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Ali Pole and Nick Elsberry were married at the Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo, a beautiful warm sunny September day. It was a great day out in the country. the setting was beautiful with all of the flowers there in bloom. Ali and Nick were so meant for each other it was so obvious to all. Even Nick’s identical twin brother knew it and jokingly toasted them. He told all that since he could remember, he and Nick had been close and shared everything since they were very young and that nothing would change now just because Nick was getting married to Ali.

The Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo is a delightful place for a wedding celebration and reception, in a gracious country setting with great food in one beautiful place. The Farm Kitchen was converted from a run down old farm into a unique event facility with an 18 acre organic farm and a commercial kitchen offering simple, fresh food wonderfully prepared and served, making it a great venue for weddings.

Here are a selection of highlights, some of my favorite images from their wedding day that show how their wedding celebration went.

I went back with them and got my final images of Ali and Nick on the Washington State ferry back from Poulsboro with the skyline of Seattle in the background and then below outside the Edgewater Hotel where they were spending their wedding night.

It was another long but beautiful wedding day and they and I are very happy with the wedding photos to remember it all.

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Connie getting ready for her wedding at the Hyatt Hotel, overlooking the ice skating rink next to the “Vaillancourt Fountain” at Justin Herman Plaza (created by Quebec-born sculptor Armand Vaillancourt) not far from the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero at Market Street.

Connie Wong and Alex Wang were married at the Town Hall Restaurant in San Francisco on one of the last days of 2009. One of the things I discovered about both of them is they like food. I mean they really like good food and so the location for their wedding was not a difficult decision. It was at one of their favorite restaurants in San Francisco and I can only agree they served some really fantastic food. The Town Hall is now my favorite place to eat in San Francisco.  The BBQ Gulf Shrimp with Worcestershire sauce is to die for.

Connie and Alex were unsure if I would be able to get good photographs at the The Town Hall because the light was a little dark. The atmosphere was good for dining but with some help from some additional strobes and diffusers I was able to light the place and I am happy with the light in the pictures.

Meeting Alex and Connie I was taken right away with their intensity and joy of living. After spending the day photographing their wedding I was impressed  with the love and respect they have for each other and their families and friends. I had to laugh and cry at times as they were toasted with stories about them from family and friends. It was cool watching Alex serving food to Connie and everyone at the family table. And then as he fed his bride the food that he served. It reminded me of  films like “Eat, Drink, Man, Woman” and “Like Water for Chocolate”.

I do not mean to go on for so long but I was surprised finally at the end of the evening when one of Connie’s friends who is Jewish, arranged for them to dance the Hora to the traditional Jewish song Hava Nagila “Let us rejoice and be glad…” and everyone danced and lifted them up on chairs and I almost thought I was at a Jewish wedding fro a moment. Eveyone there did indeed rejoice. Enjoy the photos below. There is a gallery at the bottom with a complete selection of highlights. It was difficult to edit them down.

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Connie Wong and Alex Wang were married in San Francisco at the end of December last year and I have just finished editing their wedding photographs. Tomorrow I will post a selections of images highlighting my favorites along with a mini gallery.

I wanted to mention that I am experimenting with a marketing idea to see if anything comes of it. I decided to offer a free engagement session, web gallery and print coupon, which is good until the end of the month to anyone who books a wedding in February and mentions this coupon from my google listing: Engagement Coupon

All photographs on this website are by Daniel Sheehan © 2010. All Rights Reserved. Please inquire for permission before using.