Nicholas and Manami’s Wedding: Long Beach Museum of Art
On Saturday, I had the great pleasure of documenting Nicholas and Manami’s wedding at the Long Beach Museum of Art. I met Nicholas and Manami in the fall of last year. They are both graphic designers from Alameda, who planned on creating lots of the details of their wedding themselves. They were in town for a weekend, and at our consultation, they spoke of succulents, a colorful color palate, and an intimate gathering of 60 of their favorite people. I knew instantly I liked them and have been looking forward to shooting their wedding ever since! This past Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day for their wedding, in addition to a great day for the Long Beach Grand Prix that took place a couple blocks down the street. Thinking traffic would be horrible, I left Santa Monica 3 hours early. Turns out, I arrived 2.5 hours early… which was just fine by me! I’d much rather be hours early, than even 5 minutes late. Below are some of my favorite shots from the wedding day. Friends and family can view all images HERE.
The first, is a set of images is Nicholas and Manami’s custom wedding stationary that they created themselves! I especially love the design with the banner, how perfect! It really set the expectation for their wedding… fun, flags, and f-ruffles! Ok, I know f-ruffles isn’t a word… but it kinda rhymed. =)
When we arrived, Manami was getting ready in her dressing room. Getting colored shoes to match a wedding dress can be tricky, but I think it’s super fun and modern. The ruffles on her shoes matched her dress perfectly!
Nicholas and Manami decided to do a “First Look” before the ceremony… which allowed us time to get these shots of them together.
Custom fabric balls decorated the isle. These are so fun and colorful, and a great alternative to flowers.
The first dance.
Photography: SherriJ Photography
Venue: Long Beach Museum of Art
Makeup: Chinatsu Watanabe
Flowers: J’Adore Florist
Invitations: Nicholas and Manami’s own designs. Contact me for their information!
*Update June 14th, this wedding has been published on California Wedding Wave.
@ 12:53 pm
A wonderful day spent with friends and family, celebrating the marriage of our awesome son and his beautiful wife. These pictures are wonderful. Thank you for shooting such beautiful memories for us!
We love you Nick and Manami Leebert! :<)
@ 10:00 pm
Your pictures are amazing! It was great to see the family and meet some of your friends! Thanks for letting us be a part of your wonderful wedding and for having such warm sunny weather to defrost us cold Northwesterners! May God bless your new life together!
Lora and Steve
@ 1:44 am
your work is amazing Sherri! 🙂 I always enjoy seeing what you have published.
May you continue to be blessed in luck, love and happiness always!!
@ 10:51 pm
🙂 Such lovely images!! I love the detail shots!
@ 1:48 pm
Ahh, her dress is so cute I can barely stand it. I love all the details in this wedding, plus the pictures are just superb. And those invites! ADORABLE!