Wedding Photos

I realized just how lucky of a many I am today.  It was actually an exhausting day, but the craziness was worth it.  Noi and I had our appointment for wedding photos today.  Now, this is normally not something I would cringe at IF I was the person taking the photos and IF the photos were more natural images that just come out of a context.  However, this was NOT your every day adventure in photos.  The photos I am posting here on this blog are the few that I took while we were in between torture sessions with the photographer; however, I have never had such a frustrating time trying to strike a pose...hehe.

The reason it was so complicated is that I had to try to anticipate what the photographer wanted me to do, as he gave instructions half in English and half in Thai...and another 3/4 in grunts and gestures.  At any rate, after all was said and done, we got some decent photos out of the bunch.  Noi's actual wedding dress was not one of them the photographer took.  I got a sneak peak as Noi was doing her final fitting (below):

Yes, I truly am lucky to have such a beautiful bride.  She is not just beautiful on the outside, though.  She is truly a kind soul who lives her life to do kind things for others.  I love her smile and her caring nature.  I look forward to the lifetime ahead of us.

After the pictures, I was able to take a little time with Caleb to walk down the river's edge (in search of American food establishments).  I left my camera in the room, as I have several pictures there, and I was more searching for food items than pictures at that moment.  However, Caleb took plenty of pictures for the both of us on the camera that I loaned him for the trip.  He has taken some pictures of Noi and Me this trip that are quite good, using both the loaner and my SLR cameras.  He has a great eye for photographs, which I have known for a long time.  Anyway, it was a good day after all, but it certainly had its moments.

After Noi got back to the hotel, we went out again to the night market, and I got kabsa for my real dinner (since the food I bought thinking we had a microwave in our room couldn't be cooked since we have no microwave in our room).  It was nice to get out and relax with Noi, but I am not tuckered out and ready to just relax.  I hope you all are very well.