yasmin & tyseer: mehndi | raleigh wedding photography
April 5, 2010 | Filed Under wedding posts
yasmin and tyseer are finally married! well… technically they’ve been married for a while. but this past weekend they sealed the deal with a somewhat-traditional shaadi, or wedding celebration – as traditional as an event rooted in at least four different cultures (punjabi, syrian, bengali and american) could be!! yasmin had the interesting situation of finding her wedding photographer literally just around the corner – my parents live in the same neighborhood as she and her family do, so let’s just say i didn’t have far to go when visiting my parents for a week around the time of her wedding. i also had the pleasure of designing and applying yasmin’s wedding mehndi (henna) on her hands and feet, two nights before the wedding – staying up till 3 a.m., enjoying the stories, the music, the visiting friends and the delicious food truly made me feel like part of the family!
with all the weddings i’ve attended growing up in raleigh, i was pleasantly surprised by the elegance of the royal banquet & conference center on hillsborough street – must have driven by this place a million times over the years, and i never knew it was there! it was the perfect site for yasmin’s mehndi celebration – the traditional, all-women’s dance and song extravaganza held the night before the wedding, as the women and girls in a desi bride’s life celebrate their love for her and their joy at her new journey. i only took pictures for the first part of the evening; when the men left the room, and the women took off their headscarves… well, so did i, and i put down my camera and joined the party.
i’ll say this again in yasmin’s wedding post, but words cannot express what a wonderful experience it was for me to both capture the start of this journey AND participate in it as a part of yasmin’s life. yasmin, i know you’re anxiously awaiting the wedding pictures, and i’m totally on it – in the meantime, i hope you enjoy these few shots from your mehndi night – as i said on facebook, the most fun i’ve had at a mehndi in years! :) love you!
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Beautiful pictures Aash! The colors are captured so wonderfully! Well done!
Fantastic work as always, what I really like about your photography is I feel as if I was really there — you capture memories so well.
Very nice and colorful wedding. You’ve captured the day and the emotions beautifully and elegantly. Great detail shots too! :)
What beautiful colours! Great work :)
Marvellous images Ayesha. I love the progressive story telling and feel totally drawn in by what looks to have been a very vibrant day!
The colours and the vibrancy are great! Well captured.
Loved all the shots. The levity and depth of emotions are captured in the most evocative compositions. Brilliant, Beti!!
Nicely done. The colors are incredibly vibrant!
Great photos Ayesha! The colors are amazing!
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these look great ayesha. the last shot is killer. you nailed it.
you’re photography is breathtaking!!
flawless
im so impressed
Ayesha these images are breathtaking!!! I love that TS shot of them in the parking lot. lovely details and beautiful images.
Wow, awesome images Ayesha! Love the documentary feel to your images, as well as all the vibrant, authentic colours. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I had no idea you ever came to my area!
I didn’t read the post title but recognized that staircase from a wedding I did immediately.
Please let me know when you are going to be in town. Once my {self conscious} hubby has lost the weight he is trying to shed I would love to talk about doing a family session here in the Raleigh area.
Oh wow! What a beautiful set of photos! Kudos to capturing the moment!