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Mrs. Cherry Blossom, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 27, Administrative Asst. Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, District Sales Manager Engagement Date: December 23, 2006 Wedding Date: May 3, 2008 Venue: Zen Garden in the East Bay w/ reception in a floor-to-ceiling window Atrium with views of the Zen Garden About Me: After 5 years of dating, we're finally ready to get hitched! I am a lovah of all things wedding, creative, crafty, and definitely DIY bc I love to add a personal touch to everything I gift or make. In my free time, I like to bake, spend time with our family, friends, and my doggies, read my guilty pleasure celebrity gossip and catch up on TV shows.
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Whoa… Glamour Shots…

April 8th, 2008 @ 5:42 pm by Mrs. Cherry Blossom

While vacationing in Hong Kong, Mr. CB and I decided on a whim to do the traditional HK/Taiwan style glamour shots. We were unprepared but pretty happy with the results. It’s definitely very traditional for weddings in Asia to have these types of photos taken, then displayed at the Chinese Banquet. We want to be as traditional as we possibly can in our 2nd day reception, so why take not these photos.

Yes you are definitely seeing us both in a much “softer, serene” look than we normally are:
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Let me tell you, the service was impeccable. I have to highly recommend using the studio France Bridal if you plan a trip to Asia. What to expect and plan for:

1) Call and make your reservation ahead of time in the states since your time in Asia may be limited. (We got lucky and they squeezed us in.) Ask to decide on the package later. When we were there, we were so indecisive and they kept trying to push the sale and gave us a lot of extras.

2) Expect to have 4 appts:

  • One to pay the fees up front and decide on your package
  • Another day to try out your outfits for the day of
  • Pretty much a full day of photo taking
  • And last, going back to pick out your photos

3) Guys should bring their own black socks (white socks if you plan to wear white pants which cost extra) and your own black dress shoes.

4) Girls should bring their own corset (they like to call it) or bustier and undergarments, fake lashes, make up applicator (them cotton triangle shaped ones), and dress shoes if you want. Because I was in oversized gowns all day, I wore my tennies. Also, they recommend wearing white shorts underneath the gown. I wish I had because there were some shots where my underweared arse was sitting on bare grass/dirt.

5) I also brought my own bouquet/boutonnierre and loose silk flowers for my hair (but didn’t realized I had paid for real ones for my hair which they used). You can buy any and all of the above at the same mall Miss Toucan visited here for much cheaper than the bouquet/boutonnierre package they offer. I rented my silk versions at the same mall.

6) They have a couple sales locations (the one we visited was in Tsim Tsai Tsui), and their actual photo studios are in Kowloon. They have multiple scenery sets in their two studios in Kowloon, where you’ll also get dressed up, dolled up, pick your photos, and have the option of shooting outdoors on a yacht or at the beach!

7) When you’re doing changes to your hair, makeup, jewelry (which you can borrow there or wear your own), or wardrobe, the hair and makeup people work super fast and are extremely polite. I LOVED the VIP treatment!

8) You have to wait 3 months for the photos to be ready… prepare for a hefty shipping price if your package includes a large 20×24 photo, medium album, small album, some 8×10, 5×7, and 4×6 photos, and a CD of the 29 touched up photos included in our package.

Lucky for us, we have family there so they picked it up for us and uploaded the photos for us to see pronto and share with our moms. Now they are going to ship the 20×24 to us for much cheaper, and hopefully it’ll get here by the time our 2nd banquet rolls around. They’ll be bringing the other albums and framed photos in their luggage.

Without further ado, some more samples of other photos …
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This last one here is Mr. CB’s favorite of me. I dunno why?! But as long as he likees, me likees too.

Hope you enjoyed!

25 Responses to “Whoa… Glamour Shots…”

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indecisivebride says:

i LOVE the one where your eyes are closed…so pretty!

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stressgirl615 says:

Can I ask how much you paid for your package in HKD? I am going to be in HK for a week to have another banquet and I was wondering if I should go and take those studio pics. :) Guess it depends on how cheap it is. hehehe

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Miss Cherry Blossom says:

@stressgirl615: We got the most bare minimum package and they tacked on things for us about it was about $600 US, we didn’t go on the yacht or “outdoors” so to say. all our pictures were done in their “indoor” studio.

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Miss Penguin says:

You are so pret-tay my NLC angel!

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Mrs. Petunia says:

I love these!

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Miss S says:

You look beautiful!

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linda says:

i know you’ve done you hair trials, but these look really nice!

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jen says:

Do you know if FranceBridal is able to speak English? I would love to travel to HK one day and possibly look into this but am no where near able to speak the language or read it. Too bad the website doesn’t translate :(

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Miss Cherry Blossom says:

@jen: I would say possibly. Just because when I was there, she said that she gets customers from the US all the time that make it there to take pictures as part of their vacation and they are not always fluent in Chinese. I’d say give it a shot.

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mrs. fadingflowers says:

Thanks for sharing those lovely pics. You look absolutely stunning in all those pictures.

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beanchar says:

Yowza! You two look like models!

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MsB says:

Your photos are absolutly stunning! Thanks for sharing them with us.

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dorky says:

i loveeeeeeeeee your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so beautiful. all your pics

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JessicaSpeak says:

Soooo pretty Miss CB!

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KamieJane says:

You look gorgeous girl!!

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jen says:

you look so beautiful!!! i love that last one of you too! =) I can’t wait to see the other pics.

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jnicholea says:

You look like such a movie star. How fun to be pampered like that all day. Definitely a tradition I wish was done in the states.

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VL says:

the black and white is the best! GREAT pics!

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VL says:

*b&w the one with your eyes closed

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Miss Cherry Blossom says:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW shanks girlies!

@jnicholea: They do have it here, just double or more of the price you can get it in HK or Taiwan!

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ErinMarieMack says:

I love the one of you looking into the mirror and getting ready. How pretty!

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kbok says:

i like the 3rd to the last pic. so sweet! =D

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L says:

Wow, I really like your make up here. I think I like it the best out of all your other trials (well, Amy’s was pretty good too). It makes you look less dramatic and sweeter. And you DO look like a movie star! I think you actually look like this HK actress (Shirley Yeung, I think her name is?).

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Mrs. Cherry Blossom Mrs. Cherry Blossom, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 27, Administrative Asst. Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, District Sales Manager Engagement Date: December 23, 2006 Wedding Date: May 3, 2008 Venue: Zen Garden in the East Bay w/ reception in a floor-to-ceiling window Atrium with views of the Zen Garden About Me: After 5 years of dating, we're finally ready to get hitched! I am a lovah of all things wedding, creative, crafty, and definitely DIY bc I love to add a personal touch to everything I gift or make. In my free time, I like to bake, spend time with our family, friends, and my doggies, read my guilty pleasure celebrity gossip and catch up on TV shows.