my friend’s mehndi

June 1, 2009 | Filed Under friends 

let me start by saying i did NOT shoot ayesha’s wedding; this was taken care of by two amazingly talented guys, saad of s2s photography and sahid of limon photography; you can see saad’s post of the mehndi night and wedding pictures here.
but, i DID do ayesha’s mehndi, the night before the mehndi party! so i wanted to share a handful of shots from that night. a little background; ayesha is about eight years younger than me and i remember her toddlerhood quite clearly, from back when we were both growing up in the thriving raleigh, n.c. muslim community. for a long time, she was “little ayesha” and i was “big ayesha,” and it has always been my great pleasure to watch her grow into the intelligent, happy, sweet-natured, beautiful young woman she is today. so i was thrilled when she asked me to do her bridal mehndi (henna), and of course i took my camera along! here are a few of the shots i took at her house that night. please don’t forget to visit saad’s blog to see her actual wedding pics!

edit: i forgot to add this before, and i’ll add it in a comment, too, but i want to let everyone know i get a LOT of my mehndi inspiration from the fantastically talented Darcy Vasudev, a henna artist based in california and the owner of the Henna Lounge – the design on the back of ayesha’s hands was largely inspired by one of her amazing designs! so thank you darcy!

here i had just finished the back of the first hand:

they were showing her a new collection of bangles and i couldn’t resist taking a shot:

while her hands were being adorned, her husband mansoor was sweet enough to come sit by her and make sure she was watered and nourished throughout the evening are they cute or what!!!?

and some finished mehndi shots now:

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