I spent three days last week at Sonya and Faisal’s Indian / Pakistani wedding. It was a giant treat for me to get to experience their traditions and spend three consecutive nights with their family and friends. We got to know them so much better because of all the extra time we spent together! And of course I am totally enamored with their cultures. I hope we will have the opportunity to shoot many more Indian and Pakistani weddings!

For all of their sneak peek posts, I am going to do my best to name and describe things, but forgive me if I make a few mistakes! For my pre-wedding research, I spent a lot of time at this blog about Indian wedding photography.

In terms of the back end work, it’s a lot like proofing three separate weddings that just happened to be back-to-back, so my proofing isn’t going as quickly as I’d anticipated. So instead of one giant sneak-peek, I’m going to do a couple. Here are a few pictures from the first night.

Sonya’s family and friends completely transformed the hall. There were so many amazing textures and colors.

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If you’re thinking that I must have thought I was in color and fabric heaven, you’re totally right!

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Sonya was carried in by her family:

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Faisal’s arrival was marked by cheers and shouts as he entered the hall with his family:

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They were fed sweets and fruit by family and friends:

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And then the entertainment was turned over to their family and friends. There were choreographed dances that blew me away and the coolest video skit EVER.

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Next installment coming soon!

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We had the pleasure of shooting Andrea and Jason’s wedding last weekend. It was at the gorgeous Sylvan Dale Ranch and we lucked out on the weather–no rain, and it wasn’t too hot!

This was actually our second purple and green wedding in a row! I keep telling Nic that purple has made a huge come-back this year, but he doesn’t seem to find that as interesting as I do:

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The girls got ready at one of the cabins:

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Andrea’s aunt brought pictures of her from when she was little:

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The bridesmaids all had their hair done and it looked awesome!

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I like that one in color, too:

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The groom had a gift sent over to his bride:

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And then it was show-time:

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There were a bunch of cute little ones at the wedding. I love the warning look Andrea’s mother is giving the ring bearer in this one!

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Just married!

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Stealing a kiss at the end of the aisle:

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A few quick portraits of the bride and groom:

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My favorite from the day thanks to some dramatic evening light:

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The father-daughter dances always get me:

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Jason’s dad kept us laughing with his fantastic dance moves at the reception:

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Jason and Andrea had a beautiful wedding with lots of great touches. Jason even sang Andrea a song during the reception and totally blew me away. No back-up instrumentals or anything–he can SING. We wish them tons of happiness!

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Behind the scenes: Nic and I spend a lot of time crouching at weddings so as to be slightly less obnoxious. Here’s a shot of a typical maneuver: walking a few steps up the aisle, crouching and grabbing the shot, and then moving back. It’s a good thing we both have military experience. It really comes in handy for these types of stealth operations. ;)

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And instead of one of me, I bring you this cute bunny. I told Nic I’d give him 10 points if he got an awesome wildlife shot while he was waiting for the men to arrive, and he totally gets them:

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We had a wonderful time photographing Courtney and Chris’s wedding on Saturday. It was a beautiful day (though just a tad on the hot side) and I will always remember the wedding for the beautiful things Chris said to Courtney during the toast (hands down the most touching groom’s toast I’ve heard at a wedding).

The makeup:

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The gorgeous bride:

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The handsome groom:

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The ceremony was held at the Regis High School chapel, where Chris had gone to school.

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The deacon stood in front of the bride and groom so they’d be faced toward their family and friends, which meant we had to do things a little differently with our camera angles!

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My favorite portrait of the bride and groom:

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The kid cuteness at the reception was totally off the hook. In fact, Chris had to announce in the middle of the reception his only two rules for the reception: everyone must dance, and no one else was allowed to ask them when they were going to start popping out babies. As if this sort of cuteness could be resisted for long!

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The grown-ups were also pretty cute dancers:

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Not to be left out of the toasts, this little dude (coincidentally a two year old named Will) got way into clinking glasses and taking a sip of juice out of his champagne flute:

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We loved working with Courtney and Chris–it was a total pleasure to get to know them, and we wish them a lifetime of happiness together!

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