator

Soirée
 

Florist

Hydrangea Bloom
 

Transportation

Black Diamond Limo
 

Caterer

Vue/ University of Iowa Catering
 

Videography

Eyework Studios
 

Assistant Photographer

Tim Flynn



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