Jerry Yoon // PHOTOGRAPHERS

Photography by Ingrid and Jerry

Three weeks before their wedding at V. Sattui Winery in Napa, Ken emailed me to ask me if I can do him a favor.  I thought it would be a photographic favor but instead he asked me if I could help him translate his vows into Korean.  Ken doesn't speak a lick of Korean and he's not from a Korean family, so this was a very interesting request.  I know he wanted to show Ji's family how much he loves Ji, but I thought he was nuts!  I thought that with his busy law school schedule, there wasn't enough time for him to memorize a whole page of vows in another language in only a few weeks.  I was genuinely worried for him.  I sent the vows to my dad and also some friends in Korea.  Then I combined the two formal and informal translations into one for Ken to memorize.  On the day of the wedding, while Ken was getting dressed, I went over his pronunciation.  During the ceremony, his brother held up white cards translating his Korean vows into Englsih.  Everyone, especially Ji's parents, were extremely impressed.  I could not believe he pulled it off!  I've seen a lot of wedding vows but Ken's will definitely be one that I remember for the rest of my life!