
In the elevator - going to get changed for the western version of the wedding wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
Sophia and Kurtis got married at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Seattle.
This Seattle wedding had two ceremonies, the first was a traditional Chinese tea ceremony where family members and close friends exchange gifts and tea with the bride and groom. The second was a traditional western style wedding with about 200 guests.
After the tea ceremony, the bride got out of her traditional Chinese dress and put on a wedding dress for some photos at the Pike Street Market. It was fun taking photos in Post Alley with all of the tourists milling about.
After the photos there was a wedding ceremony at the Grand Hyatt followed by a reception with dancing, a game room, and gambling area.
I was working with photographer Eric Sartoris of Norther Lights photography at this wedding, which was coordinated by Merry Beth Turpin.
It was quite a fun wedding

Sophia and Kurtis share an intimate moment after the Tea Ceremony portion of their wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.

Sophia and Kurtis' first dance at their wedding reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia gets a necklace during the Chinese Tea Ceremony portion of her wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia and Kurtis share an intimate moment after the Tea Ceremony portion of their wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Tea ceremony during Sophia and Kurtis’ wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Some of the bounty from the Tea Ceremony during the wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia’s neck adorned with necklaces following the tea ceremony.
- Sophi and Kurtis in the hallway of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle before their wedding.
- In the elevator – going to get changed for the western version of the wedding wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia nad her bridesmaids watch the “Wedding Crashers” while taking a drive around Seattle before her wedding.
- Sophia and Kurtis in Post Alley near the Pike Street Market before their wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia nad Kurtis practive their first dance – a tango – prior to their wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia gets ready to pose for some family portraits after her wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia and Kurtis following their wedding ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia after her wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia and Kurtis make their entrance to the reception following their wedding at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Sophia and Kurtis’ first dance at their wedding reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
- Wedding rings in a champagne glass.
- The wedding cake.
- Table setting
- Table setting.
- Wedding coordinatot Merry Beth Turpin’s box of goddies.

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