Hello everyone.  Thought I start off the week with a fresh new blog update for you all to enjoy.  Remember that incredible Vintage style E-session for Mehul & Sejal posted on the blog a while back?  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here immediately and check it out.  Seriously, it’s my favorite E-session that I’ve done to date, and it’s also the most talked about and praised session that I have on the website.  Both Sejal and Mehul were completely dedicated to getting their images in a new and unique way, and were open to all of my suggestions without any hesitations… therefore becoming one of my favorite couples that I have worked with thus far.  So if you haven’t seen it, check it out stat.  Having an E-session usually means that a wedding is to follow with that couple, so now I get the distinct pleasure to bring you Sejal & Mehul’s wedding.  Now I have to say, this wedding was probably the biggest wedding I covered last year, meaning there were a lot of different events, multiple days, and ton of pictures.  Infact, it’s so grand, that I had to split it up into two sections to post on the blog.  Now for 2011, I am trying to limit the amount of images I post on the blog, just to make it easier to navigate through it.  However, there were so many great photos in this wedding, there was no way I could enforce the new limit for this particular post.  This was a traditional Hindu wedding with a Vihidi ceremony the day before the wedding, followed by a Garba.  This post will include the images for the day before the wedding, and part 2 will showcase images from the actual wedding day.  Without further delay, I present you part 1:

Sejal’s Vihdi

Mehul’s Vihdi

Garba

You may remember the E-session of Dev & Jiya from a while back.  If not, be sure to check it out here.  Very soon after, Dev’s family held a nice little welcome home ceremony for Jiya.  It was a great way to introduce the new bride to the groom’s community, but also for her to feel welcomed home.  Judging by that wonderful smile on Jiya, I’m pretty sure she was very happy to be there.  The day after, Dev had the actual celebration party at the reception.  Everything was decked out in Carolina Blue (their Alma mater), and we were ready to get the party started.  There was great food, great fun, and lots of dancing involved.  Check out the pictures below for the full scoop.

Reception

Hello everyone. Hope Summer is going well. Just thought I share a recent session with you all. Not too long ago, Nikita contacted me and inquired if I would cover her Sagai ceremony. Now to those of you who are not familiar with the term, a Sagai is an Indian ceremony where the couple gets engaged, and the families unite. It’s a ceremony to not only bond the two couple for their future matrimony, but also for the two families to officially meet and establish a good relationship. It mostly consists of prayers (pujas), but gifts and rings are also exchanged between the couple, followed by a dinner. Most of you may know already, but I absolutely hate covering events that are exclusively indoors.  The reason being is because working indoors always mean dealing with inconsistent lighting, and the pictures are not as pleasing as they are outdoors. This is why I’m always a bit paranoid when doing any event indoors, simply because other lights or factors can change it dramatically. However, the rec center where the Sagai was held was just brilliant. The entire ceiling was made out of glass, and the whole room was lit completely naturally by the sun. The event was even nicer because it was fairly small with only close friends and family members, just the way I like it.

On top of the Sagai coverage, we also decided to do an E-session type shoot outdoors before the sagai, just so the couple could have some nice images away from the ceremony setting. The outdoor session was quite challenging to say the least. I absolutely love doing sessions outdoors, but I hate to do them with the sun fully out and it’s hot or humid. Now it’s partially my fault since I underestimated the time frame because of the seasonal difference, but we ended up doing the session on a very hot day, in the full mid-day sun. However, the key to being a true professional photographer is to know your surroundings, and to improvise the situation you are in, and make it work. I took a minute to look around, found some spots that would work, and we went ahead and did our thing. Both Nikki and Raju were troopers with the shoot, and complied to all of my requests. The result? You can see for yourself below.  If you have a favorite shot or just want to show some love, please leave a comment below 😀

E-Session

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