Hello folks.  Sorry for the delay once again, but I’ve been super busy as usual.  I have a lot of cool and exciting sessions that I hope I can post here in the next few weeks.  So definitely check back often.  I will try my best to update the blog quite frequently before the summer rush starts.

The following images below are from the Nikkah, or marriage ceremony of Nadia and Aasil.  Now the reason why I say this is the marriage ceremony and not a wedding is because in the Muslim culture, a couple is often officially and legally married before the actual wedding day.  This was not their official wedding, but the actual marriage process of getting things legally done.  It was quite a day, and I had loads of fun photographing these two.  I’ve known Nadia for a while, and I wanted to make sure I captured her true goofy self 😉  It was also very interesting to meet Aasil for the first time.  Like myself, he is a fellow photographer, and takes the hobby pretty seriously.   So I had to make sure I stepped up my game a bit.  Both of them are working and studying abroad, so the entire event was planned in the states by Nadia’s best friend, Yasmine… who’s marriage ceremony will also be coming up soon on the blog!  I had fun throughout their day… but the best part had to be the Afghan food that was catered at her house for dinner 😀  Man I love some kabobs… and they were soo good at her party… err… ok, sorry… I’ll stop salivating… on to the post.  There’s a lot of pics, so give it a bit to load.

Marriage Ceremony

The After Party

Just for fun

Traditional group shots?  Fohget about it

I love this shot.  If you know Nadia, it’s soo her.

Yours truly with the couple

Couples Session

Here is the final post for Sajid & Maryum. This was the Walima ceremony thrown by Sajid’s family. For this one, I traveled all the way up to Dover, Deleware.   This was a more relaxed shoot compared to the wedding. My favorite shots from this session was when she was getting ready. There was some natural light coming through the window that morning, and it made the pictures really stand out. We drove around downtown and got a few shots for the couples session, and then headed to the hotel for the ceremony.

My Favorite shot… if you couldn’t tell

Ok Folks, time for round 2. I’m truly sorry for the long delay, but I’ve been busy with weddings and sessions lately. Not to mention it took me almost 2 weeks figure out how to incorporate a slideshow on the blog. You would think they could have made things easier with wordpress. The reason I chose to do a slideshow instead of the typical image post is becauase… well, there’s 80 images. Yes, I chose my favorite ones, and there were still 80 images from the wedding. Lucky for you, you don’t have to scroll forever. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the slideshow.

A little info on the wedding: The wedding took place in Youngstown Ohio. Maryum wanted some getting ready shots, so I proceeded to a fancy pants spa. Now being a heterosexual male, I’ve never been inside a spa/boutique… so the experience was a bit odd. However, I was surrounded by beautiful women working and getting work done on them, so I managed to survive through the fiasco 😀 Every wedding I’ve covered thus far, one thing has always been consistent. The amount of time it takes the groom to get ready, is exponentially larger for the bride. A formula I use in my head is grooms hours x 2 or 3 = brides hours. The getting ready phase for Maryum was almost 3 and a half hours long, whereas Sajid and the groomsmen were ready in literally 15 minutes. I encounter this at almost every wedding, and it cracks me up every time.

The wedding was very lavish, with lots of colors and festive events. The cake was one of the most spectacular cakes I’ve ever seen (even till this day). The figurine on top of the cake were miniture versions of the bride and groom in their traditional outfits. The detail on them were remarkable, and quite accurate to the real clothing. The cooler part however, was the fact that the mini-maryum figurine’s dress poured down the cake, and basically formed the main design. I don’t really care much for cakes at weddings, but theirs was definitely a show stopper. The wedding was full of festivities as well as various emotions. The food was good, the cake was good, and the couple were great. What more could you ask in a wedding.

Without further delay, I present you the images:

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