Jing booked an appointment at Yen Salon in Boston’s Chinatown. Not only was the price right, but these are professionals who understand Asian hair and Asian makeup. So important!

This deedee was such a good boy. His mom’s hair appointment started before we arrived and she was nowhere near done when we left. The deedee mostly played quietly in the doorway with his toy truck, and never made a peep and never strayed past the salon steps.

Wow. Two hours of hair and makeup later, Jing looked like herself, only extra radiant and glow-y. I’ll be sure to book an appointment with this makeup artist for my next wedding!

Peter and Jing picked up their clothes and accessories at his place in Cambridge, then got ready at their wedding venue, the Harvard Faculty Club.

We rolled into a David’s Bridal in suburban Boston at 5 p.m. on Saturday in search of a dress. The wedding would be in exactly 24 hours.

I love the way Jing doesn’t sweat the trivial stuff. This cool and composed lady is a doctor, for heavens sake.

This poofy dress was beautiful, but overwhelming on my size 0 friend.

Something in ivory, more fitted, with delicate beading and long flowing lines…

We have a winner!

While Jing and I were checking out dresses, Peter and his dad were next door picking out tuxes. (What can I say? They’re both very efficient shoppers. We pulled out of the parking lot with dress, veil and tuxes in hand.)

Peter was so cute when he came to pick Jing up. “You look beautiful,” he said, smiling.

Whose idea was it to bring boys to a bridal salon?! I couldn’t help but feel bad for these little guys.

Jing and I have been friends since we were 12 years old. (That’s seventh grade, Levy Lions!)  Over the years, we’ve bounced all over the country — Buffalo, Philadelphia, San Jose, Boston, Seattle, Baltimore — but somehow we always stayed close.

I was so honored Jing asked me to shoot her wedding in Boston this past weekend. I flew out a day early and did an engagement shoot at Harvard, where the wedding would be held.

Jing and Peter have been together since they were both undergrads at Cornell. They probably hold a record for long-distance phone calls, between her medical school, his working in Taiwan, her residency and his graduate degree. These two were meant to be!

The campus is so classic, so historic. I saw places I wanted to shoot everywhere I looked. Peter is graduating Thursday from Harvard with his master’s — it’s a busy week for him, to say the least.

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier. Peter, an architecture major undergrad, especially wanted some pictures with this building.

One of their favorite places is the Charles River, where they like to go sailing.

I’m so glad I had the extra day to do this shoot and spend time with my dear friend and her hubby. They make the cutest couple!

I took my new toy — a 60 mm micro lens – out for a spin today. Here’s what I came up with:

Update: My sister calls and wants to know, “What’s with the ring on the flower? Why isn’t it on your hand?” Let me tell you, fingers up close are ugly monsters. Hairs, wrinkles, pores, the whole hideous bit. And I’m no hand model, so I crouched in my neighbors’ yards and used their pretty flowers as a placeholder.

See? Pretty ring (thanks, honey!), pretty flower… pretty picture.

Karen and Blake ended their international courtship with an intimate wedding at Parsons Garden on Queen Anne.

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Karen borrowed her sister’s hotel room at the Westin to get her wedding hair and makeup done. The room was perfect, on the 18th floor with a big picture window that let in lots of natural light.

My sister, Diana, married her high school sweetheart, Dai. Yes, their names really are Di and Dai — it’s too cute. I borrowed a friend’s studio space to make these portraits on their big day.